Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble

Watershed

(Libra Records, 204-028) (Japan) (CD)

  1. The Thaw (6:43)
  2. Whitewater (8:30)
  3. Takeda no Komoriuta (8:27)
  4. Soranbushi (5:52)
  5. Cascade (8:08)
  6. Limestone Cave (5:57)
  7. Hanagasa Ondo (3:33)
  8. Estuary (2:30)

All music composed by Satoko Fujii except tracks 3, 4, and 7, which are Japanese traditionals

Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble
Natsuki Tamura: trumpet, vocal (6)
Curtis Hasselbring: trombone
Andrea Parkins: accordion
Satoko Fujii: piano, vocal (6, 7)

Recorded by Rick Lamb at Systems Two, New York City, September 3, 2009
Mixed by Mike Marciano at Systems Two, New York City, October 14, 2009
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, New York City, January 26, 2011
Artwork by Ichiji Tamura
Photos by Hiroyuki Hashimoto
Design by Masako Tanaka
Includes liner notes in Japanese and English

Released in September 2011