Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer

Ahiru

(Nani Records/Disk Union, NCD-101) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Odessa Bulgarish (traditional) (6:42)
  2. Tum Balalayke (traditional) (4:46)
  3. Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn (music: Shalom Secunda / original lyrics: Jacob Jacobs / English lyrics: Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin) (5:50)
  4. Kandel's Hora (traditional) (9:06)
  5. A Nakht in Gan Eydn (Harry Kandel) (8:11)
  6. Dos Geshrey Fun der Vilder Katshke (Terry Gilkyson / Mickey Katz) (3:04)

Arranged by Kazutoki Umezu (1) and Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer (2-4)
Track 6 arranged based on Mickey Katz's recording of the Western song "The Cry of the Wild Goose"

Kazutoki Umezu: clarinet, bass clarinet (4), alto saxophone (3, 6)
Wataru Okuma: clarinet, bass clarinet (3, 4)
Kazuhiro Nomoto: baritone saxophone bass clarinet (4)
Kanji Nakao: soprano saxophone
Takero Sekijima: tuba, alto horn (4)
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Yoko Tada: alto saxophone
Ayumi Matsui: violin
Yuriko Mukojima: violin
Hidehiko Urayama: banjo
Chan Koyo: accordion
Jyoji Sawada: double bass
Yasuhiko Tachibana: double bass
Yasuo Sano: kit drums
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: kit drums
Sachiko Nagata: marimba, percussion
Yoko Ishizaki: marimba, percussion
Koichi Makigami: vocal
Nammy Tokyo: vocal

Produced by Kazutoki Umezu and Shigenori Noda
Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo on April 11-16, 1996
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo on May 20-23, 1996
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Recordings Inc. in Tokyo on May 28, 1996
Art direction and design: Shuichi Kataoka and Kagari Sekiguchi
Photography: Nobuko Shiga
Lyrics translation: haruna ito and Shigenori Noda

Released in 1996