Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer

Ahiru

(Nani Records/Disk Union, NCD-1002) (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, Tokyo, April 11-16, 1996
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo, May 20-23, 1996
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Recordings Inc., Tokyo, May 28, 1996
Art direction and design by Shuichi Kataoka and Kagari Sekiguchi
Photo by Nobuko Shiga
Lyrics translation by Haruna Ito and Shigenori Noda

Released in January 2008
Originally released in 1996 on Nani Records (NCD-101)