Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer

Omedeto.

(Nani Records/Disk Union, NCD-1001) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Ale Brider (music: traditional/words: Morris Wischewsky) (5:13)
  2. Dona Dona (Shalom Secunda/Aaron Zeitlin) (2:24)
  3. Der Shtiler Bulgar (traditional) (5:01)
  4. Terk in Amerika (traditional) (7:58)
  5. Mahotsukai Sally (Di Makhsheyfe Sally) (Asei Kobayashi/Kiyoshi Yamamoto) -- Gakusei Jidai (Di Talmidhayt) (Seiji Hiraoka/Seiji Hiraoka) (4:10)
  6. Doina (Waldstyin Peter Wolfgang Fisher/anonymous) (3:42)
  7. Der Gasn Nigun (traditional) (6:05)

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

Produced by Kazutoki Umezu and Shigenori Noda
Co-produced by Yoko Tada
Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo, September 26, 27, 29, 30, 1994
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Recordings Inc., Tokyo, October 2, 1994
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 1994 on Nani Records (NCD-01)