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Hiroaki Katayama

Instant Groove: Live at The 7th Floor

(Natya/Rimshot, W101) (CD)

  1. Spirits Rejoice (Albert Ayler) (4:59)
  2. N'Kakka (Kazutoki Umezu) (12:52)
  3. September (improvisation) (22:05)
  4. Theme of the Anglers (Daisuke Fuwa) (14:57)
  5. untitled improvisation / Drunkenstein (Hiroaki Katayama) (14:10)

Hiroaki Katayama: tenor sax
Eiichi Hayashi: alto sax (1)
Yuji Miyano: alto sax (1)
Kazutoki Umezu: alto sax (2), bass clarinet (2)
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass (2)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums (2)
Takayuki Kato: guitar (3, 4), ash tray (3)
Yuji Katsui: violin (4)
Daisuke Fuwa: bass (4)
Shiro Onuma: drums (4)
Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar (5)
Nobuyoshi Ino: bass (5)
Tsunoken: drums (5)

Produced by Hiroaki Wakiya
Recorded live by Shinji Kawase at The 7th Floor in Tokyo on October 26, 1997 (1); July 27, 1997 (2); September 14, 1997 (3); June 15, 1997 (4); and February 23, 1997 (5)
Mastered by Hiroshi Shiota at Tokyo Recording
Photography: Hiroshi Takahashi
Design: Yuki Hara

Released 1998