Improvised Music from Japan/Discography
Tetsu Saitoh

Invitation

(Ohrai Records, ORCD-001) (CD)

  1. King Lear fukkatsu no theme (Theme from "Lear's Reawakening") (Tetsu Saitoh) (7:13)
  2. Tsuki no tsubo (Moon Pot) (Tetsu Saitoh) (8:58)
  3. Kaze no michi (The Wind Route) (Tetsu Saitoh)/ Tristeza e Solidao (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) (8:07)
  4. Cyclo (Tetsu Saitoh) (4:07)
  5. Invitation (Tetsu Saitoh) (12:20)
  6. Tsuru (Tetsu Saitoh) (Crane) (4:05)
  7. Edgar no nichijo (A Day in the Life of Edgar) (Tetsu Saitoh) (4:42)
  8. 69Q (Anthony Braxton) (5:47)
  9. Alfonsina y el mar (Ariel Ramirez) (4:20)
  10. Teresa (Indonesian folk song) (5:02)
  11. Ne me quitte pas (Jacques Brel) (3:06)

Tetsu Saitoh: double bass

Recorded at Nogi Enisu Hall in Nogi on November 30, 1998
Engineer: Hiroshi Ogawa
Director: Junichi Morita
Mastering: Atsuo Fujita
Produced by Tetsu Saitoh and David Shimizu

Painting: Keiko Kuroda
Photography: Yuka Kimura
Design: Studio Koo

Includes liner notes (Japanese and English) by Tetsu Saitoh about the music

Released March 1999