Improvised Music from Japan/Discography

Shota Koyama
Tetsu Saitoh
Eiichi Hayashi

Ohrai

(Ohrai Records, ORCD-002) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Ohrai (Tetsu Saitoh) (7:07)
  2. Cyclo (Tetsu Saitoh) (6:49)
  3. Lotus Blossom (Billy Strayhorn) (4:25)
  4. Open, Close and Open (Shota Koyama) (7:20)
  5. Come Sunday (Duke Ellington) (3:00)
  6. My One and Only Love (Guy Wood) (7:07)
  7. Indio no Warabe-uta (traditional) (6:41)
  8. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charles Mingus) (6:56)
  9. Param (Tetsu Saitoh) (4:27)
  10. A Day in the Life of Edgar (Tetsu Saitoh) (3:26)
  11. The Wind Route (Tetsu Saitoh)--Amazing Grace (traditional) (9:32)

Shota Koyama: drums, percussion, harmonica
Tetsu Saitoh: double bass, percussion
Eiichi Hayashi: alto sax, percussion

Tsugitaka Anpo: vocal (1, 11)
Munehiro Isobe: vocal (1, 11)
Hidetoshi Hayashi: vocal (1, 11)

Recorded by Yugo Kajima and Atsushi Kanatani at Studio New Voice, Osaka, April 1, 1999
Mastered by Kojima Recording
Produced by David Shimizu

Painting by Sadafumi Matsui
Photos by Yuka Kimura
Calligraphy by Tsugitaka Anpo
Design by Studio Koo

Released in January 2000