Improvised Music from Japan/Discography

Shota Koyama
Tetsu Saitoh
Eiichi Hayashi

Ohrai

(Ohrai Records, ORCD-002) (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 at Studio New Voice in Osaka, April 1, 1999, by Yugo Kajima and Atsushi Kanatani
Mastering: Kojima Recording
Produced by David Shimizu

Painting: Sadafumi Matsui
Photography: Yuka Kimura
Calligraphy: Tsugitaka Anpo
Design: Studio Koo

Released January 2000