Improvised Music from Japan/Discography

Shunichiro Hisada

Shun

(Ohrai Records, ORCD-006) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Otokomai (Takinagashi) (Noh traditional) (5:29)
  2. La Danaide (Tetsu Saitoh) (5:20)
  3. Bridge of Magpies (Akiyoshi Mimura) (17:02)
  4. Monn Pot (Tetsu Saitoh) (6:09)
  5. Shitchu (Out of Illness) (improvisation) (10:12)

Shunichiro Hisada: kotsuzumi (1-5), recitation of poem (2, 5)
Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass (2, 4-5)
Kazue Sawai: koto (4-5)
Masanori Hoashi: nokan (1)
Nozomu Machinaga: flute (3)

Recorded at Seitan Ongakudo in Kayano by Hiroshi Ogawa on May 7, 2001 (3), August 3, 2001 (2, 4-5), and November 4, 2001 (1)
Mastered by Studio* Pelan Pelan
Illustration: Kobun Yoshida
Design: Tomoe Jomori
Produced by Shunichiro Hisada and Johon Shimizu
Includes liner notes in Japanese and English (translation by Kanako Akamatsu) by Shunichiro Hisada, and in Japanese by Tetsu Saitoh

Released May 2001