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Yoshiaki Fujikawa

EastAsia Orchestra: Jazzbühne Berlin '84

(Polystar Jazz Library, MTCJ-5521) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Bold and Able (15:37)
  2. Lardiga (13:34)
  3. Divine Gift/Yellow God (18:20)
  4. Only for Life (10:33)
  5. Never Say Die (2:52)
  6. Tribal Chief (11:35)

Music by Yoshiaki Fujikawa (1-5) and Keiki Midorikawa (6)

EastAsia Orchestra
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: leader, alto saxophone
Tetsuji Yoshida: trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya: trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Haruki Sato: trombone
Kazutoki Umezu: saxophones
Keizo Inoue: saxophones
Junji Hirose: saxophones
Hiroaki Katayama: saxophones
Keiki Midorikawa: cello
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass
Takashi Kikuchi: drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama: percussion

Recorded live at Volksbüne East Berlin on June 17, 1984
Photo by Hans-Joachim Zylla
Remastered by Seiji Kaneko at King Records Sekiguchidai Studios
Reissue design by Takafumi Kitsuda
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yoshiaki Fujikawa

Released in December 2003
Originally released on Repertoire Records (East Germany) in 1991