Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Spirit of the Blues

(P-Vine Records, PCD-5687) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Gasoline - Start'n Up (2:17)
    Gasoline: Gan (guitar, vocal), Hiroshi-Hell (bass), Shuhei-Rock (drums)

  2. Pumpin' Piano MABO & the 88 - Saturday Night Fish Fly [Walish/Jordan] (2:41)
    Pumpin' Piano MABO & the 88: MABO (vocal, piano), Daisuke (guitar, chorus), Tatsu (drums), Minami (bass, chorus)

  3. The Neat Beats - Good Morning Little School Girl [The Yardbirds] (2:27)
    The Neat Beats: Takashi "Mr. Pan" Manabe (lead guitar, vocal), Kazuya "Mr. Lawdy" Tosa (second guitar, vocal), Seizan "Mr. Royal" Miura (bass, vocal), Shinya "Mr. Sheen" Kusube (drums, vocal)
    Recording and mixing engineer: Dew Makino

  4. SSTKCQ (Stand Satan Tatsuo Kurokawa Cosmic Quintet) - Volunteered Slavery (6:10)

  5. Howling Guitar - Blues (4:48)

  6. DMBQ (Dynamite Master's Blues Quartet) - Baby, I Love You So [CeDell Davis] (3:44)
    DMBQ: Shinji Masuko (guitar, vocal), Toru Matsui (guitar), Ryuichi Watanabe (bass), Yuka Yoshimura (drums)

  7. Dexied the Emons - Mellow Down Easy [Little Walter] (4:20)

  8. Kubikarizoku - Shiro no Blues (3:54)

  9. Guitar Wolf - I Just Want to Make Love to You [Muddy Waters] (3:21)
    Guitar Wolf: Guitar Wolf "Sage" (guitar, vocal), Bass Wolf "Billy" (bass), Drum Wolf "Toru" (drums)

  10. Tsuki No Wa - I Ain't Got Long [Sam Greene and Group] (4:33)
    Tsuki No Wa: Fuminosuke (vocal, acoustic guitar), Takumi Ito (tenor saxophone), Takuyuki Moriya (double bass)
    Recorded, mixed, and sound modulation by Hiromitsu Shoji
    Produced and arranged by Tsuki No Wa

  11. Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet - Bend [Otomo Yoshihide], Serene [Eric Dolphy] (5:36)
    Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet: Otomo Yoshihide (turntables, guitar), Kenta Tsugami (alto saxophone), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (tenor saxophone), Hiroaki Mizutani (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums)
    Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo, and by Otomo Yoshihide at M101 Studio, Tokyo, in 2000 and 2002
    Mixed by Otomo Yoshihide

  12. Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her - The Great Grand Father [Bo Diddley] (2:40)
    Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her: Aiha H. (guitar), Nao K. (bass), Takaharu K. (drums)

  13. Keiichi Sokabe Blues Project - I Just Want to Make Love to You [Muddy Waters] (1:33)
    Produced and arranged by Keiichi Sokabe

  14. Bossston Cruising Mania - Kindhearted Woman Blues [Robert Johnson] (9:47)

  15. Ahh! Folly Jet - I'm a King Beeeee....XXX [traditional] (6:42)
    Recorded and mixed by Shigeki Nakamura

  16. ComboPiano - Homage to Charlie Patton (2:30)
    Written and arranged for ComboPiano by Takuma Watanabe
    ComboPiano: Robert Walzman (viola), Syncia Costa (cello), Robby Ameen (drums)
    Recorded by Takuma Watanabe at Gallery Verso
    Mixed by Shinjiro Ikeda

  17. Kuricorder Quartet - Some Happy Days [Charlie Patton] (5:05)
    Kuricorder Quartet: Masami Kurihara (soprano recorder, mellophone, pianica, zurna, alto crumhorn), Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi (alto recorder, soprano recorder, bodhran, caxixi, soprano saxophone, drums), Kenji Kondo (tenor recorder, soprano recorder, acoustic guitar), Takero Sekijima (greatbass recorder, soprano recorder, tuba, trumpet)
    Arranged, recorded, and mixed by Kuricorder Quartet

Released in December 2002