Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yoshiaki Fujikawa and EastAsia Orchestra

Shoyoh Jurin [+7 Special Edition]

(Super Fuji Discs, FJSP-187/188) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Bold and Able (10:41)
  2. Ladiga (10:02)
  3. Divine Gift (6:58)
  4. Tribal Chief (pate pote) (12:09)
  5. Never Say Die (3:38)
  6. Ladiga (8:01)
  7. Bold and Able (13:06)
  8. Never Say Die (5:25)

Disc 2

  1. No Alibi (20:57)
  2. Gustav (3:15)
  3. First Dawn (29:17)
  4. Divine Gift (18:59)
Yoshiaki Fujikawa and EastAsia Orchestra
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: conductor, reeds (all tracks)
Tetsuji Yoshida: trumpet (CD 1, tracks 1-8; CD 2, track 1)
Ichiyu Komiya: trumpet (CD 1, tracks 1-8; CD 2, track 1)
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone (all tracks)
Haruki Satoh: trombone (all tracks)
Kazutoki Umezu: reeds (CD 1, tracks 1-5)
Keizo Inoue: reeds (CD 1, tracks 1-8; CD 2, tracks 1, 2)
Junji Hirose: reeds (CD 1, tracks 1-8; CD 2, track 1)
Hiroaki Katayama: reeds (CD 1, tracks 1-5; CD 2, track 2)
Keiki Midorikawa: cello (all tracks)
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass (CD 1, tracks 1-5)
Yoshisaburo Toyozumi: drums (CD 1, tracks 1-8; CD 2, track 1), percussion (CD 2, tracks 3, 4)
Tatsuji Yokoyama: percussion (CD 1, tracks 1-5)
Koichi Matsukaze: reeds (CD 1, tracks 6-8; CD 2, tracks 1, 2)
Suetoshi Shimizu: reeds (CD 1, tracks 6-8; CD 2, tracks 1, 3, 4)
Yoshio Ikeda: bass (CD 1, tracks 6-8; CD 2, tracks 1, 3, 4)
Kazumi Watanabe: guitar (CD 1, tracks 6-8)
Kenichi Yoshida: trumpet (CD 2, track 2)
Shunji Yamamoto: reeds (CD 2, track 2)
Yoriyuki Harada: piano (CD 2, track 2)
Hideaki Mochizuki: bass (CD 2, track 2)
Hozumi Tanaka: drums (CD 2, track 2)
Junji Mori: reeds (CD 2, tracks 3, 4)
Hiroshi Isogai: drums (CD 2, tracks 3, 4)
Yoichi Hosohata: percussion (CD 2, tracks 3, 4)

CD 1, tracks 1-5 recorded at Iruma Shimin Kaikan, Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, March 14, 1984
CD 1, tracks 6-8 recorded live at the Freedom Now Jazz Festival in the Large Concert Hall of Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, November 29, 1982
CD 2, track 1 recorded live at OAG Hall, German Culture Center, Akasaka, Tokyo, April 6, 1983
CD 2, track 2 recorded live at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, July 27, 1983
CD 2, tracks 3 and 4 recorded live at the Monthly Inspiration and Power Festival, Ikebukuro Studio 200, Tokyo, December 25, 1983
Includes a 20-page booklet with a history of Yoshiaki Fujikawa and EastAsia Orchestra (in Japanese), liner notes by Teruto Soejima (in Japanese and English), the text of a conversation between Teruto Soejima and Yoshiaki Fujikawa (in Japanese, edited by Yuki Kinoshita), and black-and-white illustrations
Mastered by Soichiro Nakamura

Released in March 2013
CD 1, tracks 1-5 originally released in 1984 as the LP Shoyoh Jurin (Mobys Record, 0001)