Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Combo Piano

10 Minutes Older - Sonic abstractures, based on the motion picture "10 Minutes Older"

(Sycamore Records/East Works Entertainment, EWSY 005) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Ten Thousand Years Older (1:31)
    Ensemble Nomad

  2. 100 Flowers Hidden Deep (2:11)
    Fernando Saunders: voice
    Takahiro Haruno: clarinet
    Ensemble Nomad

  3. We Wuz Robbed (2:23)
    Robby Ameen: drums
    Takuma Watanabe: guitar, bass
    Takahiro Haruno: baritone sax
    Michio Imasato: trumpet
    Mike Kleindl: voice

  4. Int. Trailer. Night (1:55)
    Yayako Uchida: vocal
    Fernando Saunders: vocal
    Robby Ameen: drums
    Miou: guitars

  5. Twelve Miles to Trona (2:23)
    Takahiro Haruno: baritone sax
    Michio Imasato: trumpet
    Robby Ameen: drums
    Richie Flores: congas
    Miou: tres

  6. Lifeline (1:32)
    Ensemble Nomad
    Takahiro Haruno: clarinet

  7. Dogs Have No Hell (3:29)
    Fernando Saunders: vocal
    Yayako Uchida: vocal
    Mike Kleindl: voice
    Masato Suzuki: bass
    Hiroshi Matsubara: drums
    Yosvany Terry: saxophone

  8. About Time 2 (1:33)
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: CDJ

  9. One Moment (3:14)
    Kasper Tranberg: trumpet
    Hiroshi Minami: piano
    Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
    Nobuo Fujii: drums
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: celesta

  10. The Enlightenment (2:57)
    Kasper Tranberg: trumpet
    Mads Hyhne: trombone
    T.S. Hoeg: alto saxophone
    Hiroshi Minami: piano
    Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
    Nobuo Fujii: drums

  11. Histoire d'Eaux (3:39)
    Mads Hyhne: trombone
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: celesta
    Masaaki Kikuchi: electronics

  12. Dans le Noir du Temps (3:19)
    Otomo Yoshihide: guitar
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: alto saxophone, narration
    Hitomi Iwasawa: narration

  13. Ten Minutes After (5:43)
    Kasper Tranberg: trumpet
    Hiroshi Minami: piano
    Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
    Nobuo Fujii: drums
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: tenor saxophone, celesta, organ

  14. Addicted to the Stars (8:58)
    Otomo Yoshihide: guitar
    Masayasu Tzboguchi: celesta
    Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: tenor saxophone

  15. Vers Nancy (1:58)
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: CDJ

Tracks 1-7:
All music by Takuma Watanabe (a.k.a. Combo Piano) except U.S. national anthem, quoted on track 3
All words by Mike Kleindl

Combo Piano session recorded and mixed by Masaki Takamura and Takuma Watanabe
Recorded at Onkio Haus, Studios 2 and 6

Ensemble Nomad session coordinated by Masako Okamura
Originally recorded for the Combo Piano album Agatha

Tracks 8-15:
All music by Naruyoshi Kikuchi except track 14, by Harold Arlen
Session recorded by Syun Akaku
Recorded at Onkio Haus Studio 1, and Syn Studio
Mixed by Syun Akaku at Syn Studio

Mastered by Masao Nakazato
Studios and engineers coordinated by Tomohiro Ohya
Art direction, design, and back cover photography by Masaru Hagiwara
Portrait of Combo Piano by Masayuki Shioda
Includes the transcript of a conversation between Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Takuma Watanabe (in Japanese)

Released in December 2003