Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Michel Doneda
Tetsu Saitoh

Spring Road: Duo Japan Tour 2003

(Travessia, TRV-004/005) (Japan) (DVD-R + CD-R)

DVD (39 minutes, NTSC, region free)

"Spring Road: The 2003 Michel Doneda & Tetsu Saitoh Duo Tour" Directed by Mai Saitoh

Including live performances, Tetsu Saitoh interview, and poetry by Michel Doneda

Michel Doneda: soprano sax
Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass
with
Yuji Kobayashi: live painting
Kiwao Nomura: poetry reading
Taketeru Kudo: Butoh dance
Hideyuki Okaniwa: Butoh dance
Shunichiro Hisada: kotsuzumi
Kang Tae Hwan: alto sax
Kang Unil: haegum
Hideaki Kuribayashi: 17-string koto
Shozan Tanabe: shakuhachi
Nobuyoshi Ino: contrabass
Bass Ensemble '03 (Jun Kawasaki, Hideto Ikegami, Yosaku Minatani, John Dee Lee): contrabass
Kazue Sawai: 17-string koto
Kazuo Imai: guitar
Shuichi Chino: piano

CD

  1. (7:29)
  2. (11:46)
  3. (6:01)
  4. (4:47)
  5. (10:08)
  6. (11:34)
  7. (13:29)

Michel Doneda: soprano sax
Tetsu Saitoh: contrabass

Shunichiro Hisada: kotsuzumi, voice (1)
Carl Stone: computer (2)
Nobuyoshi Ino: contrabass (3)
Bass Ensemble '03 (Jun Kawasaki, Hideto Ikegami, Yosaku Minatani, John Dee Lee): contrabass (3)
Shuichi Chino: piano (5)
Kazue Sawai: 17-string koto (6)
Kazuo Imai: guitar (6)

Recorded live in Ashiya (1); at the French Institute, Tokyo (2); at In F, Tokyo (3); at a workshop, Gallery Morita, Hakata (4); at Airegin, Yokohama (5); at Studio Es, Tokyo (6); and at Minamikumin Bunka Center, Hiroshima (7), March 15-April 15, 2003

CD mastering by Masaaki Shimada
Cover art by Hyokichi Onari
Design by Mai Imai and Wakako Harada

Released in May 2007