Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kazutoki Umezu

Shin Myong

(ZEN/ JVC, VICG-8027) (CD)

  1. Ton-Dok-Kun (18:10)
  2. Son-Nim-Kut (10:46)
  3. Che-Sok-Kut (16:57)
  4. Pen-No-Re (11:11)

Kazutoki Umezu: alto sax (1, 2, 4); soprano sax (1); bass clarinet (3)
Kim Suk-Chul: hojok (1, 4)
Kim Yong-Taek (1)
Kim Tong-Yol (1)
Kim Jong-Hi: changgo (1)
Kim Jong-Guk (1)
Park Byong-Chon: vocal and changgo (2)
Lee Tae-Baek (2)
Kim Dae-Re: vocal (3)
Park Byong-Won: changgo (3)
Kim Gi-Bong (3)
Tetsu Saitoh: bass (3)

Recorded by Takashi Uetsuki in:
Pusan, Korea on December 5, 1991 (1, 4)
Seoul, Korea on May 22, 1992 (2)
Chindo, Korea on May 17, 1992 (3)

Planned and produced by Sohn Ah Sun and Ichiro Shimizu
Jacket design: Hidetoshi Mito
Photography: Ichiro Shimizu
Includes liner notes by Sohn Ah Sun in Japanese, and Manabu Yuasa in Japanese and English (translation by Robin Thompson); and a conversation among Kazutoki Umezu, Ichiro Shimizu and Manabu Yuasa

Released 1992