Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

John Zorn
Michihiro Satoh

Ganryu Island (Ganryujima)

(Tzadik, TZ 7319) (U.S.) (CD)

  1. Ryukyu Heishi (6:12)
  2. Haguregumo (14:14)
  3. Two Ronin (3:53)
  4. Kagemusha (10:37)
  5. Odori Dayu (5:31)
  6. Ganryu Island (11:11)
  7. Yoshiwara Kaidan (3:27)
  8. Natsu Matsuri (5:31)
  9. Giri (5:29)
  10. Yonaka no Hatashiai (2:07)
  11. Uma no Koku (2:39)
  12. Tsugaru Bushido (4:33)

Michihiro Satoh: tsugaru shamisen
John Zorn: reeds

Recorded by Don Hünerberg at Radio City Studio, New York City, November 23, 1984
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, New York
Produced by John Zorn
Cover design by Mare Earley
Reissue design by Ikue Mori

Released in 1998
Tracks 1-7 originally released on LP in 1985 by the Yukon label (tracks 8-12 released here for the first time)