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Yoshihide Otomo's New Jazz Quintet

Flutter

(Tzadik, TZ 7232) (US) (CD)

  1. Flutter: Modulation for High Tone (10:26)
  2. Drift / Les (7:11)
  3. Serene (7:30)
  4. Spin (3:32)
  5. Night Lights / Density (22:05)

All music by Yoshihide Otomo, except "Les" and "Serene," by Eric Dolphy, and "Night Lights," by Gerry Mulligan

Yoshihide Otomo's New Jazz Quintet
Kenta Tsugami: alto sax
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: tenor sax
Yoshihide Otomo: electric guitar, electronics, sho samples (5)
Mizutani Hiroaki: double bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, trumpet (5)

Guests
Sachiko M: sine waves (1-2, 5)
Masami Akita: EMS synthesizer (3)

Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo, February 2000
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo, April 2000, and by Yoshihide Otomo at A-102 Studio in Tokyo, July 2000-February 2001
Produced by Yoshihide Otomo
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital in New York
Photography: Mie Takahashi
Design: Heung-Heung Chin

Released May 2001