Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Aketa
Tetsu Saitoh

Life Time

(Meta Hanamaki Aketa's Disk, MHACD-3501/3502) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1 - Part I

  1. Cruel Days of Life (14:25)
  2. Now's the Time (16:18)
  3. African Dream: Maraika (19:00)

Disc 2 - Part II

  1. Adlib 1700 (7:01)
  2. Oyo Hyakusawa (14:55)
  3. St. Thomas (18:22)
  4. Aketa's Blues (13:00)

All music composed by Aketa except (CD1, track 2), by Charlie Parker, and (CD2, track 3), by Sonny Rollins

Aketa (Shoji Aketagawa): piano, ocarina
Tetsu Saitoh: bass, percussion

Recorded live by Masaaki Shimada at Aketa no Mise, Tokyo, January 25, 2005
Produced by Aketa
Design by H2-Forest
Photos by Teruhiko Saita, Masaaki Shimada, Yosaku Minamitani, and Pascale Para
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Aketa

Released in November 2005