Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Keiko Takeda

Opera Hitorikkiri: Oguma to Kenji

(ALM Records, ALCD-7106) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Mewotoshi (28:51)

    Kashikokatta Sannin (50:05)
  2. (2:49)
  3. (18:58)
  4. (14:12)
  5. (14:04)

"Mewotoshi" composed by Yuji Takahashi
"Kashikokatta Sannin" composed by Hikaru Hayashi

"Mewotoshi"
Keiko Takeda: vocal
Yuji Takahashi: piano

"Kashikokatta Sannin"
Keiko Takeda: vocal
Ohiro Minato: percussion, guitar, sanshin, saxophone, etc.
Yoshiaki Sato: accordion, percussion, etc.
Madoko Hagi: xylophone, percussion, pianica, etc.

Recorded live at Yotsuya Kumin Hall, Tokyo, December 12, 2005
Recording engineer and tape editor: Yukio Kojima
Illustration by Yuko Nagayama
Photos by Nobuko Shiga
Design by Natsue Yamanaka
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yuji Takahashi, Hikaru Hayashi, and Keiko Takeda

Released in September 2006