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Kazuko Shiraishi

Dedicated to the Late John Coltrane and Other Jazz Poems

(Bridge, BRIDGE-024) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Dedicated to the Late John Coltrane (13:10)
  2. My Tokyo (12:10)
  3. Once Again the Season of the Sacred Lecher (24:22)

All poems by Kazuko Shiraishi

Kazuko Shiraishi: poetry reading
Sam Rivers: saxophone, flute, piano, percussion
Andrei Strobert: percussion
Buster Williams: bass
Abdul Wadud: cello

Recorded in New York, October 1976
Includes an interview of Kazuko Shiraishi by Naomi Sakaeda (in Japanese)

Released in September 2004
Originally released as an LP on the U.S. label Musicworks (MUSICWORKS 3001) in 1977