Akira Sakata

Mooko

(Bridge, BRIDGE-136) (Japan) (CD)

1. Nitchimo Satchimo (6:32)
2. Hieyashi Bushi (5:52)
3. Wann Kann Ich Sie Wiedersehen? (4:39)
4. Hitsujikai no Bansan (9:14)
5. Kibaminzoku no Odori (7:46)
6. Mooko (3:05)

Music by Akira Sakata (1, 3); Akira Sakata, Bill Laswell, and Ronald Shannon Jackson (2, 4, 5); and Akira Sakata and Bill Laswell (6)

Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, piano, voice
Bill Laswell: bass, violin
Ronald Shannon Jackson: drums, percussion

Produced by Akira Sakata, Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Robert Musso
Recorded by Robert Musso at Sorcerer Sound, New York, December 2-5, 1987
Mixed at Quad Recording Studio
Original mastering by Howie Weinberg at Master Disk
Remastered by Nobuyuki Suzuki
Artwork by Shinro Ohtake
Original design by Takuji Nomoto
Reissue design by Yuko Watanabe
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Kazutomi Aoki (original) and Akira Sakata (reissue)

Released in March 2009
Originally released in 1992 as a CD on NEC Avenue (N32C-1003)

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