Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra

Live in Japan '96

(DIW Records, DIW-922) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Eric Dolphy Medley [Eric Dolphy / arranged by Aki Takase] (17:04)
    The Prophet
    Serene
    Hat and Beard
  2. The Morlocks [Alexander von Schlippenbach] (15:46)
  3. Shijo no Ai [Aki Takase] (6:21)
  4. Way Down South Where the Blues Began [W.C. Handy / arranged by Alexander von Schlippenbach] (12:18)
  5. Jackhammer [Alexander von Schlippenbach] (10:29)
  6. Goodbye [Gorden Jenkins / arranged by Willem Breuker] (4:17)

Conducted by Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase

Thomas Heberer, Henry Lowther, Axel Dörner, Issei Igarashi: trumpets
Marc Boukouya, Paul Rutherford, Wolter Wierbos, Haruki Sato: trombones
Walter Gauchel: tenor saxophone
Evan Parker: tenor and soprano saxophones
Gerd Dudek: tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet
Rudy Mahall: bass clarinet
Eiichi Hayashi: alto saxophone
Hiroaki Katayama: tenor and baritone saxophones
Alexander von Schlippenbach: piano
Aki Takase: piano
Nobuyoshi Ino: bass
Paul Lovens: drums

Recorded live on July 31 and August 3, 1996

Released in September 1998