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Hiroshi Minami Trio

The Girl Next Door

(EWE Records, EWCD 0174) (Japan) (CD)


  1. The Girl Next Door [Ralph Blane/Hugh Martin] (7:13)
  2. Bye-Ya [Thelonious Monk] (4:24)
  3. But Not for Me [George Gershwin] (5:47)
  4. I Loves You Porgy [George Gershwin] (6:32)
  5. Nefertiti [Wayne Shorter] (6:27)
  6. Doxy [Sonny Rollins] (3:42)
  7. Blame It on My Youth [Oscar Levant] (4:48)
  8. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [Charles Mingus] (4:27)
  9. Epilogue [Hiroshi Minami] (2:25)

Hiroshi Minami Trio
Hiroshi Minami: piano
Masato Suzuki: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums

Produced by Hiroshi Minami
Recorded by Takashi Akaku at Onkio Haus, January 13 and 14, 2010
Mixed by Takashi Akaku at Abaco Creative Studio, January 25, 2010
Mastered by Koji Suzuki at Mastering 1, Sony Music Studios Tokyo, January 29, 2010
Cover photo by Hellen van Meene
Art direction and design by Yui Maki
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Koji Murai


Released in March 2010