Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yuki Maeda
Masahiko Satoh

One Touch of Weill

(EWE Records, EWCD-0026) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Morgenchoral des Peachum (1:23)
  2. Alabama Song (3:37)
  3. Speak Low (2:45)
  4. September Song (4:23)
  5. Es Regnet (5:49)
  6. My Ship (4:12)
  7. Lonely House (6:01)
  8. Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib? (6:27)
  9. Buddy on the Nightshift (2:39)
  10. Klops Lied (1:44)
  11. Overture (0:34)
  12. Barbarasong (2:53)
  13. Mack the Knife (3:36)
  14. Youkali (6:12)
  15. Lost in the Stars (2:34)

All music by Kurt Weill
All arranged by Masahiko Satoh
Words: Bertolt Brecht (1-2, 8, 12-13), Ogden Nash (3), Maxwell Anderson (4, 15), Kurt Weill with a suggestion by Jean Cocteau (5), Ira Gershwin (6), Langston Hughes (7), Oscar Hammerstein (9), traditional (10), and Roger Fernay (14)
Japanese translation of words: Shezoo (5, 8, 14)

Yuki Maeda: vocal (1-10, 12-15)
Masahiko Satoh: piano, synthesizer, celesta
Ikuo Sakurai: bass (3-4, 6-9, 13-14)
Tappy Iwase: drums (2-4, 6-9, 13-14)
Gregg Lee: electric bass (2)
Mizuhiro Tasaki: cello (5)
Chima Kawahara: violin (12)
Quartetto Classico (8, 14)

Recorded by Teruhito Hirokane at Onkio Haus Studio 2 on July 29 and 31, August 8 and 10, and September 11, 13, and 15, 2000
Mastered by Wataru Ishii at Onkio Haus Mastering A
Produced by Masahiko Satoh
Design: Masami Masuyama
Photography: Tsuyoshi Saitoh
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yuki Maeda and Masahiko Satoh

Released 2001