Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer

Waltz

(Nani Records/Disk Union, NCD-102) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Papirosn (music: traditional / lyrics: H. Yablokoff) (4:39)
  2. Araber Tantz (traditional) (6:09)
  3. Dovid, Shpil es Nokh a Mol (traditional) (5:34)
  4. Ershter Vals (traditional / Chaim Towber Banner) (4:24)
  5. Terkish Yale V'yove Tantz (Naftule Brandwine) (5:44)
  6. Baym Rebin in Palestina (Itziki Kramtweiss) (8:25)
  7. Those Were the Days (Gene Raskin) (8:23)

Arranged by Kanji Nakao, Takero Sekijima and Nammy Tokyo (1); and Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer (2, 3, 5-7)
Track 4 arranged based on The Klezmatics' recording in "Shvaygn=Toyt"

Kazutoki Umezu: clarinet, alto saxophone (2), bass clarinet (6), tin whistle (6)
Wataru Okuma: clarinet, bass clarinet (6, 7)
Kazuhiro Nomoto: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (4, 6), oboe (7)
Kanji Nakao: soprano saxophone, clarinet (1)
Takero Sekijima: tuba
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Yoko Tada: alto saxophone
Ayumi Matsui: violin
Yuriko Mukojima: violin
Hidehiko Urayama: banjo
Chan Koyo: accordion
Jyoji Sawada: double bass
Yasuhiko Tachibana: double bass
Yasuo Sano: kit drums, tambourine (5)
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: kit drums
Sachiko Nagata: marimba, percussion
Yoko Ishizaki: marimba, percussion
Koichi Makigami: vocal, conductor (3)
Nammy Tokyo: vocal

Produced by Kazutoki Umezu and Shigenori Noda
Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo on April 11-16, 1996
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo on May 20-23, 1996
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Recordings Inc. in Tokyo on May 28, 1996
Art direction and design: Shuichi Kataoka and Kagari Sekiguchi
Photography: Nobuko Shiga
Lyrics translation: haruna ito and Shigenori Noda

Released in 1996