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Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer

Waltz

(Nani Records/Disk Union, NCD-1003) (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, Tokyo, April 11-16, 1996
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo, May 20-23, 1996
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Recordings Inc., Tokyo, May 28, 1996
Art direction and design by Shuichi Kataoka and Kagari Sekiguchi
Photo by Nobuko Shiga
Lyrics translation by Haruna Ito and Shigenori Noda

Released in January 2008
Originally released in 1996 on Nani Records (NCD-102)