Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Live! Laugh!

Kaze wo Kitte Susume!

(Off Note, ON-34) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Steal Beats (5:23)
    Composed and arranged by Yutaka Ohara

  2. Ciocarlia Si Suite (3:56)
    Traditional

  3. La Marchita (2:53)
    Composed by Francisco Santiago; arranged by Yutaka Ohara

  4. Nicoleta (7:16)
    Traditional

  5. Cha Cha (6:51)
    Composed and arranged by Yutaka Ohara

  6. Ryoko (8:21)
    Composed by Yutaka Ohara; arranged by Mitsuji Kawamura

  7. Utsukushiki Tennen (3:15)
    Composed by Hozumi Tanaka; lyrics by Hagoromo Takeshima; arranged by Yutaka Ohara

  8. Dotombori Koshinkyoku (2:12)
    Composed by Seihachi Shiojiri; lyrics by Shigejiro Hibi; arranged by Mitsuji Kawamura

  9. The International (3:36)
    Composed by Pierre Degeyter; Japanese lyrics by Takamaru Sasaki; arranged by Mitsuji Kawamura

  10. Kike Bankoku no Rodosha (3:36)
    Original song: "Amur-gawa no Ryuketsu ya"
    Lyrics by Isamu Oba; arranged by Yutaka Ohara

  11. La Tema de Libre (5:05)
    Traditional

Live! Laugh!
Yutaka Ohara: conductor, trombone
Masafumi Ezaki: trumpet
Nobuki Yamamoto: trumpet
Makiko Ando: trombone
Tomoyuki Mihara: trombone
Sanae Nakajima: alto saxophone
Yasuhisa Mizutani: alto saxophone
Satoshi Inoue: tenor saxophone
Nobuko Hino: tenor saxophone
Yoichi Funahashi: baritone saxophone
Mitsuji Kawamura: tuba
Koichi Kataoka: tuba
Tatsuki Yoshino: tuba
Daisuke Takaoke: tuba
Yoshikazu Isaki: drums
Jin Mitsuda: drums
Michiharu Yokosawa: djembe

Guests
Takashi Nakagawa (8, 9): vocal, sanshin
Kazutoki Umezu (2, 3, 4, 6): alto saxophone

Yoko Tada (2, 3, 4, 6): alto saxophone
Koji Oshima (10, 11): trombone
Etsuko Sakamoto (10, 11): alto saxophone
Keizo Nobori (10, 11): tenor saxophone
Yoshimitsu Hattori (10, 11): tenor saxophone, piccolo
Jun Yamashita (10, 11): percussion

Recorded by Daisuke Murakawa at Banana Hall, Osaka, August 26, 1998, and February 8, 1999
DAT recording on tracks 10 and 11 by Norifumi Tahira at Shinkaichi, Kobe, December 23, 1997
Produced by Aki Onda
Co-produced by Yutaka Ohara
PA engineering by Eiji Iwai
Mixed by Takehiko Kamada at The Border, Tokyo, April-May 1999
Mastered by Toru Kotetsu at JVC Mastering Center
Design by Kunihisa Fujiwara
Cover photo by Kiyoshi Makita
Other photos by Yutaka Ohara
Includes liner notes by Hirofumi Tanaka (in Japanese)

Released in 1999