Itaru Oki

Anthologie Paris-Lyon

(Ohrai Records, JMCK-1011) (Japan) (CD)

1. Le Matin (2:21)
2. La Monologue de Sartre (6:52)
3. Passage Roche (7:07)
4. Ben-Ten (8:27)
5. Hot Milk (10:56)
6. Esprit d'Ail (7:32)
7. La Ligne d'Alphonse (3:26)
8. Bordeaux '95 (11:30)
9. Chez Créole (1:35)
10. La Lune de Croix Rousse (8:55)

Itaru Oki: trumpet
Claude Bernard: tenor saxophone (3)
Isao Yu: piano (4)
Arthur Doyle: tenor saxophone, flute (5)
Olivier "Red" Lanvin: vocal, guitar (6)
Alphonse Roeshealaub: piano (7, 9)
Makoto Sato: drums (8)
Tchangodei: piano (10)

Recorded in Paris and Lyon, France, May 15-20, 2001
Produced by Itaru Oki and Joh-on Shimizu
Recorded and mastered by Hiroshi Ogawa at Studio Pelan Pelan
Cover art by Fernand Lerin
Calligraphy by Joh-ryu Abo
Photos by Hiroshi Ogawa and David Shimizu
Design by Tomoe Jomori
Includes liner notes in Japanese, French, and English by Kazuoko Shiraishi, and in Japanese by Itaru Oki
French translation by Yuriko Inoue and David Martel
English translation by Kahori Miyagawa and Yukiko Imai

Released in April 2002

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