Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kazutoki Umezu
Yoriyuki Harada

Danke: Donaueschinger Musiktage 1980

(Polystar Jazz Library, MTCJ-5531) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Bitte (10:15)
  2. Danke (9:41)
  3. Not So Long, Don! (3:29)
  4. Domo (4:34)
  5. Aketaketa (4:55)
  6. Kleine Nacht (13:25)

Music by Yoriyuki Harada (1, 4), Kazutoki Umezu (3, 5, 6), and Yoriyuki Harada and Kazutoki Umezu (2)

Kazutoki Umezu: alto saxophone, vocal, bass clarinet
Yoriyuki Harada: piano, vocal, bass clarinet

Tracks 1-3 recorded live by Norbert Kloevekorn at Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany, October 18, 1980
Tracks 4-6 recorded at Teichiku Studio, Tokyo, November 13, 1980
Remastered by Seiji Kaneko at King Records Sekiguchidai Studios
Reissue design by Takafumi Kitsuda
Includes liner notes in Japanese and English by Kiyoshi Koyama

Released in February 2004
Originally released as an LP on Nippon Phonogram