Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Hiroaki Katayama
Shibusashirazu

Katayama Hiroaki with Shibusashirazu

(Studio Wee, SW401) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Fables of Faubus (8:21)
  2. Solamente Una Ves (4:35)
  3. You Belong to My Heart (4:32)
  4. The Cat (6:16)
  5. March (6:38)
  6. L'addition (4:34)
  7. Drunkenstein (8:10)
  8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (9:20)

Composed by Charles Mingus (1), Agustin Lara (2, 3), Lalo Schifrin (4), Hiroaki Katayama (5, 7), Michel Legrand (6), and Joe Zawinul (8)

Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone

Takeharu Hayakawa: bass
Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone, voice

Shibusashirazu
Daisuke Fuwa: conductor
Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
Mitsuhide Tatsumi: trumpet, flugelhorn
Daisuke Takaoka: tuba
Aya Murodate: flute, vocal
Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi: soprano and sopranino saxophones
Hideki Tachibana: alto saxophone
Keiko Komori: alto and soprano saxophones
Han Sato: tenor saxophone
Akira Kito: baritone saxophone
Hiroyuki Otsuka: guitar
Ryoichi Saito: guitar
Dairo Suga: piano
Sachiko Nakajima: keyboard
Hitoshi Kuramochi: drums
June Isobe: drums
Mari Sekine: percussion
Shinichi Watanabe: emcee
Chie: butoh
Sayaka: dance
Pero: dance

Recorded live by Atsushi Tanaka at Buddy, Tokyo, October 19-20, 2005
Mastered by Hiroshi Shiota
Produced by Hiroaki Katayama and Hiroaki Wakiya
Photos by Tokuaki Takimoto
Design by Tomoo Maruono
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Hiroaki Katayama

Released in January 2006