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Yosuke Yamashita Trio
Itaru Oki Trio
Yuji Ono Trio
Kimiko Kasai

Trio by Trio + 1

(Think! Records, DTHK-012) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc A

  1. Dore (11:32)
  2. Mokurin--Gugan (12:06)
  3. Flying into the Space (16:44)
  4. Conversation with Water (10:52)

Disc B

  1. Autumn Leaves (13:12)
  2. I Can't Give You Anything but Love (4:20)
  3. Get Out of Town (2:19)
  4. Kenny's Mood (6:04)
  5. Black Shadow Woman (12:23)
  6. Theme of the Unknown People (13:32)

Music by Takeo Moriyama (A1), Yosuke Yamashita (A2), Itaru Oki (A3, A4, B5), Joseph Kosma (B1), Jimmy McHugh (B2), Cole Porter (B3), and Yuji Ono (B4, B6)
Words by Dorothy Fields (B2) and Cole Porter (B3)

Yosuke Yamashita Trio (A1, A2)
Yosuke Yamashita: piano
Seiichi Nakamura: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Takeo Moriyama: drums

Itaru Oki Trio (A3, A4, B5, B6)
Itaru Oki: trumpet
Keiki Midorikawa: bass
Hozumi Tanaka: drums

Yuji Ono Trio (B1-6)
Yuji Ono: piano
Takashi Mizuhashi: bass
Kazuyoshi Okayama: drums

Kimiko Kasai: vocals (B2, B3, B5, B6)

Recorded live at Yamaha Hall, Ginza, Tokyo, May 20, 1970
Mixed by Norio Yoshizawa
Design by Chihiro Watanabe
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Shoichi Yui and Yusuke Ogawa

Released in December 2011
Originally released in 1970 or 1971 as an LP on Victor (SMJX10101/2)