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Kazutoki Umezu

Eclecticism

(Knitting Factory Works, KFW 130) (CD)

For the jacket photo and sound clip of track 4, go to the Eclecticism page on the Knitting Factory web site.

  1. Yakitori (9:41)
  2. Western Picaro (5:27)
  3. Juicy Mami (6:22)
  4. Horse Work (3:25)
  5. Stable Seven (5:19)
  6. Lulu & Roro: Dedicated to Rahsaan Roland Kirk (7:09)
  7. Junk (3:19)
  8. Ballet Dancer (2:58)

Kazutoki Umezu: reeds
Marc Ribot: guitar
Curtis Fowlkes: trombone
Brad Jones: bass
Samm Bennett: percussion
Dougie Bowne: drums

All compositions by Kazutoki Umezu

Recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City on October 27, 1992 by James McLean
Produced by Y.Z. Oikawa
Art direction: Taro Manabe
Art works and illustration: Picaro Taro
Design: Etsuya Hattori
U.S.A. edition reworked by David W. Brenner
Photography: Noboru Murata and Nancy Perlman

Released 1994