In November 1975, “Harvest” label released “Hot! Menu”, the third Sadistic Mika Band. It was recorded in July 1975, at “Onkyo House Studio” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Chris Thomas.
In September 1976, “Finnadar / Atlantic” label released “Gagaku & Beyond” album by Herbie Mann. It was recorded in April 1974, at “Mori Studios” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Herbie Mann.
In May 1982, “Columbia” label released “We Want Miles”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded June, July – October 1981, at “KIX” in Boston, “Avery Fisher Hall” in New York City and special stage in “Nishi-Shinjuku” Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
Miles Davis – trumpet, keyboards
Bill Evans – soprano and tenor saxophone
Mike Stern – electric guitar
Marcus Miller – bass guitar
Al Foster – drums
Mino Cinelu – percussion
Bud Grahm – engineer
Don Puluse – engineer
Hank Altman – engineer
Ted Brosnan – engineer
David Hewitt – engineer
Ted Brosnan – engineer
Yasuhisa Yoneda – cover photography
Bruce Talamon – inside photography
Henri Renaud – series producer
George Butler – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Miles Davis except where indicated.
Jean-Pierre
Back Seat Betty
Fast Track
Jean-Pierre
My Man’s Gone Now – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin
On May 25, 1979, “Alfa” label released the self-titled, debut Casiopea album. It was recorded December 1978 – March 1979, at “Studio A” in Tokyo, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe, Shinji Sawada and Kazusuke Obi.
Personnel:
Issei Noro – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
In May 2001, “Tzadik” label released “Flutter”, the debut Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Quintet album. It was recorded in 2000, at “GOK Sound” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Otomo Yoshihide.
Personnel:
Otomo Yoshihide – electric guitar, electronic, mixing
Tsugami Kenta – alto saxophone
Kikuchi Naruyoshi – tenor saxophone
Mizutani Hiroaki – bass
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro – drums, trumpet
Sachiko Matsubara
Akita Masami
Kondo Yoshiaki – recording, mixing
Allan Tucker – mastering
Heung-Heung Chin – design
Takahashi Mie – photography
John Zorn – executive producer
Kazunori Sugiyama – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Otomo Yoshihide, except where noted.
On March 26, 2002, “Tzadik” label released “Dreams”, album by Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Ensemble. It was recorded in 2001, at “A-102 Studio” and “GOK Sound” in Tokyo, and was produced by Otomo Yoshihide.
Personnel:
Otomo Yoshihide – acoustic and electric guitar, additional recording, editing
On September 24, 2004, “Milestone” label released “Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo”, a live album by McCoy Tyner. It was recorded in July 1978 at the “Live Under the Sky Festival” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
McCoy Tyner – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Tony Williams – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by McCoy Tyner, except where noted.
The Greeting
Aisha
Sama Layuca
Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
On July 18, 1995, “Tzadik” label released “Null & Void”, the second Ground Zero album. It was recorded July – August 1993, at “GOK Sound” in Tokyo, Japan, and was produced by Otomo Yoshihide.
On June 6, 2005, “Kling Klang” label released “Minimum-Maximum”, the first Kraftwerk live album. It was recorded in 2004, on concerts in Warsaw, Ljubljana, Moscow, Berlin, London, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Tokyo, and San Francisco, and was produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
