YUKIHIRO ISSO "IT'S SO ISSO" (RAIJIN, 1990)

No Free Jazz but some improvised music. No Jazz but it's so Isso...?


Yukihiro Isso, nohkan (2,5,7) & shinobue (1,3,4,5,6)
Natsuki Kido, guitar (1,2,3,5,6,7)
Masahiro Uemura, percussion (1,2,3,5,6,7)
Kiyoshi Yoshitani, shimedaiko (japanese drum) (2,5,7)

guests :

Yosuke Yamashita, piano (2)
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone (7)
Kazumi Watanabe, guitar (1)
Kiyohiko Semba, percussion (1,2,5,7)


1. Toh Hyo Hyo     8:44
2. Bi-Byohnn     7:39
3. Scarecrow And The Red Dragonfly     9:44
4. The Fable Of The Elementary School For Minnows     5:26
5. Just For Fantasia     6:48
6. The Pastoral Village     4:15
7. Soku-Ryu-Teki-Ha (Life Is So Hard)     10:50


Recorded: December 6, 10, 15, 21, 1990 at King Records Studio.


Raijin - KICP 101  (1991)

KIM DAE HWAN "LIKE A DEW ALSO LIKE A THUNDER" (BIGTORY, 1988-2001)

Kang Tae Hwan, alto saxophone (5 + 6)
Choi Sun Bae, trumpet (5 + 6)
Kazumi Watanabe, guitar (4)
Yoriyuki Harada, piano (2)
Yosuke Yamashita, piano (4)
Kang Eun Il, haegum (3)
Kim Dae Hwan, puk (1 + 7), drums & percussion (2 - 6)

1. Solo     07:49
2. Duo             16:35
3. Duo             08:31
4. Trio     20:20
5. Trio     09:03
6. Trio     04:34
7. Solo     03:21


Track 1 and 7 recorded at FM Tokyo, September 1993; track 2 recorded May 10, 2001; track 3 recorded in Kangnung, South Korea, May 27, 2000; track 4 recorded at Shinjuku Quest Hall, Tokyo, October 20, 1999; tracks 5 and 6 recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, July 5, 1988.

BIGTORY BIGD-001 (2004)

KENJI MORI QUARTET ‎– FIREBIRD (THREE BLIND MICE, 1977)

A1. K & J
A2. A Time For Us

B.  Firebird Part I & II


Nobuyoshi Ino, bass
Steve Jackson, drums
Kazumi Watanabe, electric guitar
Kenji Mori, tenor saxophone, tapes, alto flute


Recorded on 6-7 January 1977 at Epicurus Studoio, Tokyo.

Three Blind Mice ‎– TBM-3003

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