Akira Sakata : "Mooko"

(Virgin/Venture, 1990)

1- Nitchimo satchimo
2- Hieyashi bushi
3- Wann kann ich sie wiedersehen ?

4- Hitsujikai no bansan
5- Kibaminzoku no odori
6- Mooko

musicians :

Akira Sakata : sax, clarinet, piano & vocals
Bill Laswell : basses, violin & ectar
Ronald Shannon Jackson : drums & scheollmie

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Toy : "Live at Pit Inn"

(Q-Train)

1- Beginnings (26:43)
2- Ohta's Turkey (17:50)
3- Ohta's Talk (0:41)
4- Feel like the "ALLMAN" (13:04)

TOY :

Yasuhiko Tachibana: bass, voice
Keisuke Ohta: violin, vocal, voice
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, trumpet, voice

Guest :

Akira Sakata: alto sax, clarinet, voice

recorded live at Shinjuku Pit Inn on November 13, 2001

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Yukihiro Isso : "It's so isso"

(King, 1991)

1- Toh hyo-hyo
2- Bi-byohnn
3- Scarecrow and the red dragonfly
4- The fable of the elementary school for minnows
5- Just for fantasia
6- The pastoral village
7- Soku-ryu-teki-ha

musicians :

Yukihiro Isso : nohkan & shinobue flute
Natsuki Kido : guitar
Masahiro Uemura : percussion
Kiyoshi Yoshitani : shimedaiko (japanese drum)

guests :

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

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Autonomous Zone : "The map is not the territory"

(Meldac, 1992)

1. Invoke 6.26
2. Lost Dimension 6.03
3. The Grey Room 5.34
4. Black Light 6.57
5. The Hollow Earth 5.47
6. Chaos Field 6.57

Musicians :

Ginger Baker (1,4): drums
Anton Fier: drums, drum machine, percussion
Hideo Yamaki: drum machine, drums, balaphone, percussion
Foday Musa Suso: kora, talking drum, vocals
Bill Laswell: bass
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, synthesizer
Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, shanai
Yukihiro Isso: Japanese flute
Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone, clarinet, taragato, bass clarinet
Haruo Togashi: synthesizer

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Akira Sakata : "Silent plankton"

(Tokuma, 1991)

Musicians :

Akira Sakata : alt sax, clarinet, piano, synthesizer, bells, chinese flute
Bill Laswell : fretless bass, sitar bass, bowed bass, tapes, short wave
Nicky Skopelitis : 6&8 string guitar
Aiyb Dieng : chatan, doff, bells, gongs, cymbals

1- Daphnia
2- Strange Island
3- Strawberry-Kids in a Storm
4- Ancient Dream
5- Innocent Forest
6- Look at Me
7- Silent Plankton

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Akira Sakata : "Fisherman's.com"

(Starlets'/Dogtail, 2001)

1- Kaigara-bushi (14'43'')
2- Ondo no hunauta (9'49'')
3- Saitaro-bushi (8'43'')
4- Wakare no ipponsugi (14'28'')

Akira Sakata : vocal, sax & synth.
Pete Cosey : guitar
Hamid Drake : drums, conga
Bill Laswell : bass, synth.

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