Yoshiaki Fujikawa & EastAsia Orchestra : "Shoyoh Jurin"

(Mobys, 1984)

1- Bold and Able (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (11:37)
2- Ladiga (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (10:01)
3- Divine Gift (Indonesian folk song) (6:52)
4- Trival Chief--Pate Pote (Keiki Midorikawa) (12:10)
5- Never Say Die (Yoshiaki Fujikawa) (3:38)

musicians :

Yoshiaki Fujikawa: conductor, reeds
Tetsuji Yoshida: trumpet
Ichiyu Komiya: trumpet
Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
Haruki Satoh: trombone
Kazutoki Umezu: reeds
Keizo Inoue: reeds
Hiroaki Katayama: reeds
Junji Hirose: reeds
Keiki Midorikawa: cello
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass
Sabu Toyozumi: drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama: percussion

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Fore : "ガイくん"

(Par records, 1995)

1. スクラッチ
2. ボトルトル
3. 月の下で踊ってる
4. FORE&FORE
5. ガイくん
6. SPACE OUT
7. さよさんのお年玉

musicians :

Yoshida Tetsuji : trumpet
Hashimoto Jun : guitar
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Minato Masafumi : drums

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Coil : "Get the coil"

(Maboroshi No Sekai, 1998)

1- Black Junk (Natsuki Kido) (5:54)
2- Chainwheel Boogie (Takeharu Hayakawa) (5:20)
3- Wild Life (Natsuki Kido) (5:34)
4- Crush to Death (Natsuki Kido) (6:26)
5- Smokin' with Ginger Cigarette' (Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) (6:36)
6- Sand (Natsuki Kido) (6:19)
7- Hot ax (Natsuki Kido) (9:02)
8- Curbon Food (Takeharu Hayakawa) (7:02)

Coil :

Natsuki Kido : electric guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, synthesizer
Takeharu Hayakawa : electric bass, acoustic bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki : drums, percussion, trumpet

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Danger : "Danger II"

(Eastworld, 1985)

1 - Hataraku hitobito
2- Anoko to shopping
3- Ore wa yumei
4- Johin na neko mitaina

musicians :

Kiyoshiro Imawano (RC Succession) : vocal, guitar
Umezu Kazutoki : alto & soprano sax, clarinet, flute, synthesizer
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & bariton sax
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Kikuchi Takashi : drums, percussion
Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar (3)
Miyazaki Masako : neko (4)

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nb : it's an EP (around 20')

Salt : "844"

(Omagatoki, 1991)

1- 844
2- Salami
3- Kome kome kome
4- Opasi rera
5- Kai-toh-sei
6- Infamous pizza
7- Senya ichiya
8- Kappa

musicians :

Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar
Fujii Nobuo : drums

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Doctor Umezu Band (DUB) : "D"

(Omagatoki, 1986)

1- Mysterious tea

2- 17th kiss

3- Anatoria

4- We have many possibility

5- Let's drink

6- 1970

7- Surge

8- On a little boat to Aivalik

9- Teacher's runnin'

musicians :

Umezu Kazutoki : alto sax, flute, keyboards, etc.
Katayama Hiroaki : tenor & baritone sax, etc.
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass, cello, turkish saz, kalimba, etc.
Kikuchi Takashi : drums, tabura, percussion, etc.

guests :

Ishiwatari Akihiro : guitar (2,3,5,7,8,9)
Yamamoto Mayu : keyboards (6,7)
Miyazaki Masako : vocal (1)

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Takeharu Hayakawa : "Hayakawa"

(Omagatoki, 1996)

1- Genbu
2- Flying head
3- The sea of Pterosaurs
4- One more cup of coffee (Bob Dylan)
5- Tsuchigumo
6- Sixfold spirals
7- Wormhole
8- Masakomasa shuffle

musicians :

Hayakawa Takeharu : basses, cello
Ishii Youji : guitar (1,2,3,5,6,8)
Hashimoto Jun : guitar (1,2,3,5,6,8)
Fujii Nobuo : drums (1,2,3,5,6,7,8)
Suzuki Hirofumi : percussion (3,4)

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Seikatsu Kojo Linkai orchestra : "Dance dance dance"

(Union, 1980)

1. Sail along silv'ry moon
2. Wanaoki
3. A night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
4. Take the « A » train (Billy Strayhorn)
5. Shackin' to me
6. St Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
7. Kaika nitai/Hentai nana byoshi/Uwasa no seikoui

musicians :

Kazutoki « Kappo » Umezu (as, cl, b-cl, yokobue, cho, vo, perc)
Hiroaki Katayama (ts, bs, as, cho, vo, perc)
Hiroshi "Manmos" Itaya (tb, vo, cho, perc)
Haruki Satoh (tb, a-hｒ, cho, vo, perc)
Shinji "Moh" Yasuda (tp, cho, vo, perc)
Yoriyuki Harada (pf, el-p, org, syn, ss, cl, vo)
Takeharu "Low-Rider" Hayakawa (el-b, vc, cho, vo)
Kenichi Kameyama (ds, perc, vo)
Takashi Kikuchi (ds, perc, cho, vo)

Genji Sawai : producer

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Seikatsu Kojo Linkai orchestra : "This is music is this !?"

(Union, 1979)

1. Yasudabushi
2. Take The « A » Train
3. Aketaketa march/African elephant
4. Youngmen Insist

Musicians :

Kazutoki « Kappo » Umezu (as, ss, bcl)
Hiroaki Katayama (ts, bs)
Masami Shinoda (as, fl)
Junji Mori (as)
Shinji Yasuda (tp)
Tetsuji Yoshida (tp)
Hiroshi Itaya (tb)
Haruki Sato (tb)
Yoriyuki « Leo » Harada (p, cong)
Tsutomu Numagami (b)
Takeharu Hayakawa (b, cel)
Kenichi Kameyama (ds)
Takashi Kikuchi (ds, per)

Genji Sawai : producer

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Good stuff !*#' (work in progress)

Hi,

I'd like to mention some excellent musical blogs with a few links towards other great records from Japan :

Yoshisaburo"Sabu" Toyozumi Unit : "The masterpiece" on inconstantsol : HERE

Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu "Bamboo Village" on inconstantsol : HERE

Bidziliba (first record under the name Biziriba) on mutantsounds : HERE

Luna Park ensemble (with Wataru Ohkuma) on mutantsounds : HERE

Junji Hirose + Otomo Yoshihide ("Silanganan Ingay" lp) on mutantsounds : HERE

Live Under The Sky (Seiichi Yamamoto) : mutantsounds : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu "Pandora's Cocktail" on what'sinmyipod : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu "Eclecticism" on what'sinmyipod : HERE

Tipographica "God says I can't dance" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Doctor Umezu band "Eight Eyes and Eight Ears" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu "First deserter" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Michihiro Sato "Rodan" on luckypsychichut : HERE

Dragon Blue (Tenko) "Hades park" on sector2814 : HERE

Altered States (with Otomo Yoshihide) "Lithuania & Estonia live" on sector2814 : HERE or on microphonesinthetrees : HERE

Tipographica "God Says I Can't Dance", "The Man Who Does Not Nod" (live) and "Floating opera" on lamusicaescultura : HERE

Kido Natsuki "Disco space baby !" on mutantsounds : HERE

Demi Semi Quaver "I" (with Katsui Yuji) on mutantsounds : HERE

Demi Semi Quaver "II" on sector2814 : HERE

Base Of Fiction "Kakusenjo No Ongaku" on mutantsounds : HERE

O.N.T.J. (with Hoppy Kamiyama) "Jose" on mutantsounds : HERE

Kazutoki Umezu + Tom Cora "Abandon" on wfmu : HERE

Rovo + Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden on mutantsounds : HERE

Doctor Umezu band : "Do-Guwaw !"

(News records, 1984)

1- Bumpy mountain on the back

2- Munoo

3- Tang tango

4- The cramp

5- Crocodile by starlight

6- 800 ton

musicians :

Kazutoki UMEZU : sax
Hiroaki KATAYAMA : sax

Takeharu HAYAKAWA : bass

Takashi KIKUCHI : drums

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Doctor Umezu band : "Danger"

(London, 1982)

1- Pop Up
2- Melody
3- Nande Nande Nande
4- Red Hippopotamus in the Sunset
5- Thymol
6- Dance Party
7- I'm No Good
8- Ojo-San

musicians :

Kazutoki Umezu : sax, clarinet
Takeharu Hayakawa : bass
Hiroaki Katayama : sax
Takashi Kikuchi : drums
+ Kiyoshiro Imawano (RC Succession) : guitar, Vocal

special guest :

G2 : percussion (4), piano (6, 8)

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Doctor Umezu band : "Dynamite"

(London Records, 1983)

1- Off the Door
2- Down Down !
3- In My Shoes
4- Jayne (Ornette Coleman)
5- Canal
6- Coffee Music
7- Pyrosis
8- Pretty Kranke
9- Dynamite

musicians :

Kazutoki Umezu : sax
Hiroaki Katayama : sax
Takeharu Hayakawa : bass
Takashi Kikuchi : drums

guests :

Fred Frith : guitar/violin
Terry Jenoure : vocal

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Katayama Hiroaki : "Instant groove"

(Natya, 1998)

1- Spirits rejoice

2- N'kakka

3- September

4- Theme of the anglers

5- Untitled

Musicians :

Hayashi Eiichi : sax (1)

Miyano Yuji : sax (1)

Umezu Kazutoki : sax & clarinet (2)

Hayakawa Takeharu : bass (2)

Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums (2)

Kato Takayuki : guitar (3)

Katsui Yuji : violin (4)

Kato Takayuki : guitar (4)

Fuwa Daisuke : bass (4)

Onuma Shiro : drums (4)

Ishiwatari Akihiro ; guitar (5)

Ino Nobuyoshi : bass (5)

Tsunoken : drums (5)

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CO2 : "Zero"

(Natya, 1998)

1- Introduction/Asian blues
2- CO2/98'
3- After you
4- Go ! Go ! Steve !
5- Drophead
6- Traumanequo
7- White noise

CO2 :

Katayama Hiroaki : sax tenor
Hayashi Eiichi : sax alto
Kato Takayuki : guitar
Hayakawa Takeharu : bass
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro : drums

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Kazutoki Umezu : "Kinema"

(Nec Avenue, 1990)

1- Rose de Sahara

2- Raccoon

3- Nishikoigakubo koushinkyoku

4- Shakushian no tatakai

5- Isei

6- Kabuongyoku

7- Bogo bogo

8- K

9- From Cherbourg ("les parapluies de Cherbourg")

Kazutoki Umezu : saxes

Tsuneo Imahori : guitar (1,2,3,4,5,7,9)

Takeharu Hayakawa : bass (2,3,5,7,9)

Kazuto Shimizu : keyboards (1,2,3,4,5,7,9)

Reichi : drums (2,3,5,6,7,9)

Isao Miyoshi : guitar (1,4)

Benisuke Sakai : bass (1,4)

Kozo Nida : drums (1,4)

Tomohiro Yahiro : percussion (1,3,4)

Hikashu : (6)

Koichi Makigami : vocals

Mita Freeman : guitar

Makoto Inoue : keyboards

Masami Sakaide : bass

Kazuhiro Nomoto : clarinet

Fumio Itabashi : piano (8)

Neko Saito : violin (3,7,9)

Asuka Kaneko : violin (6)

Susumu Hirasawa : vocals (9)

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Bloodbath - "Live Bloodbath Live"

(Phenotype, 1996)

1- Bad Dreams (2:39)
2- Hell Blonde Groove (7:22)
3- Solo vs. Lead (1:14)
4- Geisha-Maki (6:27)
5- Solo vs. Lead (1:50)
6- Waiting for Tanya (6:22)
7- Solo vs. Lead (1:52)
8- Blues for Marilyn (Let's Get Down) (5:42)
9- The Funk Never Stops (6:18)
10- Solo vs. Lead (1:26)
11- What Funk You Got (7:21)
12- Solo vs. Lead (1:00)
13- KamiFunkuoka Blues (9:04)
14- Polkabuki (5:12)

Bloodbath :

John King : guitar and vocal
Otomo Yoshihide : turntables and guitar
Tatsuro Kondo : keyboards
Takeharu Hayakawa : bass
Jun Aoyama : drums

Guests :

Kazutoki Umezu : alto and soprano sax, clarinet and bass clarinet
Koichi Makigami : voice

Recorded live at Manda-la 2, Tokyo, December 27, 1992

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