The Gintenkai – Tsukasa Taiko / GenRyu Arts [vinyl]

2018

Executive Producer & Artistic Direction: Tatsu Aoki Associate Producer: Joyce Ashizawa-Yee All Compositions & Arrangements by Gintenkai: Yasujiro Obayashi, Hidehiko Hata, Kazuki Yanaagimachi, Kenjiro Kumagai and Tatsu Aoki Asian Improv Music Pub. Co. (ASCAP) except track 5 by Hide Yoshihashi, Tatsu Aoki, and track 14 by Chinatsu Nakano Recorded at Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago Recording and Mixing Engineer: Caleb Willitz & K-LAB DAD Sound System Photography: Ken Carl, Tomoko Sawairi Nagle (group portrait) Graphic Design: Al Brandtner Acknowledgements Tsukasa Taiko: Yukiko Aoki, Steven Ducklow, Gail Itokazu, Naomi, Negi, Elma Saladar, Jane Tsuchida GenRyu Arts: Joyce Ashizawa-Yee, Kazue Myo, Keiko Yamaguchi, Bradley Yee Japanese American Service Committee

SIDE A

1. Don 丼 (03:05) 2. Izumi Daihachi 泉大八 (03:24) 3. Hayama no Itsutsu 早間の五つ (02:37) 4. Hadodon はどどん (06:34) 5. Motone 元値 (03:12) SIDE B

1. Hayama no Yotsu 早間の四つ (02:55) 2. Tama 玉 (02:40) 3. Shibuya 渋谷 (06:58) 4. Iyayo 一八四 5. Ginten Bayashi 銀天囃子 (01:50)  

Tsukasa Taiko Gintenkai: Eigen Aoki, Kioto Aoki, Miyumi Aoki, Kiyomi Negi, Koji Negi, Noriko Sugiyama, Jun Takanarita, Mark Aburano-Meister, Kembre Daniel, Neil Ducklow, Morgan Mican, Kenji Mulhall, Colin Wong

GenRyu Arts Melody Takata *GEN ENSEMBLE from GenRyu Arts Brian Ebisuzaki. Megan Lee, Kanon Myo, Lakambini O'Donnell, Wesley Hitomo Yee, Akari Myo, Marine Yamaguchi, Ryuma Yamaguchi

Guest Artists JoVia Armstrong (Track 11) Coco Elysses (Track 11) Hyakkyo Fukuhara (Track 3) Tatsu Aoki