Aki Takase - The First Years In Europe FLAC
Tracklist
| 1 | What A Wonderful WorldWritten-By – George Weiss, George Douglas | 4:19 |
| 2 | Open The DoorWritten-By – Aki Takase | 5:29 |
| 3 | Aki Takase • Rudi Mahall – Duet For Eric Dolphy | |
| 4 | Mountain ForestWritten-By – Aki Takase | 13:33 |
| 5 | Hat And BeardWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 3:13 |
| 6 | Maria Joao • Aki Takase • Niels Pedersen – Alice | |
| 7 | Oriental ExpressWritten-By – Aki Takase | 13:01 |
| 8 | MCMC – Walter Schätzlein | 0:30 |
| 9 | Something Sweet, Something TenderWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 2:28 |
| 10 | Rudi My Beer!Written-By – Aki Takase | 2:26 |
| 11 | 17 WestWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 3:47 |
| 12 | AliceWritten-By – Aki Takase, Maria Joao | 7:29 |
| 13 | Miss AnnWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 2:35 |
| 14 | Straight Up And DownWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 1:29 |
| 15 | Ida LupinoWritten-By – Carla Bley | 8:39 |
| 16 | Valse HotWritten-By – Sonny Rollins | 3:41 |
| 17 | Dr. Beat (Dedicated To Otosan)Written-By – Aki Takase | 4:12 |
| 18 | The Aki Takase Septet – Oriental Express | |
| 19 | Old FolksWritten-By – Dedate Lee Hill | 8:49 |
| 20 | Rocking In RhythmWritten-By – Duke Ellington | 5:08 |
| 21 | HanabiWritten-By – Aki Takase | 1:04 |
| 22 | Presto V.H.Written-By – Aki Takase | 6:53 |
| 23 | Presto V.H.Written-By – Aki Takase | 4:26 |
| 24 | Aki Takase – Shima Shoka | |
| 25 | MonologueWritten-By – Aki Takase | 9:06 |
| 26 | Minerva's OwlWritten-By – Aki Takase | 6:13 |
| 27 | A.V.S.Written-By – Aki Takase | 2:19 |
| 28 | Giant StepsWritten-By – John Coltrane | 5:19 |
| 29 | Misha's SlipperWritten-By – Aki Takase | 2:29 |
| 30 | The ProphetWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 4:09 |
| 31 | Song For HopeWritten-By – Aki Takase | 7:54 |
| 32 | Dr. BeatWritten-By – Aki Takase | 4:47 |
| 33 | I'm Confessin'Written-By – A.J. Neiburg, D. Dougherry, E. Reynolds | 4:02 |
| 34 | So Long Eric - Duke's Choice - Goodbye Pork Pye HatWritten-By – C. Mingus | 24:41 |
| 35 | Yoridori MidoriWritten-By – Aki Takase, Andreas Schmidt | 5:35 |
| 36 | Meraviglioso (Dedicated To Horst Weber)Written-By – Aki Takase | 4:22 |
| 37 | TimebendsWritten-By – Aki Takase | 4:11 |
| 38 | Aki Takase Trio – Song For Hope | |
| 39 | Mae-Dou-Iho NaoWritten-By – Maria Joao | 4:13 |
| 40 | 245Written-By – Eric Dolphy | 3:21 |
| 41 | PointWritten-By – Alex v. Schlippenbach | 7:55 |
| 42 | In And OutWritten-By – Aki Takase | 8:28 |
| 43 | LesWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 2:30 |
| 44 | PrimacciniWritten-By – Aki Takase, Maria Joao | 7:42 |
| 45 | A Chotto MatteWritten-By – Aki Takase | 2:40 |
| 46 | S. Joao / Quinta Das TorrinhasArranged By [Arr. By] [S. Joao] – Maria JoaoWritten-By [Quinta Das Torrinhas] – PeixotoWritten-By [S. Joao] – Trad. | 9:47 |
| 47 | Shima ShokaWritten-By – Aki Takase | 5:29 |
| 48 | PointWritten-By – Alex v. Schlippenbach | 4:13 |
| 49 | HazzeloniWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 3:09 |
| 50 | SereneWritten-By – Eric Dolphy | 3:39 |
| 51 | Goodbye Pork Pie HatWritten-By – Charles Mingus | 5:50 |
Credits
- Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Eiithi Hayashi (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Bass – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10), Nobuyoshi Ino (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 4-1 to 4-5)
- Bass Clarinet – Rudi Mahall (tracks: 5-1 to 5-14)
- Co-producer – Bavarian Broadcast (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
- Composed By [Composer], Arranged By [Arranger] – Aki Takase (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Design [Cover Design] – Sabine Fischer
- Design [Cover Design] [Duet For Eric Dolphy] – Yuri Takase
- Design [Cover Design] [Oriental Express] – Maruono Tomoo
- Design [Cover Design] [Shima Shoka] – Nina Ludwig
- Design [Cover Design] [Song For Hope] – Elisabeth Winckelmann
- Directed By [Recording Director] – Axel Linstädt (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
- Drums – Shota Koyama (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), Takeo Moriyama (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
- Engineer – Hans Martin (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), Klaus Bischke (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), Klaus Knapp (tracks: 5-1 to 5-14), Manfred Retsch (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10), Riccardo Van Krugten (tracks: 2-1 to 2-13)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Sylvia Schwutke (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Ensemble – Aki Takase Trio (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), The Aki Takase Septet (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Executive-Producer – Nadja Weber
- Liner Notes – Nadja Weber
- Liner Notes [Alice] – Horst Weber
- Liner Notes [Duet For Eric Dolphy] – Aki Takase
- Liner Notes [Oriental Express] – Aoki Makoto
- Liner Notes [Shima Shoka] – Yosuke Yamashita
- Liner Notes [Song For Hope] – Wolfgang Hörmann
- Liner Notes [Translated By (English)] [Nadja Weber, Wolfgang Hörmann, Horst Weber, Aki Takase] – Marty Cook
- Liner Notes [Translated By (English)] [Yosuke Yamashita] – Akira Sakamoto
- MC [M.C.] – Walter Schätzlein (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
- Painting [Cover Painting] [Alice] – Jutta Lenz
- Photography By [Cover Photograph] [Shima Shoka] – Inge Ofenstein
- Photography By [Oriental Express] – Ralph Dowedeit
- Photography By [Song For Hope] – Florian Adler
- Piano – Aki Takase
- Producer – Barbara Rüger (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), Horst Weber (tracks: 1-1 to 3-10, 5-1 to 5-14), Matthias Winckelmann (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Carlos Albrecht (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
- Supervised By [Supervisor] – Werner Aldinger (tracks: 5-1 to 5-14)
- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Hiroaki Katayama (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Trombone – Hiroshi Itaya (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Trumpet – Issei Igarashi (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
- Vocals [Vocal] – Maria João (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Notes
(c) & (p) 2015 enja records Worst Weber GmbH
Song For Hope
Rec. Date: November 5, 1981
Location: Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1982 enja records Worst Weber GmbH
Shima Shoka
Rec. Date: July 10th & 11th, 1990
Location: Bechstein Concert Hall, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1990 enja records Worst Weber GmbH
Alice
Rec. Date: October 28, 1990
Location: Tafelhalle, Nürnberg
(c) & (p) 1991 enja records Worst Weber GmbH
Oriental Express
Rec. Date: Oct. 10, 1994
Location: Deutschland Radio, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1996 enja records Worst Weber GmbH
Duet For Eric Dolphy
Rec. Date: May 25, 1997
Location: Trixx Studio, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1997 enja records Worst Weber GmbH
Barcodes
- Barcode: 7 67522 92302 5
- Other (Catalog Number Disc 1): enja CD 9230 -2/I
- Other (Catalog Number Disc 2): enja CD 9230 -2/II
- Other (Catalog Number Disc 3): enja CD 9230 -2/III
- Other (Catalog Number Disc 4): enja CD 9230 -2/IV
- Other (Catalog Number Disc 5): enja CD 9230 -2/V
Companies
- Recorded At – Berlin Jazz Festival
- Recorded At – Bechstein Concert Hall
- Recorded At – Tafelhalle
- Recorded At – DeutschlandRadio Funkhaus, Berlin
- Recorded At – Trixx Studios
- Copyright (c) – Enja Records Horst Weber GmbH
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Enja Records Horst Weber GmbH