25/01/2017

T-Square "Natural" (1990) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : Epic Records / CBS/Sony Group, Inc.


Japon 01 - Control* (Masahiro Andoh)
02 - Wind Song* (Hirotaka Izumi)
03 - White Mane (Hirotaka Izumi)
04 - Labyrinth Of Love* (Hirotaka Izumi)
05 - Snowbird* (Masahiro Andoh)
06 - Radio Star (Masahiro Andoh)
07 - Daisy Field (Masahiro Andoh)
08 - Happy Song (Takeshi Itoh)
09 - Last Raindrops (Masahiro Andoh)
10 - Uptown (Takeshi Itoh)


T-Square :
Masahiro Andoh : Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Programming
Takeshi Itoh : Alto Saxophone & EWI
Hirotaka Izumi : Acoustic Piano, Synthesizers & Programming
Hiroyuki Noritake : Drums & Percussion
Mitsuru Sutoh : Basses
Additional musicians :
Mayumi Tanabata : Synthesizers & Programming
Steve Reid : Percussion on "Daisy Field", "Snowbird" & "Last Raindrops", Soundscape on "White Mane"
Keiko Yamakawa : Harp on "Daisy Field", "Snowbird" & "Labyrinth Of Love"
Toshihiro Nakanashi Group : Strings on "Wind Song" & "Labyrinth Of Love"
Michelle Hart : Vocal on "Labyrinth Of Love"
Nobuo Tsuji : Synthesizer Programming
Toru Kawasumi & Hiroshi Yamabe : Instrumental Technicians

Produced by T-Square
*Produced by Russ Freeman
Co-Produced : Taku Kanazawa
Executive Producers : Yasohachi '88' Itoh & Mikio Aoki
A&R Epic Records, West Coast : Ken Komisar
A&R Production Administration: Jack Matsumara
All Songs Arranged by T-Square except :
*Arranged by T-Square & Russ Freeman
Recorded at Burnish Stone Studio & Recording Studio Tokyo Fun, Tokyo & The Slam Shack Studio, North Hollywood, 1989
Mixed at The Slam Shack Studio
Recorded & Mixed by Steve Reid for Bongo Boy Productions
Additional Engineers : Hiromi Kato, Tom McCalluy & Yoshiyuki Yokoyama
Assisted by Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Kotaro Fukao & Tom O'Conner
Remixed by Robert Margouleff 
Associate Engineer : Brant Biles
Remixed at Aire L.A. Studio, Glendale, CA
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood