18/05/2012

Takeshi "T.K." Ito "T.K.LA" (1993) -Westcoast Rock / Smooth Jazz-



 Label : East West Japan


Japon 01 - Freedom Walk (Bill Cantos)
02 - Tell Me It's True (Takeshi Ito & Norihito Sumitomo)
03 - Colour Crystal (Takeshi Ito & Bill Cantos)
04 - Journey (Ricky Lawson & Larry Kimpel)
05 - Scrabble (Norihito Sumitomo)
06 - Myth (Takeshi Ito)
07 - Not Enough Time (Ricky Lawson, Howard McCrary, Bill Cantos & David Ward)
08 - So Far (Ricky Lawson & Bill Cantos)
09 - To You (Norihito Sumitomo)


Produced by Ricky Lawson for Perfect Performance, Inc.
Co-Produced by Norihito Sumitomo
Recorded, Engineered & Mixed by Erik Zobler
Executive Producer : Sam Nagashima
A & R / Yo Muto
Additional Engineering by David Ward & Mitch Gibson
Assistant Engineers : David Wills, Mike Geiser & Wayne Holmes
Computer Programming by Norihito Sumitomo, David Wills, David Ward & Ricky Lawson
Recorded at Mama Jo's Studios, North Hollywood, CA ; Le Gonks West, Los Angeles, CA & Ahhsum Lawson's, Walnut, CA
Mixed at Mama Jo's Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Mastered by Brian Gardner, Bernie Grundman, Hollywood, CA
Production Coordinator : Faith R. Fox


01 - Freedom Walk

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Larry Kimpel : Bass
Carlos Rios : Guitar & Guitar Solo
Bill Cantos : Acoustic & Electric Piano, Vocal & Vocal Arrangement
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Arranged by Ricky Lawson & Bill Cantos

02 - Tell Me It's True

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Greg Phillinganes : Electric Piano
Larry Kimpel : Bass
Norihito Sumitomo : Sequence Programming
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Bill Cantos : Background vocals, Keyboards & Acoustic Piano
Kevyn Lettau , Earnest Miller, Lynne Fiddmont & Kevin Dorsey : Background vocals
Earth Wind & Fire Horn Section
Arranged by Norihito Sumitomo

03 - Colour Crystal

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Phil Perry : Lead vocal
Larry Kimpel : Bass
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Greg Phillinganes : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Norihito Sumitomo : EWI & Sequence Programming
Bill Cantos : Add'l Keyboards & Background vocals
Kevin Lettau, Earnest Miller, Lynne Fiddmont & Kevin Dorsey : Vocals
Gina Kronstadt & E. Marcy Dicterow V.A.J. : Violin
James Ross : Viola
Daniel Smith : Cello
Arranged by Norihito Sumitomo

04 - Journey

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums & Akai MPC-6011
Bill Cantos : Electric Piano
Larry Kimpel : Bass & Acoustic Piano
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Arranged by Ricky Lawson & Larry Kimpel

05 - Scrabble

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Neil Larsen : Organ & Electric Piano
Carlos Rios : Electric Guitar
Norihito Sumitomo : EWI, S-3000 Synth & Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Earth Wind & Fire Horn Section
Arranged by Norihito Sumitomo

06 - Myth

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Larry Kimpel : Bass
Bill Cantos : Acoustic Piano
Norihito Sumitomo : Sequence Programming
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Arranged by Norihito Sumitomo

07 - Not Enough Time

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums & Akai MPC-6011
Lynne Fiddmont : Lead vocal
Bill Cantos : Acoustic Piano & Synth
Howard McCrary : Electric Piano
Larry Kimpel : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Arranged by Ricky Lawson & David Ward

08 - So Far

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums & Sequence Programming
Bill Cantos : Acoustic & Electric Piano, Synth
Norihito Sumitomo : EWI
Larry Kimpel : Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Arranged by Ricky Lawson & Bill Cantos

09 - To You

Takeshi Ito : Alto Sax
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Neil Larsen : Acoustic Piano
Carlos Rios : 12 String & Electric Guitar
Larry Kimpel : Fretless Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Arranged by Norihito Sumitomo