Yutaka "Yutaka" (1988) -Smooth Jazz-

Label : GRP Records

 Side One

01 - Colors Of The Wind (Yutaka Yokorura)
02 - Warm And Sunny Sunday Morning (Yutaka Yokorura & Dan Kuramoto)
03 - Peach Blossom Spring (Yutaka Yokorura & Oscar Castro-Neves)
04 - Dreamland (Yutaka Yokorura & Bunny Hull)
05 - Akatombo / Red Dragonfly (Misao Miki & Kosalu Yamada)

Side Two

01 - Night Wave (Yutaka Yokorura)
02 - Living Inside Of Your Love (Yutaka Yokorura & Bunny Hull)
03 - The Shadows (Yutaka Yokorura & Don Grusin)
04 - Outdoor Life (Don Grusin)
05 - Aurora (Yutaka Yokorura)
06 - Reflections (Don Grusin)


Produced by Yutaka Yokokura & Don Grusin
Arranged & Conducted by Yutaka Yokokura
Executive Producers : Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen
Recorded by Geoff Gillette & Yutaka Yokokura at Monterey Studios, Glendale, CA ; Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA & Double 'Y' Studios, Alhambra, CA
Assisted by Greg Scott, Bob Macias, David Glover & Steve Holriyd
Digitally Mixed by Don Murray at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Assisted by Leslie Ann Jones
Mastered by Wally Traugott
Digital Editing at CMS, Pasadena, CA


Side One

01 - Colors Of The Wind

Yutaka Yokokura : Keyboards & Koto
Carlos Vega : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
Luis Conte : Percussion
Carlos Rios : Guitar

02 - Warm And Sunny Sunday Morning

Yutaka Yokokura : Rhodes Piano, Keyboards, Koto & Lead vocals
Pauline Wilson : Lead vocals
Gracinha Leporace : Background vocals
Carlos Vega : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Oscar Castro-Neves : Acoustic Guitar & Cavaquinho
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Sid Sharp : Concertmaster

03 - Peach Blossom Spring

Yutaka Yokokura : Keyboards, Koto & Percussion
Carlos Vega : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
Kazu Matsui : Shakuhachi

04 - Dreamland

Yutaka Yokokura : Keyboards, Koto, Lead & Background vocals
Bunny Hull : Background vocals
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Gary Grant & Larry Hall : Trumpets
Gary Herbig & Kim Hutchcroft : Alto & Tenor Saxes
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Sid Sharp : Concertmaster

05 - Akatombo / Red Dragonfly

Yutaka Yokokura : Acoustic Piano & Keyboards

Side Two

01  - Night Wave

Yutaka Yokokura : Rhodes Piano, Keyboards, Koto & Percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Kazu Matsui : Shakuhachi
Gary Grant & Larry Hall : Trumpets
Gary Herbig & Kim Hutchcroft : Alto & Tenor Saxes
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Gale Robinson, Alan Robinson & Gene Sherry : French Horns
Sid Sharp : Concertmaster

02 - Living Inside Of Your Love

Yutaka Yokokura : Keyboards, Koto & Background vocals
Pauline Wilson : Lead vocals
Bunny Hull : Background vocals
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Gary Grant & Larry Hall : Trumpets
Gary Herbig & Kim Hutchcroft : Alto & Tenor Saxes
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone

03 - The Shadows

Yutaka Yokokura : Keyboards & Koto
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Tim Weston : Guitar

04 - Outdoor Life

Yutaka Yokokura : Koto
Don Grusin : Keyboards
Vinnie Colaiuta : Drums
Jimmy Johnson : Bass
Tim Weston : Guitar

05 - Aurora

Yutaka Yokokura : Keyboards & Koto
Carlos Rios : Guitar
Luis Conte & Everaldo Ferreira : Percussion

06 - Reflections

Yutaka Yokokura : Acoustic Piano, Keyboards & Koto
Jeff Fair : Synthesizer Programming