07/02/2025

Yuki "Fly Away" (1991) -City Pop / Smooth Jazz-



Label : Higher Octave Music


Japon 01 - Desert Wind (Jim Jacobsen)
02 - Ring Of Fire (Joe Curiale)
03 - Shooting Star (Fumiko & Sunny Conwell)
04 - What Will We Do Now (Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman & M. Levy)
05 - Valentino (Pamela Phillips Oland & Tokuko Miura)
06 - Blue Wall (Jim Jacobsen & Holly Rutherford)
07 - Fly Away (Joe Curiale & Matthew Garey)
08 - Why (They've Gone)? (Sunny Conwell)
09 - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (L. Applewhite & A. Thomas)
10 - Rhymes & Reasons (P. Gilford & E. Alford)


Produced by Osamu Kitajima
Executive Producer : Taro Tanabe
Engineered by Osamu Kitajima, Leon Johnson, Duane Seykora
Recorded at East Quest Studio, Woodland Hills, CA & Studio Ultimo, L.A., CA March to September 1990
Mixed by Kirk Butler & Osamu Kitajima at :
Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, CA with the Assistance of Stephen Biazina
Pacifique Studio, North Hollywood, CA with the Assistance of Ken Deranteriansian
Arrangements :
Joe Curiale #02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07
Jim Jacobsen #01, 08, 10
Billie Hughes #09
Digitally Remastered by Joe Steiner at FDS Labs, LA, CA


01 - Desert Wind

Synthesizers & Samplers : Jim Jacobsen
Shakuhachi : Masakazu Yoshizawa
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page

02 - Ring Of Fire

Synthesizers & Samplers : Joe Curiale
Soprano Sax : Vince Denham
Acoustic Piano : Russell Ferrante
Harp : Amy Shulman
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page
Background vocals : Maxi Anderson, Phyllis St. James, Daryl Phinnessee & Kathy Hazzard

03 - Shooting Star

Synthesizers & Samplers : Joe Curiale
Acoustic Piano : Russell Ferrante
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page

04 - What Will We Do Now

Synthesizers & Samplers, Vocals : Billie Hughes
Synthesizer : Osamu Kitajima
Harp : Amy Shulman
Background vocals : Maxi Anderson, David Lasley, Phyllis St. James, Daryl Phinnessee & Kathy Hazzard

05 - Valentino

Synthesizers & Samplers : Joe Curiale
Acoustic Piano : Freddie Ravel
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page
Accompanying Vocals : Holly Rutherford

06 - Blue Wall

Synthesizers & Samplers : Jim Jacobsen

07 - Fly Away

Synthesizers & Samplers : Joe Curiale
Soprano Sax : Vince Denham
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page
Background vocals : Maxi Anderson, Holly Rutherford, Phyllis St. James, Daryl Phinnessee & Kathy Hazzard

08 - Why (They've Gone)?

Synthesizers & Samplers : Joe Curiale
Synthesizer & Percussion : Osamu Kitajima
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page

09 - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Guest Vocal : Bobby Caldwell
Synthesizers & Samplers : Jim Jacobsen
Guitar : Darrell Crooks
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page
Accompanying Vocals : Anjani Thomas, Holly Rutherford

10 - Rhymes & Reasons

Synthesizers & Samplers : Joe Curiale
Koto : Osamu Kitajima
String Ensemble : Suzie Katayama
Concert Master : Sid Page