Yutaka Yokokura "Love Light" (1978) -Smooth Jazz / City Pop-

Label : Alfa Records

 Side 1

01 - Breath Of Night (Osamu Kitajima)
02 - Dragonfly (Yutaka Yokokura)
03 - The Rest Of My Life (Yutaka Yokokura & Dan Kuramoto)

Side 2

01 - Love Light (Yutaka Yokokura & Marti McCall)
02 - Evening Star (Yutaka Yokokura)
03 - Oriental Express (Yutaka Yokokura)
04 - Haiku (Dave Grusin)


Produced by Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen for Grusin/Rosen Productions
Conducted by Dave Grusin
Recorded by :
Phil Schier & Denny Rusk, Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Assisted by Roman Olearczuk
Larry Rosen, Electric Lady Studio, New York, N.Y.
Assisted by Joel Cohn
Production Co-ordinator for Grusin/Rosen : Donna Putney
Executive Producer : Kunihiko Murai


Side 1

01 - Breath Of Night

Rhythm Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura
Strings Arranged by Dave Grusin
Yutaka Yokokura : Fender Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Mini Moog & Percussion
Steve Gadd : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Sue Evans : Percussion
Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars & Biwa (Bee-wah)
Kazu Matsui : Shakuhachi

02 - Dragonfly

Rhythm Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura
Strings & Horns Arranged by Dave Grusin
Yutaka Yokokura : Fender Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Mini Moog & Percussion
Steve Schaeffer : Drums
Ken Wild : Bass
Sue Evans : Percussion
Osamu Kitajima : Kotos
Kazu Matsui : Shakuhachi
Eddie Daniels : Tenor Sax
Mike Lawrence : Trumpet

03 - The Rest Of My Life

Rhythm & Strings Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura
Background Vocals Arranged by Dave Grusin
Yutaka Yokokura : Fender Rhodes, Vocals
Dave Grusin : Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Xylophone
Steve Gadd : Drums
Ken Wild : Bass
Sue Evans : Percussion
Osamu Kitajima : Kotos
Kazu Matsui : Shakuhachi
Background vocals : Patti Austin, Lani Groves, Tom Bahler

Side 2

01 - Love Light

Rhythm & Strings Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura
Background Vocals Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura & Dave Grusin with thanks to Morgan Ames
Yutaka Yokokura : Fender Rhodes, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Vocals
Patti Austin : Vocals
Steve Schaeffer : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Dave Grusin : Bass Drum
Sue Evans : Percussion
Osamu Kitajima : Kotos
Eddie Daniels : Tenor Sax
Background vocals : Patti Austin, Lani Groves, Tom Bahler

02 - Evening Star

Rhythm & Strings Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura
Dave Grusin : Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Mini Moog & Percussion
Steve Schaeffer : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Sue Evans : Percussion
Osamu Kitajima : Kotos
Kazu Matsui : Shakuhachi
Mike Lawrence : Flugelhorn

03 - Oriental Express

Rhythm Arranged by Yutaka Yokokura
Strings & Horns Arranged by Dave Grusin
Yutaka Yokokura : Fender Rhodes
Dave Grusin : Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Mini Moog & Percussion
Steve Schaeffer : Drums
Ken Wild : Bass
Sue Evans : Percussion
Eddie Daniels : Tenor Sax
Mike Lawrence : Trumpet

04 - Haiku

Arranged by Dave Grusin
Yutaka Yokokura : Acoustic Piano
Dave Grusin : Fender Rhodes, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, Bells