13/11/2025

m.Takanaka "Wood-chopper's Ball" (1994) -Jazz Fusion / Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk-



Label : Eastworld / Toshiba-EMI Limited


Japon 01 - Wood-chopper's Ball (Joe Bishop & Woody Herman)
02 - Victory Goal (Masayoshi Takanaka)
03 - Another Summer Day (Masayoshi Takanaka & Tom Fitzgerald)
04 - Some Kinda Woman (Masayoshi Takanaka)
05 - Midnight (Masayoshi Takanaka & Tom Fitzgerald)
06 - In Those Days (Masayoshi Takanaka)
07 - Heavenly Tears (Masayoshi Takanaka)
08 - Sora (Masayoshi Takanaka)
09 - More Woodchoppers (Masayoshi Takanaka)


Produced by Masayoshi Takanaka
Directed by Kenichi Nomura, Shun Suzuki
Recorded by Shep Lonsdale
Recorded at Westlake Audio Studio 'A' & 'B', Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Mixed by Shep Lonsdale
Mixed at Westlake Audio Studio 'A' & 'B', Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Assistant Engineer : James Tunnicliffe
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt
Mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering, West Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Synthesizer & Computer Programming by Masayoshi Takanaka, Doug Scott


01 - Woodchopper's Ball

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Horn Arrangement Masayoshi Takanaka / Jerry Hey
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums : Gregg Bissonette
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Organ : Jaï Winding
Trumpet : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Sax : Dan Higgins
Trombone : Lew McCreary
Tambourine : Michael Fisher

02 - Victory Goal

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Horn Arrangement : Jerry Hey
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Keyboards : Jaï Winding
Trumpet : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Sax : Dan Higgins
Trombone : Lew McCreary
Toms Programming : Doug Scott

03 - Another Summer Day

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Keyboard Jaï Winding
Rhythm Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Rap : Anthony McClendon aka 'Bally'
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Lyrics : Tom Fitzgerald

04 - Some Kinda Woman

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
GuitarMasayoshi Takanaka
Drums : Gregg Bissonette
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Rhythm Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Michael Fisher

05 - Midnight

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums Gregg Bissonette
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Keyboard Jaï Winding
Percussion Michael Fisher
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Lyrics : Tom Fitzgerald

06 - In Those Days

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums Gregg Bissonette
Fretless Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Keyboard Jaï Winding
Percussion Michael Fisher
Sax : Dan Higgins
Chinese Gong : Shep Lonsdale

07 - Heavenly Tears

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Voices : The Nylons

08 - Sora

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka, Doug Scott
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums Gregg Bissonette
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Acoustic Piano Solo : Jaï Winding
Rhythm Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Michael Fisher

09 - More Woodchoppers

Arranged by Masayoshi Takanaka
Voices : The Nylons