22/12/2025

Hiroko Kokubu "Bridge" (1997) -Jazz Pop-



Label : Victor Entertainment, Inc.


Japon 01 - Catalina Island (Hiroko Kokubu)
02 - Rudy's Dream (Hiroko Kokubu)
03 - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
04 - Lullaby Of Takeda (Traditional)
05 - Essence (Hiroko Kokubu)
06 - Lettin's Go (Hiroko Kokubu)
07 - Keep Hope Alive (Hiroko Kokubu)
08 - Baked Potato Man (Hiroko Kokubu)
09 - Innocence Of Spring (Hiroko Kokubu & Tommy Coster Jr.)
10 - Our Story (Hiroko Kokubu)
11 - Peranzzetta (Hiroko Kokubu)


Produced by Akira Taguchi
Recorded & Mixed by Don Murray at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, September - October 1996
Assistant Engineer : Doug Boehn
Mastered by Alan Yoshida at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, CA


01 - Catalina Island

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu & Tommy Coster Jr.
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Electric Guitar
Gary Herbig : Alto Sax
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synthesizers, Loop & Percussion, Programming & Synth Bass

02 - Rudy's Dream

Arranged by Tommy Coster Jr.
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Electric Guitar
Gary Herbig : Flute, Alto Flute
Tom Coster : Fender Rhodes
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synthesizers & Percussion Programming

03 - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu & Tommy Coster Jr.
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña : Percussion
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Electric Guitar
Tom Coster : Fender Rhodes
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synthesizers, Drum Programming & Synth Bass

04 - Lullaby Of Takeda

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano, Synth Strings
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel : Acoustic Fretless Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : 12-Strings Guitar

05 - Essence

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano, Synth Strings
Alex Acuña : Cymbals, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel : Electric Fretless Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : 12-Strings Guitar
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synthesizers, Drum Programming & Synth Bass

06 - Lettin's Go

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu & Tommy Coster Jr.
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Electric Guitar
Greg Adams : Flugelhorn
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synthesizers & Log Drum

07 - Keep Hope Alive

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Acoustic Guitar
Gary Herbig : Flute, Soprano Sax
Hand Clapping & Voices by Everybody!

08 - Baked Potato Man

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu
Hiroko Kokubu : Piannica
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Acoustic Guitar
Andy Narell : Steel Pans

09 - Innocence Of Spring

Arranged by Tommy Coster Jr.
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel : Acoustic Fretless Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Acoustic Guitar
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synthesizers & Percussion Programming

10 - Our Story

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano
Alex Acuña : Drums, Percussion
Abraham Laboriel : Electric Bass
Ramon Stagnaro : Electric Guitar
Gary Herbig : Clarinet
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synth Tambourine

11 - Peranzzetta

Arranged by Hiroko Kokubu
Strings Arranged by Tommy Coster Jr.
Hiroko Kokubu : Acoustic Piano, Synth Strings
Tommy Coster Jr. : Synth Strings