Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.King Record: KICC 282.
Original works and arrangements for 1-6 double basses with various instrumental ensembles.
Program notes in Japanese and English (6 pages), inserted.
Contents: Joshua fit the battle o’ Jericho / traditional (1:56) ; Swing low, sweet chariot / traditional 3:09) (Gary Karr, double bass, Harmon Lewis, organ) -- Bass, bass, bass, bass, bass & bass / Christian Gentet (4:08) ; Palmas / R. Garcia-Fons (5:24) (L’Orchestre de contrebasses) -- Rêverie / Giovanni Bottesini (3:28) ; La liste de Schindler / John Williams (3:02) (Daniel Marillier, double bass) -- Sky & sea / Kiyoto Fujiwara (Vino Rosso) (8:06) -- L’invitation au voyage / Henri Duparc (4:16) ; Pièce en forme de habanera / Maurice Ravel (3:05) (Takashi Konno, double bass, Risako Hayakawa, harp) -- Csárdás / Vittorio Monti (Iván Stzankov, double bass ; Erika Tóth, piano) (4:17) -- Contrabajissimo / Astor Piazzola (Tetsu Saitoh, double bass, Ryota Komatsu, bandoneon, Kyoko Kuroda, piano ; Kumiko Kondoh, violin, Masaharu Iida, double bass) (13:21) -- Trikings / Stefan Karlsson (Eddie Gomez Quartet) (4:05) -- Flower mountain / Kiyoto Fujiwara (4:56) ; Better git hit in your soul / Charles Mingus (7:39) (Kiyoto Fujiwara).
I. Joshua fit the battle o’ Jericho; arranged
II. Swing low, sweet chariot; arranged
III. Gentet, Christian, 1952-. Bass, bass, bass, bass, bass & bass
IV. Garcia-Fons, Renaud, 1962-. Palmas
V. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Rêverie
VI. Williams, John, 1932-. Schindler’s list; arranged
VII. Fujiwara, Kiyoto, 1953-. Sky & sea
VIII. Duparc, Henri. L’invitation au voyage
IX. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Vocalise en forme d’habanera; arranged
X. Monti, Vittorio, 1868-1922. Czardas, violin, piano, D minor; arranged
XI. Piazzolla, Astor, 1921-1992. Contrabajisimo
XII. Karlsson, Stefan. Trikings
XIII. Fujiwara, Kiyoto, 1953-. Flower mountain
XIV. Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. Better git hit in your soul