Ganryu Island (album)
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Studio album by Michihiro Sato & John Zorn | ||||
Released | 1985 1998 (Re-Release) |
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Recorded | Radio City Studio on November 23, 1984[1] | |||
Genre | Avant-garde | |||
Length | 43:03 | |||
Label | Yukon Tzadik (Re-Release) |
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Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Ganryu Island is an collaborative album by John Zorn and Michihiro Sato. The album was first released on vinyl LP on Yukon Records in 1984 and later re-released on Tzadik Records as a CD with five additional tracks in 1998.[2]
The album is titled after Ganryujima, a small island off the coast of Japan where legendary samurai warriors Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro engaged in battle.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 4 stars stating "The great, no-holds-barred improvisation is by no means an inchoate whirl -- indeed, the shamisen's rhythmic presence often provides a steady, but flexible structure for the duo's truly imaginative interaction".[3]
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Allmusic | [3] |
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn and Satoh Michihiro
- "Ryukyu Heishi" - 6:12
- "Haguregumo" - 14:14
- "Two Ronin" - 3:53
- "Kagemusha" - 10:37
- "Odori Dayu" - 5:31
- "Ganryu Island" - 11:11
- "Yoshiwara Kaidan" - 3:27
- "Natsu Matsuri" - 5:31 Bonus track on CD
- "Giri" - 5:29 Bonus track on CD
- "Yonaka No Hatashiai" - 2:07 Bonus track on CD
- "Uma No Koku" - 2:39 Bonus track on CD
- "Tsugaru Bushido" - 4:33 Bonus track on CD
Personnel
- John Zorn: Alto And Soprano Saxophones, Bb Clarinet, Game Calls, E-flat Clarinet
- Sato Michihiro: Shamisen
References
- ↑ Discogs
- ↑ Tzadik catalogue
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Layne, J. Almusic Review accessed July 22, 2011