Kazuki Tomokawa

"Yatto 1 maime" 1975 (1st album)

Tracks:
01. Seishun
02. Tamashii
03. Yumiko no Haru
04. Koku-ka
05. Haka
06. NamMyoHouRenGeKyo
07. Denwa
08. Rancho Akita Ondo
09. Chikyu Gakko
10. 23sai no Teikou
11. Ishimori-san
12. Niibon
13. Dorobou-neko Yoru Hashiru
14. Akarui Yoru

Personnels:
Kazuki Tomokawa: acoustic guitar, superior-pipe
Kazuo Suguro / Ikutaro Fukuda: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Takashi Maeda: bass
Takeshi Yagishita / Toshio Hagiwara: drums
Toshiaki Ishizuka: percussion, fuurin
Toyofuji / Toyoshizu: shamisen
Iroha Sisters: ohayashi
Katada-Keiki-Shachu: taiko, Chanchiki, transverse flute
Hiromi Yoshida / Katsumi Choshu: acoustic guitar, chorus
Kyoko Furuie: piano, organ
Santa Yamakawa: poetry reading
Hisayo Fukida / Chikako Honda / Reiko Komine / Akiko Moriyama
Masayuki Nakai / Hisao Iwase / Santa Yamakawa: backing chorus

Arrangements:
Kazuki Tomokawa (T1, 8, 13)
Kazuo Suguro (T2, 3, 4, 6, 12)
Hiromi Yoshida (T5, 9, 11)
Ryudo Uzaki / Katsumi Choshu (T10, 14)

Produced by Kazuki Tomokawa



"Ore no Uchi de Nari-yamanai Mono" 1978
(Poems that won't stop crying from with me: Nakahara Chuya collection)

It is certainly not unheard of for non-classical musicians to record poetry of Chuya Nakahara (1907-1937), but an entire album? Unprecedented. Tomokawa's style is generally described as edgy, underground folk, which emerged from a Japanese folk revival in the 70s. This studio album, however, features crooning vocals and a rather dated sound, like a hybrid between light disco and traditional Japanese ballad (enka). The original 1970s recording is rare, but a 2000 release is readily available.

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Personnels:
Tsuneo Ogaki: drums
Shinichi Takemura / Keiko Niwa: bass
Takeshi Mori: guitar
Kyoko Furuie: piano
Yoshinobu Hiraiwa: organ, keyboard
Toshiaki Ishizuka: percussion
Hirokazu Ishii: tuba
Shoji Maeda: flute, sax, piccolo
Sakae Yamada: french horn
Takashi Kato / Yoshinori Tada / Sadaji Okubo / Yoichiro Kobayashi: violin
Hiroo Horiguchi: cornet violin
Sachio Eto: ocarina
Ikuo Morimoto: harmonica
Manjyushage: chorus

Lyrics: Chuya Nakahara
Music: Kazuki Tomokawa
Arrangement: J.A. Caesar
Produced by Yasuyuki Koike

Tracks:

01. Circus 02. Rinjyu 03. Kojyo 04. Kikyo 05. Kuwana no Eki

06. Natsu no Hi no Uta 07. Yogore-chimatta Kanashimi ni 08. Haru no Hi no Yuugure 09. Rokugatsu no Ame 10. Boya

"Sora no Sakana" (Sky Fish) 1999
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01. Mata Kon Haru
02. Yume no Machi no Hitobito
03. Kokoro Yasashiki Rokudenashi
04. Jidai o Ninau Kodomo-tachi
05. Ikutsu ni Natte mo Asobitai
06. Sora to Te o Tsunaida Otoko
07. Machigai Darake no Jinsei
08. Sora no Sakana

Cover: Front, Back


"Kenshin no Ichigeki" 2002
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01. Ayakashi no Tsuki
02. Ureshii Hinamatsuri
03. Sora no Caravan
04. Aki no Yozora
05. Nyonin Bosatsu
06. Sendai
07. 303 goushitsu no Shonen
08. Chance
09. Futsukayoi
10. Kenshin no Ichigeki

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