Performer: Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls
Genre: Jazz / Folk, World, & Country
Album: Sakura Sakura
Released: 1971
Style: Modal, Contemporary Jazz
MP3 version ZIP size: 1969 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1255 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1251 mb
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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Sakura, Sakura Arranged By – Kazuo YashiroComposed By – Trad.*	8:07
A2	Yosakoi-Bushi Arranged By – Takeru MuraokaComposed By – Trad.*Saxophone [Soprano] – Takeru Muraoka	4:04
A3	Yamanaka Bushi Arranged By – Takeru MuraokaComposed By – Trad.*	6:43
B1	Matsuri No Genzo Composed By – Kazuo Yashiro	6:11
B2	Alone, Alone And Alone Composed By – Terumasa Hino	6:15
B3	Suwa Composed By – Terumasa Hino	6:10

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – MPS Records GmbH
• Distributed By – BASF
• Printed By – Revellio

Credits

• Bass – Hachiro Kurita
• Drums – Hideo Shiraki
• Engineer [Recording] – Guenther Topel*
• Koto – Keiko Nosaka (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3), Kinuko Shurane* (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3)
• Koto [Bass] – Sachiko Miyamoto (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
• Piano – Yuzuru Sera
• Producer – Joachim E. Berendt*
• Recorded By [Recording Director] – Willi Fruth
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Takeru Muraoka
• Trumpet – Terumasa Hino

Notes

Recorded in Berlin, November 1, 1965.

The album is subtitled "Japan Meets Jazz".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / Runout (Center label, side A): 639 542 S1
• Matrix / Runout (Center label, side B): 639 542 S2
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): 639542 A 15064 1 1 A6 ♢K B (sideways)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): 639542 B 15064 2 1 A6 ♢K C (sideways)
• Matrix / Runout (stamped in runouts): Made in Germany

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SB 15 064 ST	Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls	Sakura Sakura ‎(LP, Album)	SABA	SB 15 064 ST	Germany	1965
YS-2320-MP	Hideo Shiraki Quintet Featuring Terumasa Hino & Takeru Muraoka	Hideo Shiraki Quintet Featuring Terumasa Hino & Takeru Muraoka - Japan Meets Jazz, Hideo Shiraki Quintet In Berlin ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	MPS Records, Columbia	YS-2320-MP	Japan	1970
UCCM-9237, SABA 15 064	Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls / 白木秀雄クインテット＆スリー琴ガールズ*	Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls / 白木秀雄クインテット＆スリー琴ガールズ* - Sakura Sakura / さくら さくら ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	MPS Records, SABA	UCCM-9237, SABA 15 064	Japan	2006
ULX-42-P	Hideo Shiraki Quintet	Japan Meets Jazz Hideo Shiraki Quintet In Berlin ‎(LP)	MPS Records	ULX-42-P	Japan	Unknown
UCCU-9776, 15 064 ST	Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls / 白木秀雄クインテット＆スリー琴ガールズ*	Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls / 白木秀雄クインテット＆スリー琴ガールズ* - Sakura Sakura / さくら さくら ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	MPS Records, SABA	UCCU-9776, 15 064 ST	Japan	2011