Artist: Goro Ito, Paula Morelenbaum, Jaques Morelenbaum
Album: Tree, Forests: Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto
Genre: World Fusion, Vocal Jazz
Label: Universal Music
Released: 2025
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
01. Happy End (4:30)
02. Tango (Versao em Portugues) (4:53)
03. Rain (3:28)
04. Bibo no Aozora (5:30)
05. Fragmentos (3:23)
06. M.A.Y. in the Backyard (4:48)
07. Ongaku (3:38)
08. Fotografia (4:15)
09. Sayonara (4:25)
10. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Re-modeled by Goro Ito) (4:38)
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Personnel:
Goro Ito - guitars, sound programming
Paula Morelenbaum - vocals (#2,5,7-9)
Jaques Morelenbaum - cello
Koichi Sato - piano
Keita Ogawa - drums, percussion
Mami Kakudo - marimba, vibraphone, percussion, vocals (#1,3-6,8,9)
Aya Ito - violin (#1-7,9)
Gaku Sakamoto - flute, alto flute (#1,8)
Haruomi Hosono - electric bass (#1)
A tribute album by composer, Bossa nova guitarist, and music producer Goro Ito, featuring his arrangements of songs by his close friend Ryuichi Sakamoto. Co-leading the album with Ito are cellist Jaques Morelenbaum and vocalist Paula Morelenbaum. The album centers on a selection of Sakamoto's works from various eras, interwoven with a classic by Antonio Carlos Jobim and the new song "Fragmentos" by Goro Ito and Paula Morelenbaum. Supporting musicians include Aya Ito, Koichi Sato, Keita Ogawa, and Mami Kakudo, all of whom accompanied the tour. Haruomi Hosono joins on bass for the track "Happy End", a song also covered by Yellow Magic Orchestra. As a bonus track, the album includes "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence re-modeled by Goro Ito," originally released on the 2010 Goro Ito-produced compilation album "Christmas Songs".