1982 Kazu Matsui & Carlos Rios – The Direction West
The Direction West is an album by Kazu Matsui & Carlos Rios, released in 1982.
Tracks
1 Overture (Ken Ogasawara) 5:09
2 At The End Of The Alley (England, 1840..) (Kazu Matsui, Kim Dodgson, Brian Mann) 4:47
3 Then I Heard The Sound Of Rain (Kazu Matsui, Fujimaru Yoshino) 4:22
4 Fortune Teller (Maurice Jarre) 5:55
5 The Direction You Take (Kazu Matsui, Tetsuji Hayashi) 4:59
6 From These Hills (Danny Okeefe, Kevin Becka) 3:26
7 A Night Of The Great Canyon (Paul Jackson Jr, Satoshi Nakamura) 3:53
8 Fiesta En Los Andes (Festival In The Andes) (Carlos Rios) 5:14
Media
Musicians
1 Overture
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Drums | Leon Chancler |
Flute | Joel Peskin |
Horns | Earth Wind & Fire |
Percussion | Kazu Matsui |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
2 At The End Of The Alley (England, 1840..)
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Acoustic Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Horns | Earth Wind & Fire |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Bill Champlin |
3 Then I Heard The Sound Of Rain
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | John Ferraro |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Bill Champlin |
4 Fortune Teller
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | John Ferraro |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Keyboards | Craig Hundley |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Shakuhachi | Kazu Matsui |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Violin | Lakshminarayana Subramaniam |
Background Vocals | Lisa Roberts |
Background Vocals | Marlena Jeter |
Background Vocals | Maxine Anderson |
5 The Direction You Take
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Jennifer Warnes |
6 From These Hills
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Horns | Earth Wind & Fire |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Vocals | Rena Scott |
7 A Night Of The Great Canyon
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Jun Aoyama |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Keyboards | Masatoshi Nakamura |
Shakuhachi | Kazu Matsui |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
8 Fiesta En Los Andes (Festival In The Andes)
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | Leon Chancler |
Guitar | Carlos Rios |
Piano | Russell Ferrante |
Flute | Joel Peskin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Liner Notes
Producer – Kazu Matsui
Co-producer – Kazuyuki Masumoto
Executive-Producer – Harry Kaneko
Arranged By – Ken Ogasawara (Track 1)
Arranged By – Brian Mann (Track 2)
Arranged By – Fujimaru Yoshino (Track 3)
Arranged By – Maurice Jarre (Track 4)
Arranged By – Tetsuji Hayashi (Tracks 5, 6)
Arranged By – Paul Jackson Jr, Satoshi Nakamura (Track 7)
Arranged By – Bill Meyers (Track 8)
Arranged By (strings & horn) – Tom Tom 84 (Tracks 2, 6)
Arranged By (strings & horns) – Bill Meyers (Track 5)
Engineer – Kazuyuki Masumoto
Engineer (assistant) – Alan Hirshberg, Les Brockmann
Engineer (assistant), Photography – Paul Shiki
Mixed By (additional) – Bobby Macias (Track 4)
Art Direction – Kazu Matsui
Cover (design), Artwork – Takaomi Shibayama
Illustration, Cover (design), Artwork – Akira Uno
Photography – K. Ishikawa, Ken Tanaka
Sleeve Notes – Kazu Matsui
Manufactured By – Mirus Music, Inc.
Distributed By – Mirus Music, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Canyon Records
Copyright (c) – Canyon Records
Recorded At – Studio Sound Recorders
Mixed At – Studio Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Recorded At – Audio Affects, Ca
Recorded At – Media Studio, Tokyo
Manufactured By – Mirus Music, Inc.
Distributed By – Mirus Music, Inc.