''Asian Dreamer'' is the twenty-seventh studio album released by the

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

group

Casiopea , is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki ( ja) replaced Koik ...

in 1994. This album features re-arranged and re-recorded versions of their original songs with their second lineup (Yoshihiro Naruse on bass, Noriaki Kumagai on drums) of the band after their original, first lineup. This is the first album after their switch to Pony Canyon records, after previously being signed to Alfa and Polydor records. The titular track "Asian Dreamer" was included in a bonus record for "CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE" seven years prior.

Track listing

Personnel

Issei Noro is a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist who is one of the founding members and the main composer of the band Casiopea. He has released 6 solo albums and a compilation. He also works as an instructor of a guitar clinic, and as a producer. In 1983, ...

Guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

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Minoru Mukaiya is a Japanese musician best known as the former keyboardist of the jazz fusion band Casiopea and producer of the Train Simulator series of Japanese video games. Mukaiya joined Casiopea during its formation in 1977 (with guitarist Issei Noro, d ...

- Keyboards : Yoshihiro Naruse -

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

Noriaki Kumagai , is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki ( ja) replaced Koike an ...

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Production

*Sound Produced - CASIOPEA *Executive Producer - Yoshiaki Mizutani, Yuzo Watanabe *Recording Director - Toshiyuki Yashiro : *Recording Engineer - Koji Sugimori, Hiroyuki Shimura *Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori *Mastering Engineer - Tohru Kotetsu *Assistant Engineer - Kenji Igarashi, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Masashi Yanagisawa : *Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Hiroyuki Yamada *Basses Build Up Technician - Yoshiki Murayama : *Art Direction & Design - Shigekazu Tsujimori *Digital Art & Design - Keiko Akiyama *Design - Koji Miyazaki *Photography - Junichi Takahashi, IPS, MON-TRESOR *Hair & Make Up - Eisuke Shibusawa *Stylist - Emiko Seki

Release history

References

External links

* 1994 albums Casiopea albums Pony Canyon albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub