''Sun Sun'' is the 15th album by

Casiopea , now known in its fourth iteration as Casiopea-P4, 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 Muka ...

, recorded and released in 1986.

Track listing

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Personnel

Casiopea are :

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, ...

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electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

( Yamaha Issei Model, SG-3000 Fretless & Kramea Pitchrider-7000 with DX-7) :

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, ...

– keyboards ( Yamaha DX-7, KX-88, KX-76, TX-816, QX-1, Korg DSS-1, EX-8000, Roland SBX-0, TR-727, Emulator-II, AKAI S-900 &

acoustic piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

) : Tetsuo Sakurai –

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(Yamaha Tetsuo Model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless & Kramer KMZ-6000) :

Akira Jimbo , is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer who combines electronic drum technology and acoustic drums. Aside from his solo work, he was the drummer for the Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea and had participated in side projects with Keiko Matsui, Sham ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

(Yamaha YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjan cymbals, Simmons SDS-5) Additional musicians *

John Waite John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is an English musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You", which reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the top ten on t ...

– lead vocal on "Something's Wrong (Change It)" * Frank Simms – lead Vocal on "Sun" *Background vocals on "Someone's Love" & "Conjunction" – Diva Gray,

Vivian Cherry Vivian Cherry (July 27, 1920 – March 4, 2019) was an American photographer best known for her street photography. She was a member of the New York Photo League. Early life Vivian Cherry was born in Manhattan on July 27, 1920, and grew up i ...

Leatrice Griffin Leatrice is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Leatrice Eiseman, American color specialist * Leatrice Joy (1893–1985), American actress * Leatrice Morin Leatrice M. Morin (October 23, 1922 - July 1, 2009) was an American po ...

*Background vocals on "Sun" & "Something's Wrong (Change It)" – Casiopea *

Borneo Horns Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...

– Horns *

Stan Harrison Stan Harrison (born December 8, 1953) is an American saxophonist who is also accomplished in playing other woodwind instruments, namely the horn, flute and clarinet. He has also written music for television. Harrison released his first solo al ...

– alto saxophone *

Lenny Pickett Lenny Pickett (born April 10, 1954) is an American saxophonist and musical director of the ''Saturday Night Live'' band. From 1973 to 1981 he was a member of Tower of Power. He is known for his skill in the altissimo register (executed by usin ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

*Steve Elson – tenor & baritone saxophone * Earl Gardner –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

– horn arrangements *Pablo Rosario – Latin percussion * Guilmerue Franco, Marcio Sapel – Brazilian percussion on "Samba Mania"

Production

Producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

– Carlos Alomar *Co-producer – Issei Noro *

Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

– Andy Heermans *Assistant engineer – Victor Deyglio, Lance Mcvickar, Tim Reppert *Sound adviser – Shun Miyazumi *A&R co-ordinator – Masato Arai, Toshikazu Awano * Mastering – Howie Weinberg *Management – Fumiaki Takahashi *Supervisor – Shinichi Toyama *Equipment co-ordinator: Katsuhiro Maruichi *Photo – Fumio Tomita *Design – Toshinao Tsukui *

Remaster Remaster refers to changing the quality of the sound or of the image, or both, of previously created recordings, either audiophonic, cinematic, or videographic. The terms digital remastering and digitally remastered are also used. Mastering A ...

ing engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

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References

1986 albums Casiopea albums Alfa Records albums {{1980s-jazz-album-stub