Yasuaki Shimizu - NHK Saturday Drama 「Kuhaku wo Mitashinasai」 ( Original Tv Soundtrack) (2022)

Alongside Yellow Magic Orchestra and Plastics, Yasuaki Shimizu helped define the sound of '80s Japan. Decades later, he is still a first-call sessionman and producer, and a solo artist with a catalog that combines jazz, rock, and classical minimalism with musical traditions adapted from African, Middle Eastern, Ethiopian, and Jamaican sources. He founded experimental prog rock band Mariah in 1978 and issued their eponymous album in 1979. Two solo albums, 1982's Kakashi and 1983's Utakata No Hibi, framed the aesthetics of his future music, as evidenced by 1987's Subliminal's lush, post-new wave pop. Shimizu wrote and soundtracked the hit animated film X in 1996 and began releasing his globally acclaimed recordings of J.S. Bach's cello suites rearranged for saxophone. 2009's Pentatonica (with his Saxophonettes project) showcased vintage and 2000s compositions and covers. 2022 finally saw the release of Kiren (recorded in 1984) and NHK Saturday Drama (the soundtrack to Kuhaku wo Mitashinasai).

Tracklist:
1.01 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Kuhaku wo Mitashinasai (13:37)
1.02 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Fukkatsu no hi (3:43)
1.03 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Naze ikikaetta no ka? (4:07)
1.04 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Kizu (3:25)
1.05 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Shisen no hari (3:31)
1.06 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Kakushigoto (3:58)
1.07 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Akui no fukuin (3:40)
1.08 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Bunjin marimba (3:37)
1.09 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Watashi wo koroshita nowa dareka? (3:26)
1.10 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Soran (3:11)
1.11 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Tadaima (3:11)
1.12 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Kizutsuku naa (3:03)
1.13 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Saeki no kage (3:36)
1.14 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Tsuiseki! (3:13)
2.15 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Memento Mori (4:34)
2.16 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Song of the Birds (3:56)
2.17 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Yomigaeru koto no ha (3:35)
2.18 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Ibutsu (3:24)
2.19 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Kanchigai (3:11)
2.20 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Reveal (3:20)
2.21 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Umare-izuru (3:20)
2.22 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Inochi no kiroku (3:12)
2.23 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Shoshitsu (3:39)
2.24 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Manazashi (4:20)
2.25 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Shinpan (3:25)
2.26 - Yasuaki Shimizu - Rush & Burst (4:30)
2.27 - Yasuaki Shimizu - "Watashi" (5:32)