Musicians:
Kimilo Itoh: vocal
Makoto Ozone: piano
Recorded live at Stravinski Auditorium - Montreux Jazz Festival on July 17, 1997
Produced by Kiyoshi Itoh
Recorded and Mixed by Justin Shirley Smith
Assistant Engineers: Rene Weis, Philippe Bouvier, Sebastein Trewey
Remote Recording Truck by "Le Voyager II"
Mastered by Tom Brick at Absolute Audio, NYC
Makoto Ozone appears through the courtesy of Verve Records
I would like to express my special thanks to all the people who
participated in the production of this project: Kiyoshi Itoh, Hisao
Ebine, Claude Nobs, Yasuhiko Satoh, Shinichi Kodaka, Yukihiro Hattori,
Takako Tamura (NHK), Tadashi Narita, Yurio Ozone, Misa Otsuka,
Charles Quillin. Tazuko Schonthal Hosokawa, Kazuhiro Ebisawa.
I thank you, Makoto Ozone, for giving me such a great support and your
love which led me to the wonderful musical world. I wish
there were a better word than "Thanks" to express my appreciation.
--- Kimiko Itoh ---
Special thanks from the prducer to:
Makoto Ozone for his fantastic performances and endless inputs.
Hisao Ebine for his love and support. Yasuhiro Satoh, Yukihiro
Hattori, Misa Otsuka, Tom Nagashima, Yuriko Ozone, Kazuhiko Koike,
Hiroshi Itsuno, Tadashi Narita, Shunichi Kodaka, Claude Nobs, Justin
Shirley Smith, Rene Weis, staff at Royal Plaza/Inter-Continental
Montreux, NHK, Masando Ishii/Swissair, Ryo Kawasaki, Tom Brick, Murat
Aktar, I thank you! And last but not least to Kimiko Itoh for her
wonderful performances.
Album Design: Naoto Hirabayashi/bricolage
Cover Photography: Tadashi Marita