tracks 4-1 to 4-5 alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Eiichi Hayashi
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 bass Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 4-1 to 4-5 bass Nobuyoshi Ino
tracks 5-1 to 5-14 bass clarinet Rudi Mahall
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 co-producer Bayerischer Rundfunk
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 composed by [composer], arranged by [arranger] Aki Takase
design [cover design] Sabine Fischer
design [cover design] [duet for eric dolphy] Yuri Takase
design [cover design] [oriental express] Tomoo Maruono
design [cover design] [shima shoka] Nina Ludwig
design [cover design] [song for hope] Elisabeth Winckelmann
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 directed by [recording director] Axel Linstädt
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 drums Shota Koyama
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 drums Takeo Moriyama
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 engineer Hans Martin
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 engineer Klaus Bischke
tracks 5-1 to 5-14 engineer Klaus Knapp
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 engineer Manfred Retsch
tracks 2-1 to 2-13 engineer Riccardo Van Krugten
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 engineer [assistant] Sylvia Schwutke
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 ensemble Aki Takase Trio
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 ensemble The Aki Takase Septet
executive-producer Nadja Weber
liner notes Nadja Weber
liner notes [alice] Horst Weber
liner notes [duet for eric dolphy] Aki Takase
liner notes [oriental express] 青木誠
liner notes [shima shoka] Yosuke Yamashita
liner notes [song for hope] Wolfgang Hörmann
liner notes [translated by (english)] [nadja weber, wolfgang hörmann, horst weber, aki takase] Marty Cook
liner notes [translated by (english)] [yosuke yamashita] Akira Sakamoto
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 mc [m.c.] Walter Schätzlein
painting [cover painting] [alice] Jutta Lenz
photography by [cover photograph] [shima shoka] Inge Ofenstein
photography by [oriental express] Ralph Dowedeit
photography by [song for hope] Florian Adler
piano Aki Takase
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 producer Barbara Rüger
tracks 1-1 to 3-10, 5-1 to 5-14 producer Horst Weber
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 producer Matthias Winckelmann
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 recorded by, mixed by Carlos Albrecht
tracks 5-1 to 5-14 supervised by [supervisor] Werner Aldinger
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Hiroaki Katayama
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 trombone Hiroshi Itaya
tracks 4-1 to 4-5 trumpet Issei Igarashi
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 vocals [vocal] Maria João
Recorded At Berlin Jazz Festival
Recorded At Bechstein Concert Hall
Recorded At Tafelhalle
Recorded At DeutschlandRadio Funkhaus, Berlin
Recorded At Trixx Studios
Copyright (c) Enja Records Horst Weber GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) Enja Records Horst Weber GmbH
(c) & (p) 2015 enja records Horst Weber GmbH
Track 3 -6 was written by Willard Robison (music) but uncredited, Dedette Lee Hill was the lyricist.

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Rec. Date: November 5, 1981
Location: Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1982 enja records Horst Weber GmbH

[m=439546]
Rec. Date: July 10th & 11th, 1990
Location: Bechstein Concert Hall, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1990 enja records Horst Weber GmbH

[m=723384]
Rec. Date: October 28, 1990
Location: Tafelhalle, Nürnberg
(c) & (p) 1991 enja records Horst Weber GmbH

[m=505964]
Rec. Date: Oct. 10, 1994
Location: Deutschland Radio, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1996 enja records Horst Weber GmbH

Duet For Eric Dolphy
Rec. Date: May 25, 1997
Location: Trixx Studio, Berlin
(c) & (p) 1997 enja records Horst Weber GmbH
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