4x4 (Casiopea album)

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Released December 16, 1982 Producer Shunsuke Miyazumi Artist Casiopea Label Alfa Records		Length 30:25 4x4(1982) Photographs(1983) Release date 1982 Genre Jazz fusion

Recorded from October 12 to 29, 1982 Studio Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo Similar Cross Point, Jive Jive, Sun Sun, The Soundgraphy, Down Upbeat

4×4 FOUR BY FOUR is the eighth album by Casiopea recorded and released in 1982. Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Nathan East, and Don Grusin participated in the recording of this album.

Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason and Nathan East, along with pianist Bob James, rather than Don Grusin, went on to become the Original members of Fourplay in 1991.

Personnel

Issei Noro – Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000, SG-1000 Fretless), Acoustic guitar (on B2), Percussion (on A2, A3, B3)

Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar (Ibanez, Fender Stratocaster, Ovation Nylon Strings), Classical guitar (on A2), Acoustic Guitar (on B2)

Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards (YAMAHA GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35, Oberheim OB-Xa, Moog the SOURCE)

Don Grusin – Keyboards (Acoustic Piano (on A2), YAMAHA CP-80 (on A1, B1), Oberheim OB-Xa (on A2, B2), Rhodes (on A3, B3))

Tetsuo Sakurai – Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000 Milk Bass) (on A2、B1、B3), Percussion (on B3)

Nathan East – Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000, Roland GR-33B) (on A1、A3、B1、B2)

Akira Jimbo – drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), Percussion (on A3, B2, B3)

Harvey Mason – drums (Premier Sound Wave Custom) (on A1、B1、B3), Marimba (on A2、B2)

Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi

Associate Producer – Satoshi Nakao

Recording and Mixing Engineer – Norio Yoshizawa

Assistant Engineer – Atsushi Saito, Shinji Miyoshi

Mastering Engineer – Osamu Shimoju

Mixed – Norio Yoshizawa, Issei Noro

Art Direction and Design – Nao Magami, Shinya "SHAR" Asami

Illustration - Shinya "SHAR" Asami

Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

1Mid-Manhattan4:42
2Pavane -Pour Une Infante Dẻfunte5:33
3Transatlantic5:40

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