Gifts

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Title : Gifts
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Catalog ref. : enja 9860

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1. High Tide
2. Weightless
3. Darkness and Light
4. Red
5. Up River
6. Gifts
7. Ghosts
8. Surely
9. Echoes

All compositions by Makiko Hirabayashi, inspired by the music of Georg Friedrich Händel.

Fredrik Lundin : ten/mezzo sop saxophones
Makiko Hirabayashi : piano
Thommy Andersson : bass
Bjørn Heebøll : drums, percussion

Recorded 12,13 Oct. 2023 at The Village Recording
Recording engineer: Thomas Vang
Mixed by August Wanngren
Mastered by Thomas Eberger and Sofia von Hage at Stockholm Mastering
Cover artwork by Eiichi Hirabayashi
Cover design by Sascha Schwegeler
Photography by Jonas Lyngdam
Produced by Makiko Hirabayashi
Executive producer: Werner aldinger 

Enja 2025

Meteora

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Title : Meteora
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Catalog ref. : Enja 9835

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1.Warp                            
2.Birds Ascending           
3.The Door                      
4.Chestnut Alley             
5.Meaningful Encounter  
6.Skorpio Recital            
7.Meteor                        
8.Infinity                         
9.Desert Rose                
10.Kilden                        
11.Slip                            

All music by Makiko Hirabayashi, except tracks 6,10 by Marilyn Mazur, 3 by Makiko Hirabayashi/Marilyn Mazur and 5,9,11 by Makiko Hirabayashi/Klavs Hovman/Marilyn Mazur

Makiko Hirabayashi    piano
Klavs Hovman   bass
Marilyn Mazur   drums, percussion

Recorded 26, 27 Oct 2022 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen
Recording engineer: Thomas Vang
Mixed by August Wanngren
Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm
Photography by Patricia Pereira
Cover artwork by Sophie Allsopp
Graphic Design by Sascha Schwegeler
Produced by Makiko Hirabayashi
Executive Producer: Werner Aldinger

Enja 2023

Weavers

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Title : Weavers
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Catalog ref. : ENJA 9792

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1. Magnolia
2. Spring 2020
3. Flip
4. Winter Landscape In Black & White
5. Workers’ Song
6. Citybuzz
7. Embraceable Night
8. Crane Dance
9. Vashkar

All compositions by Makiko Hirabayashi except track 4 by Fredrik Lundin and track 9 by Carla Bley

Fredrik Lundin : tenor and soprano saxophones
Makiko Hirabayashi : piano
Thommy Andersson : bass
Bjørn Heebøll : drums, percussion

Produced by Makiko Hirabayashi
Executive Producer: Werner Aldinger
Recorded 15,16 June 2020 at Nilento Studio, Gothenburg
Engineer: Michael Dahlvid
Mixed by August Wangrenn
Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering
Photography by Patricia Pereira
Cover design by Franziska Erdle

Enja 2021

 

Where the Sea Breaks

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Title : Where The Sea Breaks
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Catalog ref. : yeb-7780

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1. Prologue (Hirabayashi)
2. Once Upon The Sea (Hirabayashi)
3. Dance of the Praying Mantis (Mazur/Hirabayashi/Buchanan)
4. Gallop (Hirabayashi)
5. Mou Ikai (Hirabayashi)
6. Horizontal Dream (Mazur/Hovman/Hirabayashi)
7. Vintervalse 1 (Mazur)
8. Ilter Fabel (Mazur)
9. Entangled (Hirabayashi)
10. Your Song (Hirabayashi)
11. That’s Life (Mazur)
12. Kite (Hirabayashi)
13. Scherzo For Blue (Hirabayashi)

Makiko Hirabayashi:piano
Klavs Hovman:bass
Marilyn Mazur:drums, percussion, voice
Jakob Buchanan:flugelhorn (3,4,7,11)

Produced by Makiko Hirabayashi
Executive Producer: Werner Aldinger
Recorded by Thomas Vang at The Village Recording 11,12 March, 2017
Mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio May, 2017
Mastered by Christoph Stickel

Enja 2017

Surely

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Title : Surely
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Catalog ref. : YEB 7738

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1.Surely (Hirabayashi)
2.Moon Bells (Hirabayashi/Hovman/Mazur)
3.Asunder Asunder (Hirabayashi)
4.Life Of A Cactus (Hirabayashi)
5.Stepping On It (Hirabayashi)
6.Black (Hirabayashi/Hovman/Mazur)
7.Ode To Okinawa (Hirabayashi)
8.Eagles And Angels (Mazur)
9.Parachute City (Hirabayashi)
10.Våd Vinkel (Mazur)
11.Paradox (Hirabayashi)
12.Challenge (Mazur)
13.Indigo (Hirabayashi)

Makiko Hirabayashi : piano
Klavs Hovman : bass
Marilyn Mazur : drums, percussion, voice

Recorded at Realistic Sound, Munich 22, 23 April 2013
Recorded and mixed by Florian H. Oestreicher
Mastered by Christoph Stickel

Enja 2013

Hide And Seek

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Title : Hide And Seek
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Catalog ref. : ENJA 9192

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1. Hide And Seek (Makiko Hirabayashi)
2. Souls Of Tomorrow (Makiko Hirabayashi)
3. Deep Road (Marilyn Mazur)
4. Rain (Makiko Hirabayashi)
5. Remember The Rain (Makiko Hirabayashi)
6. A Major (Makiko Hirabayashi)
7. Journey Waltz (Marilyn Mazur)
8. Wings In July (Marilyn Mazur )
9. Shady (Makiko Hirabayashi)

Makiko Hirabayashi : piano
Klavs Hovman : bass
Marilyn Mazur : drums and percussion

Recorded and mixed by Bjarne Hansen at Sun Studio, Copenhagen, April, 2008
Mastered by Bjarne Hansen at Media Brothers

Enja 2009

Makiko

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Title : Makiko
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Catalog ref. : ENJA 9169-2

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1. Clouds Over Mt.Blanc
2. Asymmetric Rainbow
3. Waves
4. First Flight
5. Camel Ride
6. City Murmur
7. Midnight Bells
8. My Cherry Tree
9. Orchids
10. Epilogue*

All music composed and arranged by Makiko Hirabayashi except * by Hirabayashi, Hovman and Mazur.

Makiko Hirabayashi : piano
Klavs Hovman : bass
Marilyn Mazur: drums and percussion

Recorded and mixed by Bjarne Hansen at Sun Studio, Copenhagen, October 2005
Mastered by Bjarne Hansen at Media Brothers, November 2005

Enja 2006