''Answers'' is the 25th album by
jazz fusion
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group
Casiopea
, now known in its fourth iteration as Casiopea-P4, is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Muka ...
released in 1994.
Track listing
Personnel
CASIOPEA are
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Issei Noro
is a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist who is one of the founding members and the main composer of the band Casiopea. He has released 6 solo albums and a compilation. He also works as an instructor of a guitar clinic, and as a producer.
In 1983, ...
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Guitar
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Minoru Mukaiya
is a Japanese musician best known as the former keyboardist of the jazz fusion band Casiopea and producer of the Train Simulator series of Japanese video games.
Mukaiya joined Casiopea during its formation in 1977 (with guitarist Issei Noro, ...
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keyboards
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Yoshihiro Naruse
Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name, and less commonly, a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in kanji.
Some examples of possible writings
*義弘, "justice, vast"
*義広, "justice, wide"
*義寛, "justice, g ...
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Bass
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Noriaki Kumagai
, now known in its fourth iteration as Casiopea-P4, is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya ...
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drums
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Guest
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Percussion
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Production
* Sound Produced — CASIOPEA
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Executive Producer
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— Yoshiaki Mizutani
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Recording & Mixing Engineer — Ross Cockle
* Assistant Engineer — Porter Miller
* Mastering Engineer — Tohru Kotetsu
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* Instruments Technician — Yasushi Horiuchi, Eisuke Sasaki
* Basses Build Up Technician — Yoshiki Murayama
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* Art Direction & Design — Shigekazu Tsujimori
* CG Art & Design — Keiko Akiyama
* Photograph — Junichi Takahashi, PHOTONICA, MON-TRÉSOR
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Remaster
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Mastering
A ...
ing engineer — Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
External links
Audio Resource Honolulu Home Page*
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References
1994 albums
Casiopea albums
Alfa Records albums
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