Musical Moments is the eighth leader album by Japanese pianist Junko Onishi, released on July 23, 2009 in Japan.
| Musical Moments | ||||
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| Released | July 23, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | April 30 & May 1, 2009 (M1–9), September 14, 2008 (M10) | |||
| Studio | Sound City Studio, Tokyo (M1–9) Blue Note Tokyo (M10) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:05:18 | |||
| Label | Somethin' Else (Toshiba EMI) TOCJ-68085 | |||
| Producer | Hitoshi Namekata | |||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Hat And Beard" | - | Eric Dolphy | 5:29 |
| 2. | "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" | Ted Koehler | Harold Arlen | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Back In The Days" | - | Junko Onishi | 7:21 |
| 4. | "Bittersweet" | - | Junko Onishi | 6:17 |
| 5. | "Ill Wind" | Ted Koehler | Harold Arlen | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Musical Moments" | - | Junko Onishi | 8:11 |
| 7. | "Something Sweet, Something Tender" | - | Eric Dolphy | 4:37 |
| 8. | "G.W." | - | Eric Dolphy | 4:36 |
| 9. | "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" | Otto Harbach | Jerome Kern | 3:15 |
| 10. | "Bonus Track Meloday" | - | - | 16:19 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "So Long Eric" | - | Charles Mingus | - |
| 2. | "Mood Indigo" | Irving Mills | Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard | - |
| 3. | "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" | Bob Russell | Duke Ellington | - |
| Total length: | 16:19 | |||
Personnel
edit- Junko Onishi - piano
- Yosuke Inoue - bass (M1, 3, 4, 6–8)
- Gene Jackson - drums (M1, 3, 4, 6–8)
- Reginald Veal - bass (M10)
- Herlin Riley - drums (M10)
Production
edit- Co-producer - Junko Onishi
- Executive producer - Hitoshi Namekata
- Recording and mixing engineer - Tomoo Suzuki (M1–9), Akihiko Kurazono (M10), Masashi Okada (M10), Tomomi Shimura (M10), Shingo Okubo (M10), Toshiharu Yamauchi (M10)
- Assistant engineer - Kiyoshi Nishiyama (M1–9), Masanori Hata (M1–9)
- Mixing engineer - Tomoo Suzuki
- Mastering engineer - Machiko Suzue
- Piano tuning - Norihito Onuma
- Cover photograph - Kunihiro Takuma
- Hair and make-up - Hiroyuki Mikami
- Styling - Nobuko Shindo
- Art director - Kaoru Taku
- Artists and repertoire - Yoshiko Tsuge