Live in Japan '96

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

In a review for AllMusic, Joslyn Lane wrote: "Live in Japan '96 is an excellent show from a premiere cast of musicians."[3]

Bill Shoemaker, writing for Jazz Times, commented: "free improvisations are well-integrated into the structure of the works... Schlippenbach and Takase are a formidable composer/arranger/pianist/conductor tag-team; the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra is an excellent vehicle for their uncompromising work."[5]

1. "Eric Dolphy Medley: The Prophet / Serene / Hat and Beard" (Eric Dolphy; arranged by Aki Takase) – 17:04
2. "The Morlocks" (Alexander von Schlippenbach) – 15:46
3. "Shijo No Ai" (traditional; arranged by Aki Takase) – 6:21
4. "Way Down South Where the Blues Began" (W. C. Handy; arranged by Alexander von Schlippenbach) – 12:18
5. "Jackhammer" (Alexander von Schlippenbach) – 10:29
6. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins; arranged by Willem Breuker) – 4:17

Track 2 recorded on July 31, 1996, at Nakano Public Hall, Tokyo. Remaining tracks recorded on August 6, 1996, at Shin-Kobe Oriental Theatre, Kobe.

• Alexander von Schlippenbach – piano, conductor
• Aki Takase – piano, conductor
• Eiichi Hayashi – alto saxophone
• Walter Gauchel – tenor saxophone
• Hiroaki Katayama – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Evan Parker – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Gerd Dudek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Rudi Mahall – bass clarinet
• Axel Dörner – trumpet
• Henry Lowther – trumpet
• Issei Igarashi – trumpet
• Thomas Heberer – trumpet
• Haruki Sato – trombone
• Marc Boukouya – trombone
• Paul Rutherford – trombone
• Wolter Wierbos – trombone
• Nobuyoshi Ino – bass
• Paul Lovens – drums