Very Special (Junko Onishi album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Very Special
| type = studio
| artist = Junko Onishi
| cover =Very Special (Junko Onishi album).jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2017|11|15}}
| recorded = January 17, 2011 & September 6, 2017 & September 7–9, 2017
| venue =
| studio = Crescent Studio & Sound City Setagaya & Sound City A-studio Tokyo
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=00|s=51}}
| label = Taboo (Village Records)
VRCL-18853
| producer = Naruyoshi Kikuchi
| prev_title = Tea Times
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Glamorous Life
| next_year = 2017
}}
Very Special is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2017.
Track listing
{{track listing
| total_length = 60:51
| title1 = Very Special -Intro-
| music1 = Junko Onishi
| length1 = 1:29
| title2 = I Cover The Water Front
| music2 = Johnny Green
| length2 = 5:53
| title3 = Lush Life
| music3 = Billy Strayhorn
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = Easy To Love
| music4 = Cole Porter
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = Barcarolle (from The Seasons)
| music5 = Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Willow Song (from Otello)
| music6 = Giuseppe Verdi
| length6 = 9:45
| title7 = Começar De Novo (The Island)
| music7 = Ivan Lins
| length7 = 5:09
| title8 = A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
| music8 = Billy Strayhorn
| length8 = 2:49
| title9 = How Do You Keep The Music Playing
| lyrics9 = –
| music9 = Michel Legrand
| length9 = 4:41
| title10 = After The Love Has Gone
| music10 = David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin
| length10 = 4:52
| title11 = Very Special -Outro-
| music11 = Junko Onishi
| length11 = 1:52
}}
Personnel
- Junko Onishi – Piano, Fender Rhodes (C5, C9)
- Takayoshi Baba – Guitar (C2, C4, C7, C9, C10)
- José James – Vocal (C3, C8)
- Miho Hazama – Arranger and conductor (C6)
- Takuya Mori – Clarinet (C6)
- Yoshie Sato – Bass clarinet (C6)
- Shinnosuke Takahashi – Cymbals (C1)
- Yousuke Inoue – Bass (C11)
Production
- Producer – Junko Onishi
- Co-Producer – Hitoshi Namekata (Names Inc.), Ryoko Sakamoto (disunion)
- Recording and mixing engineer – Shinya Matsushita (STUDIO Dede)
- :Recorded at Sound City A-studio September 7–9, 2107 and Sound City Setagaya September 6, except C3 & C8 at Crescent Studio on January 17, 2011.
- Assistant engineer – Taiyo Nakayama (Sound City)
- Mastering engineer – Akihito Yoshikawa (STUDIO Dede)
- Cover photo – Haruyuki Shirai, Tetsuya Kurahara
- Art direction – Takuma Hojo
- Hair and Make-up Artist – Naoki Katagiri (EFFECTOR), Mari Watanabe (fuwa fuwa) for Ginjiro
- Stylist – Yuka Kikuchi
Release history
References
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External links
- [https://diskunion.net/diw/ct/detail/1007494777 Very Special / Junko Onishi] – disk union
- {{Discogs release|id=11143942|name=Junko Onishi – Very Special|type=album}}
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