Very Special (Junko Onishi album)

Very Special is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2017.

Very Special
Studio album by Junko Onishi
Released	November 15, 2017
Recorded	January 17, 2011 & September 6, 2017 & September 7–9, 2017
Studio	Crescent Studio & Sound City Setagaya & Sound City A-studio Tokyo
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:00:51
Label	Taboo (Village Records) VRCL-18853
Producer	Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Junko Onishi chronology
Tea Times (2016) Very Special (2017) Glamorous Life (2017)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Very Special -Intro-"		Junko Onishi	1:29
2.	"I Cover The Water Front"		Johnny Green	5:53
3.	"Lush Life"		Billy Strayhorn	3:25
4.	"Easy To Love"		Cole Porter	5:58
5.	"Barcarolle (from The Seasons)"		Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	4:17
6.	"Willow Song (from Otello)"		Giuseppe Verdi	9:45
7.	"Começar De Novo (The Island)"		Ivan Lins	5:09
8.	"A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing"		Billy Strayhorn	2:49
9.	"How Do You Keep The Music Playing"	–	Michel Legrand	4:41
10.	"After The Love Has Gone"		David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin	4:52
11.	"Very Special -Outro-"		Junko Onishi	1:52
Total length:				60:51

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

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	memo
Japan	November 15, 2017	SOMETHIN'COOL	12cmCD	SCOL-1024	STEREO
			Digital download	4538182726891	mora AAC-LC 320kbps[1]
				4538182726907	mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[2]
				B07763M76G	Amazon.com[3]
				1308856336	iTunes Store[4]
				Bt4ifpwy7fqdmoxgigawfhmfyai	Google Play Music[5]
				2fdbOfkqNhpzMrLHxFXNs5	Spotify[6]
	December 20, 2017		30cmLP	SCOL-1024	STEREO

External links

• Very Special / Junko Onishi – disk union
• Junko Onishi – Very Special at Discogs

References

1. "Very Special". LabelGate Co.,Ltd. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
2. "Very Special". LabelGate Co.,Ltd. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
3. "Very Special". Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
4. "Very Special". Apple Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
5. "Very Special". Google Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
6. "Very Special". Spotify AB. Retrieved October 13, 2018.