4x4 (Casiopea album)

4×4 FOUR BY FOUR
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	December 16, 1982
Recorded	Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo from October 12 to 29, 1982
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	30:25
Label	Alfa Records ALR-28045
Producer	Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Mint Jams (1982) 4x4 (1982) Photographs (1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

4×4 FOUR BY FOUR is the eighth album by Casiopea recorded and released in 1982. Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Nathan East, and Don Grusin participated in the recording of this album.

Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason and Nathan East, along with pianist Bob James, rather than Don Grusin, went on to become the Original members of Fourplay in 1991.^[2]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Mid-Manhattan"	Akira Jimbo	4:42
2.	"Pavane -Pour Une Infante Dẻfunte-"	Maurice Ravel	5:33
3.	"Transatlantic"	Lee Ritenour	5:40

Side B
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Galactic Funk"	Issei Noro	6:09
2.	"Kauai"	Lee Ritenour	3:55
3.	"Chandelier"	Issei Noro	4:26

Personnel

• Issei Noro – Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000, SG-1000 Fretless), Acoustic guitar (on B2), Percussion (on A2, A3, B3)
• Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar (Ibanez, Fender Stratocaster, Ovation Nylon Strings), Classical guitar (on A2), Acoustic Guitar (on B2)

• Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards (YAMAHA GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35, Oberheim OB-Xa, Moog the SOURCE)
• Don Grusin – Keyboards (Acoustic Piano (on A2), YAMAHA CP-80 (on A1, B1), Oberheim OB-Xa (on A2, B2), Rhodes (on A3, B3))

• Tetsuo Sakurai – Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000 Milk Bass) (on A2、B1、B3), Percussion (on B3)
• Nathan East – Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000, Roland GR-33B) (on A1、A3、B1、B2)

• Akira Jimbo – drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), Percussion (on A3, B2, B3)
• Harvey Mason – drums (Premier Sound Wave Custom) (on A1、B1、B3), Marimba (on A2、B2)

Production

• Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Associate Producer – Satoshi Nakao
• Recording and Mixing Engineer – Norio Yoshizawa
• Assistant Engineer – Atsushi Saito, Shinji Miyoshi
• Mastering Engineer – Osamu Shimoju
• Mixed – Norio Yoshizawa, Issei Noro
• Art Direction and Design – Nao Magami, Shinya "SHAR" Asami
• Illustration – Shinya "SHAR" Asami

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	December 16, 1982	Alfa Records	stereo LP	ALR-28045	30 cm
	February 22, 1984		12cm CD	38XA-10
	January 25, 1987			32XA-114
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-277
	July 27, 1994			ALCA-9008
	July 23, 1998			ALCA-9203
	January 23, 2002	Village Records	remastered CD	VRCL-2208	DSD, LP paper jacket
	February 14, 2002			VRCL-2228	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20010	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "4x4". All Music. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

External links

• CASIOPEA – 4x4 at Discogs