| Full Moon and the Shrine |
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| Released | April 7, 1998 |
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- Bindu Studio, Santa Monica, California
- CanNam Studio, Reseda, California
- Pacifique Studio, North Hollywood, California
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| Length | 49:00 |
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| Label | Countdown |
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| Producer | Kazu Matsui |
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Full Moon and the Shrine is the seventeenth studio album by jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui, released in 1998 on Narada Records.[1] The album peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[2]
Critical reception
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| AllMusic | [3] |
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic, in a 4/5-star review exclaimed, "Over the course of her last few albums, Matsui's Lindsey Buckingham -- always at her side, pushing her performance harder and higher -- has been seductive saxman Paul Taylor. On this ethereal mind trip, Full Moon and the Shrine (Countdown/Unity), she doesn't let Taylor stray too far. He's there matching her note for note, dancing skyward like Fred and Ginger under the swirling synth orchestral flavors and snappy hip-hop loops of Derek Nakamoto."[3]
Tracklisting
| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Night Hawk's Dream" | Keiko Matsui | 5:01 |
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| 2. | "Steps in the Night" | Keiko Matsui | 4:16 |
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| 3. | "Bonfire in the Piano" | Keiko Matsui | 4:40 |
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| 4. | "Southern Crossings" | Keiko Matsui | 4:20 |
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| 5. | "Legend of the Trees" | Keiko Matsui | 4:43 |
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| 6. | "Full Moon and the Shrine" | Keiko Matsui | 5:04 |
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| 7. | "Spirit at the Corner" | Keiko Matsui | 5:11 |
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| 8. | "Toward the Sunrise" | Keiko Matsui | 4:15 |
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| 9. | "Forever, Forever" | Keiko Matsui | 4:42 |
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| 10. | "Meadow" | Keiko Matsui | 6:48 |
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Personnel
- Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - bass samples
- Bernie Dresel - drums, percussion
- Derek Nakamoto - arranger, bass, drum programming, engineer, keyboards, producer, rhythm loops, sequencing, synthesizer
- Joel Stoner - engineer, mixing
- John Patitucci - bass samples
- Kazu Matsui - producer, shakuhachi
- Keiko Matsui - keyboards, piano
- Ken Deranteriasian - engineer
- Marcus Miller - bass samples
- Molly Pasutti - vocals
- Paul Taylor - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Steve Hall - mastering
References