ラトルスネイク・アニー　　バイオグラフィ

Rattlesnake Annie International Fusion Project

1. Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Kunitachi Japan (Japanese/English) 4:24 I respectfully dedicate this recording to Yasuhiro Momota who introduced me to the Shirakaba Choir and has worked tirelessly for the continued success of our Kunitachi Hall of Art concerts. Shirakaba Choir and our Kunitachi Music Team Front row, left to right: Yoshiaki Tokunaga, Masamitsu, Oshima, Rattlesnake, Yutaka Hosoi, Yasuhiro Momota Vocal + harmony: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal: Masamitsu Oshima Vocal harmony: Tokunaga Yoshiaki Shirakaba Choir: Chihiro Ikeda, Ruka Harada, Naohiro Takahashi, Hiroka Koga, Airi Nakazawa, Mei Kobashi, Yuya Ota, Tomohiro Tani, Ken Wako, Yuko Koseki, Reina Tanaka, Ami Nagayasu, Mayu Nozawa, Manami Matsuo, Ayaka Muto, Ryo Nagai, Yuzuka Aihara, Hinano Udagawa, Mao Yamashita, Sachika Kawaai, Mayuko Shigihara, Yuka Tsuji, Hanako Hirata, Moeko Fukuoji Choir Teachers: Ms. Makiko Sakai, Mr. Koichi Mabuchi Piano: Yutaka Hosoi Keyboards: Klaus Loehmer   Studio Kunitachi Gakuen Elementary School, Japan Studio: Yuta St. Engineer: Yutaka Hosoi

Rattlesnake and Klaus Loehmer (German engineer) building master recording track, Nashville TN Yutaka Hosoi recording Japanese vocals, Tokyo Masamitsu Oshima

2. La Vie En Rose with Roger Collette, Belgium (French/English) 3:37 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal: Roger Collette Guitar: Markus Wienstroer Accordion: Frank Siegemund Keyboards: Klaus Loehmer Studio: Belmont Studio, Marbella Spain Studio: AM Music Production, Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, Germany Engineer: Klaus Loehmer

Roger Collette recording – La Vie En Rose

3. Drumurile Noastre with Andreas Melzer, Romania (Romanian/English) 3:28 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal: Andreas Melzer Keyboards & Trumpet: Michael Lienerth Studio: AM Music Production Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, Germany Engineer: Andres Melzer

Andreas Melzer recording – Drumurile Noastre

4. How Can We Live Without Horses with Dan Korada, Czech Republic (Czech/English) 3:53 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal: Dan Korada Keyboards: Klaus Loehmer Studio: Largo, Prague Czech Republic Engineer: Ludek Polivka Studio: Cornet, Cologne Germany Engineer: Klaus Loehmer

Dan Korada recording – How Can We Live Without Horses

5. Lili Marleen with Tom Astor, Germany (German/English) 3:36 Tom Astor recording – Lili Marleen We have been recording together for 22 years Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal: Tom Astor Guitar: Markus Wienstroer Accordion: Frank Siegemund Keyboards: Klaus Loehmer Studio: AM Music Production Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, Germany Engineer: Klaus Loehmer

Frank Siegemund great German accordion player

6. Wdaret with Ismail Azdoud, Morroco (Arabic/English) 4:17 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal: Ismail Azdoud Music: Aswan Orchestra Studio: Onda Cero International, Marbella Spain Engineer: Klaus Loehmer

Ismail Azdoud recording– Wdaret

7. Stranger On The Shore with Rachel & Caroline Perry (Rattlesnake’s twin Granddaughters) Texas (English) 3:53 Vocal: Rachel Perry Harmony Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Clarinet: Caroline Perry Ukulele, keyboards and percussion: Jim Hoke Studio: El Garaje, Nashville Tennessee Engineer: Brent Truitt

Rachel Perry, Rattlesnake, Jim Hoke, Caroline Perry

8. Down By The River Side with the American School in Japan Choirs 2007-08 (English) 4:08 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Harmony vocals with Rattlesnake Klaus Loehmer & Andreas Melzer Vocals: American School in Japan (ASIJ) concert choir and vocal jazz ensemble 2007-08 ASIJ solo singers: Elisabeth Evans & Brandt Miller ASIJ jazz choir singers: Yu Anami, Tomoko Aratake, Rebecca Bradford, Marika Dandoy, Elisabeth Evans, Eri Ito, Emi MacLeod, Brandten Miller, Richard Miller, Erik Mortensen, Hiroya Ozaki, Dallin Shaner, Alicia Shumway, Naomi Sundberg, Haruka Togashi, Ryo Takahashi, Daniel Uebelein, Michael Deck Piano: Yutaka Hosoi Drums & Keyboards: Klaus Loehmer Studio: ASIJ Tokyo, Japan Studio: Yuta St. Tokyo, Japan Engineer: Yutaka Hosoi

American School in Japan, recording– Down by the Riverside. Front row: left to right: ASIJ choir members Tomoko Aratake, Eri Ito, Dallin Shaner, Erik Mortensen.  Back row: Yutaka Hosoi Brent Huber, ASIJ choir director, arranger, composer, musician, an extraordinarily talented music man!

9. Bailerina with Lenin Zurita, Mexico (Spanish) 4:21 Lenin Zurita rehearsing to record– Bailerina He is a great singer, song writer, guitar player and performing artist. Lenin was born and raised in Villa Hermosa Mexico and attended University in Chiapas.  His Jamaican mother taught him to sing, took him for guitar lessons and encouraged him to become a musician.  His Mexican father is a merchant. Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal & Guitar: Lenin Zurita Guitar: Markus Wienstroer Keyboards & Percussion: Klaus Loehmer Studio: La Chicharra, Parque Xcaret -Puerto Juárez Solidaridad, Mexico Engineer: Engineer: Fernando Herrera Ruiz

Markus Wienstroer my favorite German guitar player and the most versatile guitar player that I have ever worked with! He played the beautiful solos on Bailerina, La Vie En Rose, and other songs on this project.

10. Cao Yuan Qing Ge with Ting Ting, China (Chinese/English) 4:01 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal & Pipa: Ting Ting Flute: Liu Yi Keyboards: Yutaka Hosoi Studio: I.M.I.Lights Moriyama, Nagoya City Japan Engineer: Yutaka Hosoi

Ting Ting, famous Chinese Pipa player & husband Liu Yi, rehearsing to record–Cao Yuan Qing Ge

11. Krishna with Lenin Zurita, Mexico (Spanish) 4:11 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Vocal & Guitar: Lenin Zurita Keyboards: Yutaka Hosoi Studio: La Chicharra, Parque Xcaret -Puerto Juárez Solidaridad, Mexico Engineer: Engineer: Fernando Herrera Ruiz, original recording Studio: Yuta St, Tokyo Japan Engineer: Yutaka Hosoi, overdub Studio: Hansahaus, Bonn Germany Engineer: Klaus Loehmer, Rattlesnake vocals and mixing

Lenin Zurita recording– Krishna

12. Hava Nagila with Jonathan Yudkin Klezmer Band, New York USA (Hebrew) 4:06 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Harmony vocals: Klaus Loehmer Violin & Banjo: Jonathan Yudkin Accordion: Joey Miskulin Clarinet: Jim Hoke Piano: Leonard Wolf Bass: John Vogt Drums: Wayne Killius Studio: Leonard Wolf’s Studio, Nashville, TN Engineer: Bart Morris Thank you to Yvette Pollack for introducing me to Klezmer Music, NYC Rattlesnake session notes: Thanks to Jonathan a great musician and producer, this is the most genius ensemble I have ever had the honor to record with! I’ll never forget the power of the 3 of them, Jonathan, Joey and Jim, together in front of 2 microphones, recording the song in one take and the perfect driving rhythm of bass and drums. What an exciting and special experience!   Jonathan   Joey and Jim Hoke

Jonathan Yudkin rehearing Hebrew lyrics–Hava Nagila Rehearsing with Joey Miskulin Hug for a beautiful, successful session!

13. Shaantih with Yograj, Goa India (Sanskrit/English) 4:52 Vocal: Rattlesnake Annie Yograj: Sitar Sanskrit prayer & chanting: Rattlesnake Annie & Ramanand Jossi (Brahmin Priest) Singer: Sadashiv Aiholi Percussion: Klaus Loehmer Studio: Shyamsundar Panajim Goa, India Engineer: Paresh Khutwalkeretha Studio: Angel AV, Panjim Goa, India Engineer: Orlando Fernandez Thank you, Geeta Mehta for introducing me to India and to Prof M S Swaminathan of MSSRF for receiving me in India. Ramanand Jossi (Brahmin Priest) chanting Sanskrit prayer Shaanthi is the Sanskrit word for Peace. In India instruments have sacred power and no one wears their shoes in the same room with musical instruments	Yograj and Rattlesnake rehearsing to record–Shaantih Singer: Sadashiv Aiholi, the vocal you hear with no words.
Studio: AM Music Production, Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, Germany Rattlesnake vocals, overdubs, mixing, mastering All tracks except # 11 Mixing Engineer: Klaus Loehmer Mastering Engineers: Klaus Loehmer and Andreas Melzer CD book photos: Ivan Cali Podolsky, Slovak Republic Graphic-design: Irmgard Muhr, Cologne/Germany Thank you Virginia Team “Old Eagle Eye” for guiding me to a higher vision.
Produced by Rattlesnake Annie and Klaus Loehmer © Rattlesnake Records 2009 This CD is respectfully dedicated to Klaus Loehmer I honor you Klaus for your musical genius and for your kind and open heart. Occasionally in one’s life time someone comes along who changes your life forever.  Klaus is the one who helped me realize my connection to world music and he shined the light on the pathway for me to go there. Klaus breathes life into every sound in the recording studio, he is a master engineer.  We have been working together for more than 20 years. Thank you Klausibaby, I love you…..Rattlesnake  Andreas Melzer - Studio: AM Music Production Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, Germany 2008 Studio: Hansahaus- Bonn, Germany 2004 Celebrating the completion of “International Fusion Project”- at my home in Spain	Klaus & Rattlesnake – Cornet Studios, famous for recording Jazz and Big Band music. Cologne, Germany 1987 We recorded several projects in the 1990s but unfortunately It was before my digital camera and the film and photos are buried away somewhere deep in our archives. 2001 we had the last recording session before Cornet closed it’s doors after 32 years – Klaus produced many great projects there from 1976. Cornet Studios- Aachener Straße- Köln, Germany