Teiji Ito


伊藤貞司

Japanese composer and performer, born January 22, 1935 in Tokyo, died August 16, 1982 in Haiti. His mother, Teiko Ono, was a world renowned dancer, and his father, Yuji Ito, was a designer of sets, costumes and also a composer. The family moved to New York City in 1941 where Teiji lived the rest of his life. His music was mostly composed for theater, dance, and film, most famously for Maya Deren. Deren was the first of Ito's four wives, followed by Gail Ryan, Ilene, and Cherel Winett. A large collection of his unreleased tapes is archived by the New York Public Library.

Suma No Arashi with Teiji Ito – Suma No Arashi

A1 Suma No Arashi* + Teiji Ito– Ginteki Honkyoku
Composed By – Hideakira Sakurai
Percussion [Drum] – Teiji Ito
 9:30
A2 Suma No Arashi*– Rokudan, Paraphrase For Flute And Koto
Composed By – Hideakira Sakurai
 5:10
B1 Suma No Arashi*– Kiyu Yachiyo Jishi
Composed By – Hideakira Sakurai
 6:23
B2 Suma No Arashi*– Kaihen
Composed By – Shoho Abiko
 7:3

Gatefold sleeve. Never came with an insert.
Recorded at Nippon Columbia Studio No. 2, Jan and Feb 1970.

Alfa Records  – XMS-10026-JA, Columbia – XMS-10026-JA

会社名など

Yusen Kuzuhara, Teiji Itoh – Le Koto De Yusen Kuzuhara Et Le Shakuhachi De Teiji Itoh

A1 Kumoi Jishi
A2 Sho-Chiku-Bai
A3 Shika-No-Tohne
B1 Miyako No Haru

Teiji Ito - Meshes
What Next Recordings
WN0020
CD, Album
US
1997
Stage & Screen
Soundtrack, Abstract, Experimental
Artwork By [Design] - Michael Motley
Edited By - David Dunn
Executive Producer - Jonathan Scheuer
Producer - Steve Peters
Producer [Associate] - Cherel Ito
Track 1 composed for the film of the same name by Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid in 1959.
Track 2 composed for the film of the same name by Maya Deren in 1952
Track 3 composed for the theater work Savages by Christopher Hampton in 1982 and recorded at the Chapel at Center Stage Theater, Baltimore.

This recording of Meshes of the Afternoon contains some music which was not used in the final film version; it is included here for the sake of compositional integrity.

Tracklisting:
1 Meshes Of The Afternoon (13:11)
Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Cello, Sho, Koto, Horns [Hichiriki], Voice, Bells, Drums - Teiji Ito
2 The Very Eye Of Night (11:37)
Flute, Clarinet, Percussion [Saron], Xylophone [Wooden], Drums - Teiji Ito
Recorded By - Louis & Bebe Barron*
3 Axis Mundi (32:50)
Rattle, Didgeridoo [Didjeridus], Whistle, Drums, Flute, Bells, Berimbau, Shaker, Kazoo, Kalimba [Mbira], Voice, Performer [Ratchets, Conch Shells, Duck Calls] - Dan Erkkila , Genji Ito , Teiji Ito

Teiji Ito - King Ubu
Tzadik
TZ 7036
CD, Album
US
1998
Electronic
Experimental
Artwork By [Design] - Ikue Mori
Executive Producer - John Zorn
Executive Producer [Associate] - Kazunori Sugiyama
Mastered By - Allan Tucker
Performer, Instruments [Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Hichiriki, Orkon, Nohkan, Voices, Whistling, Electric Chord Organ, Electric And Acoustic Guitars, Ukelele, Bells, Bottles, Castanets, Cymbals, Congas, Meringue, O-daiko, Other Assorted Unidentified Drums, Maracas, Marimbula, Mbiras (thumb Pianos), Metal Springs, Steel Drum, Tambourine, Temple Blocks, Vaccines, Wood Blocks, Xylophone, Zither, Magentic Tape Manipulation] - Teiji Ito
Photography - Cherel Ito
Photography [Cover Photo] - Claude Cahun
Photography [Teiji With Snake] - Stefan Reilly
Reissue Producer - Guy Klucevsek
Recorded in 1961.
Mastered at Foothill Digital, NYC.

Tracklisting:
1 Overture (1:19)
2 Fanfare (0:17)
3 Japanese Flute (3:55)
4 Death Of Queen (4:09)
5 Steel Drum (1:44)
6 Mennon's Song (3:50)
7 Maya's Song (0:53)
Voice - Maya Deren
8 Teiji's Song (2:32)
9 Debraining Machine (2:50)
10 Sarabande (2:23)
11 Tsar's Music (1:44)
12 Hurrah For War (1:07)
13 Button Song (1:35)
14 Congo (2:09)
15 Crypt/Congo (3:31)
16 Tea For Two/Seduction (1:53)
17 Bear Music (1:52)
18 Beer Barrel Polka (2:34)
19 Music Box (4:10)
20 Plotting (5:01)
21 Nightmare (1:23)
22 Aloha (1:41)
Voice - Maya Deren
23 Mama Ubu's Dance (5:00)
24 Storm (1:28)
25 Polish Anthem (1:13)

Teiji Ito - Music For Maya
Tzadik
TZ 8038
2 x CD, Compilation, Reissue
US
Aug 2007
Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Abstract, Score, Experimental
Mastered By - Scott Hull (2)
Performer, Composed By, Recorded By - Teiji Ito
Reissue Producer - John Zorn
Recorded between 1952 & 1967.

Tracklisting:
1-1 Lights Along The Way - India (5:07)
1-2 Meshes Of The Afternoon (12:54)
1-3 Lights Along The Way - Java / Korea (7:38)
1-4 The Very Eye Of The Night (13:07)
1-5 Lights Along The Way - China (5:38)
Maeva (25:28)
1-6 Search For Love / Rape Scene (8:38)
1-7 Return To Tahiti (14:11)
1-8 True Love Found (2:35)
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2-1 Dwightiana (3:25)
2-2 Bagatelle For Williard Maas (5:22)
2-3 Moonplay (4:13)
2-4 Arabesque For Kenneth Anger (4:51)
2-5 Operation Hourglass (2:37)
2-6 Water Music Study (6:39)
2-7 Orgia (11:34)
2-8 The Language Of Faces 1 (9:37)
2-9 The Language Of Faces 2 (4:37)
2-10 Works Of Matisse (4:57)
2-11 Handwritten (2:14)
2-12 Lifelines (6:47)

Tracks 1-1, 1-3 and 1-5 recorded 1959 for a UN film produced for World University Services.
Track 1-2 recorded 1959 and is the complete score to the Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's film. Originally reconstructed by Steve Peters in 1996 following the film's soundtrack, this version features all the music recorded for "Meshes" and includes multiple takes, whispered directions by Deren and moments of music ultimately never used in the final cut of the film.
Track 1-4 recorded 1952. It is longer than the version released on Meshes.
Track 1-6 to 1-8 recorded 1961 for the film "Portrait of a Tahitian Girl, Maeva" produced and directed by Umberto Bonsignori and scripted by Maya Deren.
2-1 recorded 1959 for a film by Marie Menken.
2-2, 2-3 and 2-4 recorded 1961 for films by Marie Menken.
2-5 recorded 1956 for a documentary film commissioned by the Cummins Engine Company. This music was also used in Alexander Hammid's 1958 film "Power Among Men", produced by the UN.
2-6 recorded in 1967 and is an early unmixed version of music created for an abstract film of reflecting water patterns by director Yudel Kyler.
2-7 recorded 1967.
2-8 and 2-9 recorded 1961 for a film directed by John Kotty and produced under the auspices of the Quaker Pacifist Movement in America.
2-10 recorded 1959 for a little known documentary about Henri Matisse by Walter Lewisohn.
2-11 recorded 1959 and is a brief soundtrack montage from Ed Emshwiller's animation.
2-12 recorded 1960 for a short by Ed Emshwiller.

All music composed, performed and recorded in the studio he shared with Maya Deren at 61 Morton Street, NYC.
All materials used by permission of the Ito Estate.
These recordings were made available for release through the kind cooperation of the Teiji Ito Collection of Noncommercial Recordings, ca. 1952-1982 at the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound/The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Anthology Film Archives, Filmmaker's Coop and the Teiji Ito Estate. "Meshes of the Afternoon" and "The Very Eye of Night" were first released on ¿What Next? in 1996.
Special thanks to Andrew Lampert, Martina Kudláček, Henry Hills, Steve Peters, Sara Velez, Tom Christie, Cherel and Tavia Ito.

Tzadik – TZ 8038

Teiji Ito - Tenno
Label: Tzadik
Catalog#: TZ 8031
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2007
Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Score, Avantgarde
Credits: Mastered By - Scott Hull (2)
Performer, Composed By,0 Producer, Recorded By - Teiji Ito
Notes: Recorded in 1964.
  • Design – Heung-Heung Chin
  • Executive-Producer [Associate] – Kazunori Sugiyama, Steve Peters
  • Executive-Producer, Liner Notes – John Zorn
  • Instruments, Flute [Wooden], Ryuteki, Flute [Hichiriki], Shakuhachi, Koto, Shamisen, Taiko, Percussion [Tsutsumi], Frame Drum, Bass Drum, Performer [Ki], Wood Block, Bells, Rattle, Gong, Steel Drums, Kalimba [Thumb Piano], Marimba, Drum [Log Drum], Timpani, Cymbal, Bells [Prayer], Performer [Glass Bowls], Temple Block, Performer [Glass Bottles], Handclaps [Hand Claps], Tambourine, Maracas, Shaker, Performer [Sticks], Percussion, Drums [Drum Set], Trumpet, Horns, Conch [Shells], Sho, Voice, Effects [Sound], Turntables, Electronics, Composed By, Performer, Producer, Recorded By – Teiji Ito
  • Mastered By – Scott Hull (2)

Tracklisting:
1 I (4:43)
2 II (11:57)
3 III (12:03)
4 IV (7:23)
5 V (6:31)
6 VI (9:35)

Previously unreleased music made for a film by Asuka productions/Tokyo about the emporor of Japan.
Music composed, performed, produced and recorded in NYC, 1964.
"Tenno" runs continuously—IDs are placed for convenience only.
Special thanks to Tavio Ito, Guy Klucevsek, Catrina Neiman, Cherel Ito.

Tzadik – TZ 8031

Teiji Ito - The Shamanic Principles
Tzadik
TZ 8048
CD, Album
US
2008
Stage & Screen
Abstract, Score, Experimental
Artwork By [Design] - Heung-Heung Chin
Composed By, Conductor, Recorded By, Artwork By [Scores], Other [Liner Notes] - Teiji Ito
Executive Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Mastered By - Scott Hull (2)
Other [Liner Notes] - Cherel Ito
Other [Materials Made Available By] - Guy Klucevsek
Producer - John Zorn
Voice, Drums [Frame], Conch, Clarinet, Percussion - Teiji Ito (tracks: 2 to 5)
Voice, Narrator, Percussion - Diane (5) (tracks: 2 to 5)
Axis Mundi recorded at The Chapel, Center Stage, Baltimore, 1982. Quetzalcoatl recorded in rehearsal c.1980.

Tracks 2 to 5 feature an unknown flautist, possibly Dan Erkkila, and two unknown percussionists, possibly Genji Ito and Yukio Tsuji.

All materials are used by permission from the Ito Estate.
These recordings were made available for release through the kind cooperation of the Teiji Ito Collection of Noncommercial Recordings, c.1952-1982 at the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound/The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Teiji Ito Estate. Axis Mundi was first released by Steve Peters on ?What Next? in 1996.
Special thanks to Guy Klucevsek, Steve Peters, Sara Velez, Tom Christie and of course Tavia Ito.

Tracklisting:
1 Axis Mundi (32:50)
Rattle [Horn, Boar Tooth, Deer], Trumpet [Bamboo], Performer [Vaccines], Whistle [Cricket], Drums [Hand], Bullroarer, Conch [Conch Shells], Berimbau, Shaker, Wind [Duck Calls], Kazoo, Kalimba [Thumb Piano], Jew's Harp, Percussion [Ratchets, Rasps, Scrapers, Stones, Miscellaneous], Cymbal [Tibet], Ocarina [Double], Flute, Flute [Quena, Peruvian, Eaglebone], Shakuhachi, Whistling, Cuica, Voice - Dan Erkkila , Genji Ito , Teiji Ito
Quetzalcoatl (30:15)
2 I Opening Chant/Gemstones (5:24)
3 II Toltec Flute Medley (3:15)
4 III The Story Of Quetzalcoatl (13:37)
5 IV Travel Song/A Great White Eagle (7:52)

Teiji Ito / Watermill
Tzadik
Catalog#:
TZ 8058
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
Aug 2008
Genre:
Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Avantgarde, Experimental, Contemporary

Tracklist

1 Prelude / Introduction 14:46
2 Spring 3:37
3 Running 3:30
4 Summer 13:19
5 Nightmare 3:52
6 Autumn 6:40
7 Winter / Epilogue 8:09

Credits

Composed By - Teiji Ito
Conductor, Flute [Bansuri], Ocarina, Claves, Oboe [Hichiriki] - Steve Gorn
Cymbal, Sho, Gong [Mushi] - Zishan Ugurlu
Gong, Voice, Zither, Percussion [Taiko Drum, Rachnet], Shakuhachi, Bells [Snow], Steel Drums - Yukio Tsuji
Koto, Cymbal [Indian], Voice, Performer [Mushi] - Mara Purl
Mastered By - Scott Hull (2)
Percussion [Bugaku Drum, Puili], Gong [Javanese, Mushi Chakiki], Shakuhachi, Maracas - Tavia Ito
Recorded By - Marc Urselli
Shakuhachi, Flute [Ryuteki] - Ralph Samuelson

Notes

Original music composed in 1972 for the jerome Robbins New York City Ballet, Watermill.
Recorded May 7, 2008 at Eastside Sound, NYC.

Various-Divine Horsemen - The Voodoo Gods Of Haiti

Label:
Lyrichord LLST 7341
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Red Cover
Country:
US
Released:
1980
Genre:
Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Tracklist
A1 Legba, God Of The Sacred Gate
A2 Damballah, Sky God (Wedo Lele Wedo)
A3 Agwe, Goddess Of Sea Ceremony
A4 Erzulie, Goddess Of Love
A5 Ogoun, God Of Power
A6 Litany (Action De Grace) And Libation
A7 Ghede Chant
B1 Invocation To Azacca, God Of Agriculture
B2 Azacca Posession
B3 Ghede, God Of Crossroads
B4 Azacca
B5 Congo Cult
B6 Petro Cult
B7 Banda Dance For Ghede
B8 RaRa Festival
B9 Mardi Gras Carnival

Credits

Notes

Voodoo ritual and festival music. Recorded in Haiti by Maya Deren. Two editions released, one with black, this one with red cover.

Maya Deren – Voices Of Haiti

A1 Creole O Voudoun (Yanvalou)
A2 Ayizan Marche (Zepaules)
A3 Signaleagwe Orroyo (Yanvalou)
A4 Zulie Banda (Banda)
A5 Ibo Lele (Ibo)
B1 Ghede Nimbo (Mahi)
B2 Nogo Jaco Colocoto (Nago Crabino)
B3 Miro Miba (Congo)
B4 Po' Drapeaux (Petro Mazonnei)

Recorded during ceremonials near Croix-Des-Missions and Petionville in Haiti.

Copyright 1953, by the Elektra-Stratford Record Corp. 189 W. 10th St., N. Y. 14, N. Y.

EKLP-5 on cover, EK-LP-5 on label.
First issue with black label and silver lettering.
Cover with artwork from Teiji Ito! The first cover has a small white edge all around.
Elektra – EKLP-5

Teiji Ito (伊藤貞司 Ito Teiji?, January 22, 1935 ? August 16. 1982) was a Japanese composer and performer. He is best known for his scores for the avant-garde films by Maya Deren.

Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan into a theatrical family. His father, Yuji Ito, was a composer and costume designer, and his mother, Teiko Ono, was a dancer who worked in both traditional and classical genres. Ito moved with his family to New York at the age of six. In 1952, at the age of seventeen, he began composing music for the films of Maya Deren. He traveled with her to Haiti in 1955, learning ceremonial and secular drumming techniques from the legendary Haitian musician Coyote.

Ito had a long and productive career, composing music for Broadway and Hollywood, drama, and dance. His works feature an innovative combination of sounds and often utilize musical instruments from many world cultures, which he played himself. His music is not as well known as that of many of his contemporaries because few recordings of his music were available until the late 20th century.

In 1961, he composed a score for a New York production of Alfred Jarry's King Ubu by The Living Theatre, which was released on CD by Tzadik Records in 1998. He won an Obie Award for his theater music in the 1960-61 season. In 1962, he composed music for dancer Jean Erdman's musical play The Coach with the Six Insides. In 1963 he composed the score for the original Broadway production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Ito was married four times. He married Maya Deren in the late 1950s. With his second wife Gail Ryan he had a daughter, Tavia. His third wife was the photographer named Ilene who also played instruments on a number of his recordings, and his fourth marriage was to Cherel Winett (1947-1999).

He died from a heart attack while visiting Haiti.[1] The Teiji Ito Collection, consisting of audio tapes, is held by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in Manhattan.[2]

The Japanese American actor Jerry Ito was Teiji Ito's first cousin.