A compilation of arranged covers by jazz chorus group Time Five.

"In the afternoon of September 21st, 1986, Time Five, a Japanese male vocal quintet, presented a triumphant performance before an audience of more than seven thousand at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It was the first Japanese vocal group, ever to perform at that prestigious annual jazz event held in that Californian town.
Time Five was first organized in 1968 by five schoolmates just after graduation from Doshisha University in Kyoto. They were Y. Tai, lead vocals percussion, S. Noguchi, 2nd vocals & electric bass, S. Teshigahara, 3rd vocals & trombone, H. Yoshimura, 4th vocals & keyboard and K. Sugie, 5th vocals & flute. They had the ambition of becoming a top-notch vocal group like the Four Freshmen or the Hi Lo's of the United States. In the eighteen years since their inception, they have developed into the most swinging and musically polished male vocal group in Japan and have been recognized as an internationally applicable unit.
This CD album contains seventeen selections recorded over the past four years and includes "Lazy River" and "When I Fall In Love", both of which were performed at Monterey and were rewarded with a long standing ovation by the listening crowd. Time Five cordially presents this album with special thanks to Mens. Jimmy Lyons, Bill Lutt and all who helped their appearance at the Montrery Jazz Festival in 1986."
   by MASAHISA SEGAWA (January 10, 1987)

Arr. by Haruya Yoshimura (1~5, 12~17) and Norio Maeda (6~11)

PERSONNEL; TIME FIVE ● Yasuo Tai: 1st vcl., perc.
                                      Shizuo Noguchi : 2nd vcl., e.b.
                                      Sadaaki Teshigawara: 3rd vcl., tb.
                                      Haruya Yoshimura: 4th vcl., kyds.
                                      Kohei Sugie: 5th vcl., fl., vib.

                                      Hideo Funamoto: ds. (1~5, 12~17)
                                      Tatsuo Kato: e.g., ag. (1~5, 12~17)

NORIO MAEDA TRIO +2 ● Norio Maeda: kyds. (6~11)
                                      Takeshi Inomata: ds. (6~11)
                                      Yasuo Arakawa: b. (6~11)
                                      Sadanori Nakamure: e.g. (6~11)
                                      Konosuke Saijo: sax. (6~11)

Songwriters & Origins
  01. E. Garner - J. Burke (1954 jazz standard)
  02. J. V. Heusen - J. Burke (from the 1953 Broadway musical "Carnival in Flanders")
  03. K. Weill - M. Anderson (from the 1938 Broadway musical "Knickerbocker Holiday")
  04. G. Shearing - B. Y. Forster (1952 jazz standard)
  05. L. Newman - D. Cochran (from the 1948 film "Road House")
  06. G. & I. Gershwin (from the 1938 film "The Goldwyn Follies")
  07. J. Demy - M. Legrand (from the 1964 film "Umbrellas of Cherbourg")
  08. A. & M. Bergman - M. Legrand (from the 1971 film "Summer of '42")
  09. E. McColl (1957 folk song)
  10. N. Washington - L. Harline (from the 1940 animated film "Pinocchio")
  11. L. Bernstein - S. Sondheim (from the 1957 broadway musical "West Side Story")
  12. H. Carmichael - S. Arodin (1930 jazz standard)
  13. D. Ellington - I. Mills (1931 jazz standard)
  14. H. Arlen - E. Y. Harburg & B. Rose (1933 popular song)
  15. L. Bricusse & A. Newley (from the 1964 musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd")
  16. V. Young - E. Heyman (from the 1952 film "One Minute to Zero")
  17. J. McHugh - D. Fields (from the 1930 Broadway musical "Lew Leslie's International Revue")