Distance is the third studio album by Japanese singer Hikaru Utada. Toshiba EMI released it on March 28, 2001, making it her second release with the label. Utada wrote and co-produced the majority of the album, alongside previous collaborators Akira Miyake and her father Teruzane Utada, as well as new collaborations with American producers Rodney Jerkins and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Distance, like its predecessor First Love (1999), is influenced by pop music and R&B, with additional hip-hop, rock music, reggae, and techno influences from Western music.
EMI Music Japan Inc., formerly Toshiba EMI, was one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. on June 30, 2007, after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. Its CEO and president was Kazuhiko Koike. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was involved with the production of anime. On April 1, 2013, the company became defunct, following its absorption into Universal Music Japan as a sublabel under the name EMI Records Japan.
Number Girl (ナンバーガール) was a rock band formed in Fukuoka, Japan, in August, 1995 by guitarist and vocalist Shutoku Mukai. They first disbanded in 2002 following bassist Kentaro Nakao's departure from the band.
Rodney Whitaker is an American jazz double bass player and educator.
Mint Jams is the seventh album and the second live album by Japanese jazz-fusion band Casiopea, released on May 21, 1982. The album's title is an arrangement of the band members' first and last initials.
Photographs is the ninth album and the seventh studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1983.
Sun Sun is the 15th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.
Cruisin' is the second leader album by Japanese pianist Junko Onishi, released on July 21, 1993 in Japan. It was released on April 5, 1994 by Blue Note Records.
Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. II is the fourth album by Japanese pianist Junko Onishi, released on February 22, 1995 in Japan. It was released on February 25, 1997 by Blue Note Records.
Piano Quintet Suite is the fifth leader album by Japanese pianist Junko Onishi, released on September 20, 1995 in Japan. It was released on March 19, 1996 by Blue Note Records.
Fragile is the seventh leader album by the Japanese pianist Junko Onishi, released on September 23, 1998, in Japan. It was re-released on May 4, 1999, by Blue Note Records.
Jackie McLean meets Junko Onishi Hat Trick is an album by American jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, released in May 1996 on somethin`else.
Tea Times is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2016.
Cool Woods is a studio album by the jazz alto saxophonist Phil Woods. It was released in 1999 by Somethin' Else.
Tenor Time is an album by the American jazz tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, released on February 19, 1999, on somethin`else.
Endless Way is the third album by Japanese guitarist Kazumi Watanabe. The album was released as a vinyl LP by the Better Days label of Nippon Columbia in 1975.
Very Special is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2017.
Glamorous Life is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2017.
Go Ahead! is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in December 1978.
