Life is beautiful (DOUBLEのアルバム)

『Life is beautiful』（ライフ・イズ・ビューティフル）は、日本の女性歌手、DOUBLEのジャズ・アルバム。

 概要 
DOUBLEのジャズ・アルバム。

2004年11月24日にリリース。全10曲収録。スリーブケース仕様。ポストカード、2005年度カレンダー封入。

“R&B feat. JAZZ”をコンセプトにしたジャズ・アルバム。2004年5月26日に参加したm-floのアルバム『ASTROMANTIC』の「Life is beautiful/m-flo loves DOUBLE & TOKU」をきっかけに制作された。前述のDOUBLEバージョン、PlayStation 2「ルパン三世 コロンブスの遺産は朱に染まる」のエンディングテーマ「You Took My Heart Away」のほか、マリリン・モンローが出演したミュージカル映画『紳士は金髪がお好き』の劇中歌「Bye Bye Baby」、「Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend」、井上陽水が作詞した安全地帯の「ワインレッドの心」、オードリー・ヘプバーンが出演した映画『ティファニーで朝食を』の劇中歌「Moon River」、ジャズのスタンダードナンバー「Lullaby Of Birdland」のカバー、『Crystal』収録の「BED」、「Sweet time」のセルフカバーが収録されている。

ゲストにはFrontpage Orchestra、大野雄二、SOUIVE、m-flo、TOKUが参加。

 収録曲 
 CD 01 Bye Bye Baby (with Frontpage Orchestra) Written by Leo Robin, Jule Styne Arranged by Toshio Miki Frontpage Orchestra Leader, Tenor Saxophone : Toshio Miki Alto Saxophone : Atsushi Ikeda Tenor Saxophone : Masanori Okazaki Trumpet : Sho Okumura Trumpet Solo : Yoshiro Okazaki Trombone : Yuzo Kataoka Euphonium : Jun Yamaoka Piano : Shigeo Fukuda Bass : Shin Kamimura Drums : Toru Takahashi Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Instrumental Recording Engineer : Hiroshi Sato Vocal Recording Engineer : Haruna Takahashi (MIXER'S LAB) Recorded at SONY MUSIC STUDIOS TOKYO 4:53 02 Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend (with Frontpage Orchestra) Written by Leo Robin, Jule Styne Arranged by Toshio Miki Frontpage Orchestra Leader, Tenor Saxophone : Toshio Miki Alto Saxophone : Atsushi Ikeda Tenor Saxophone & Clarinet : Masanori Okazaki Trumpet : Sho Okumura Trumpet Solo : Yoshiro Okazaki Trombone : Yuzo Kataoka Euphonium : Jun Yamaoka Piano : Shigeo Fukuda Bass : Shin Kamimura Drums : Toru Takahashi Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Instrumental Recording Engineer : Hiroshi Sato Vocal Recording Engineer : Haruna Takahashi (MIXER'S LAB) Recorded at SONY MUSIC STUDIOS TOKYO 3:21 03 Moon River (with Frontpage Orchestra) Written by John H Mercer, Henry Nicola Manini Arranged by Toshio Miki Frontpage Orchestra Leader, Tenor Saxophone : Toshio Miki Flute : Atsushi Ikeda Clarinet : Masanori Okazaki Flugelhorn : Sho Okumura Flugelhorn : Yoshiro Okazaki Trombone : Yuzo Kataoka Euphgonium : Jun Yamaoka Piano : Shigeo Fukuda Bass : Shin Kamimura Drums : Toru Takahashi 1st Violin : Mikiko Ise 2nd Violin : Asei Takahashi Viola : Yuko Kajitani Cello : Orie Hirayama Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Instrumental Recording Engineer : Hiroshi Sato Vocal Recording Engineer : Haruna Takahashi (MIXER'S LAB) Recorded at SONY MUSIC STUDIOS TOKYO 3:58 04 You Took My Heart Away (with 大野雄二) Written by TAKAKO, Yuji Ohno Sound Produced by Yuji Ohno Drums : Hiroyuki Boritake Bass : Naoki Watanabe Guitar : Shuji Nakamura Electric Piano : Yuji Ohno Latin Percussion : Yoshinpri Nomi Soprano Saxophone : Mabumi Yamaguchi Flute : Masami Nakagawa Flute : Hiroshi Saito Flugelhorn : Eric Miyashiro Flugelhorn : Hitoshi Yokoyama Strings : Yoichiro Kobayashi Group Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Instrumental Recording Engineer : Katsushiro Miura (Genuine) Vocal Recording Engineer : Haruna Takahashi (MIXER'S LAB) Assistant Engineer : Nobuyuki Murakami, Hitomi Kamiko Recorded at SOUND INN, ON AIR AZABU STUDIOSO Musician Coordinate : Emari Mamiya (Toshitu) Masami Nakagawa appears courtesy of Victor Entertainment, inc. 5:00 05 ワインレッドの心 (with Frontpage Orchestra) Written by John H Mercer, Henry Nicola Manini Arranged by Toshio Miki Frontpage Orchestra Leader, Tenor Saxophone Solo : Toshio Miki Alto Saxophone : Atsushi Ikeda Tenor Saxophone : Masanori Okazaki Flugelhorn : Sho Okumura Flugelhorn : Yoshiro Okazaki Trombone : Yuzo Kataoka Euphgonium : Jun Yamaoka Piano : Shigeo Fukuda Bass : Shin Kamimura Drums : Toru Takahashi 1st Violin : Mikiko Ise 2nd Violin : Asei Takahashi Viola : Yuko Kajitani Cello : Orie Hirayama Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Instrumental Recording Engineer : Hiroshi Sato Vocal Recording Engineer : Haruna Takahashi (MIXER'S LAB) Recorded at SONY MUSIC STUDIOS TOKYO 5:10 06 Lullaby Of Birdland (with Soulive) Written by B.Y. Foster, George Shearing Arranged by Soulive Soulive Organ : Neal Evans Drums : Alan Evans Guitar : Eric Krasno Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Recording Engineer : Josh Chervokas Recorded at Chang King Studios 4:00 07 Bed〜Part2 (with Soulive) Bed Written by DOUBLE, Maestro-T, K. Matsuo Part2 (Track) Written by Eric Krasno (Soilive) with Printz Board Guitar : Eric Krasno Fender Rhodes Piano : Printz Board Additional Keyboards : Neal Evans Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Recording Engineer : Josh Chervokas Recorded at Chang King Studios 4:09 08 Sweet Time Again (with Soulive) Written by SACHIKO, TAKAKO, Ryosuke Imai Arranged by Soulive Soulive Organ : Neal Evans Drums : Alan Evans Guitar : Eric Krasno Trumpet : Rashawn Ross Fender Rhodes Piano : Printz Board Additional Keyboards : Neal Evans Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Recording Engineer : Josh Chervokas Recorded at Chang King Studios 4:44 09 Life Is Beautiful〜DOUBLE ver.〜 (with m-flo&TOKU) Written by TAKAKO, m-flo, TOKU Drums : Nobuaki Fujii Bass : Yasuhiko "Hachi" Sato Guitar : Ryo Ogihara Piano : Shinji Akita Trumpet : Sho Okumura Trumpet : Osamu Ueishi Alto & Baritone Saxophone : Kazuhiro Takeda Alto Saxophone : Watanabe Fire Tenor Saxophone : Nobuyuki Mori Trombone : Kohichi Oshida Trombone : Yuji Shimoda Bass Trombone : Kunio Koizumi Horn Arrangement : Kazuhiro Takada 1st. Violin : Noriko Satomi 1st. Violin : Asei Takahashi 2nd. Violin : Yuko Kajitani 2nd. Violin : Miyuki Iwata Viola : Takahiro Enokido Viola : Maya Okamoto Cello : Akina Karasawa Cello : Katsunori Kamatani Strings Arrangement : Noriko Satomi Mix Engineer : Bob Brockman Engineer : Yaron Fuchs Assistant Engineer : Gian "G" East Mixed at NuMedia NY Studio Recording Engineer & Pro Tools Operation : Haruna Takahashi (MIXER'S LAB), Tom Suzuki, Seiji Sekine Recorded at Tachytelic Heim, Sound City, Towerside Studio m-flo appears courtesy of rhythm zone / AVEX INC. TOKU appears courtesy of Sony Music Japan International Inc. 5:04 10 You Took My Heart Away[Original Mix] (with 大野雄二) Mixed Engineer : Katsuhiro Miura (Genuine) Mixed at SOUND INN 4:59 その他クレジット All Creative Direction by DOUBLE Art Direction & Design : Naoki Shinoda (bright light) Illustration : Monkey Punch Photographer : Garth Aikens Make-Up : Nisa Hair : Laurentius Purnama Wardrobe : Viva Vayspap A & R: Kazuhiro Imanari (For Life Music Entertainment) Management Chief : Satoshi Kayama (ARTIMAGE INC.) Management : Daisuke Takai (ARTIMAGE INC.) Artist Promotion : Akiyoshi Muramatsu, Takahito Mizuno, Yasuyuki Tohyama, Tamaki Imamiya, Yuichi Ooto, Noriko Kudo, Eiichirou Fukushima, Seiji Shirasawa, Daisuke Kikuchi, Shunsuke, Sakai, Masako Taniguchi, Yoichi Ando, Tomohiko Sugie, Masaki Aiba, Syoko Kitakado (For Life Music Entertainment), Toshihiko Matsuo (hourz), Mineo Ichikawa (SUNDAY FOLK PROMOTION), Yoshitaka Matsuo (JAM TRAIN) Sales Promotion : Yasuhisa Abe, Masayuki Hanaoka, Yuji Sato (For Life Music Entertainment) Shigeto Shoji, Takumi Watanabe, Motohiro Nitta (BMG FUNHOUSE) A & R Assistant : Rika Hiroi, Kana Izawa (For Life Music Entertainment) Executive Producer : Yutaka Goto, Masayuki Yanagisawa (For Life Music Entertainment) Hiroyoshi Ueda, Masaji Asakawa (ARTIMAGE INC.) Coordination Soulive : Charles Mikami (sony music publishing) Mixing / Mastering / Photo Shoot : Hisa Ishioka, Hideki Nishino (KING STREET SOUNDS) Production Supported M-4, Bonus Track / Yuji Ohno : Shinya Yamada (ntv-music) M-6, 7, 8 / Soulive : Jeff Pattrick Krasno, Tim (Velour Music Group) M-9 / m-flo : Ryota "mpo" Ochi (rhythm zone) Kazuhiro Sekine, Yusuke Miyagi, Yohei Kakee, Masayoshi Okamoto, Koichi Fukagawa (ARTIMAGE INC.) M-9 / TOKU : Kozo Watanabe (Sony Music Japan Internatinal Inc.), Takashi Umemoto (POLMANI CO., LTD.) Monkey Punch : Shuhei Kato (MP WORKS INC.) Promotion Supported Shintaro Miura, Yuta Kadohara, Takashi Watabe (BANPRESTO CO,. LTD.)