Smappies II

『Smappies II』（スマッピーズ・ツー）は、Smappiesの2枚目のインストゥルメンタル・アルバム。

 解説 
『SMAPPIES - Rhythmsticks』と同じく、SMAPのメンバーは参加していない。
『SMAP 012 VIVA AMIGOS!』までに収録された曲の再録。

 収録曲 
 THEME OF SMAPPIES II（Rhapsody in Blue）
 フルオーケストラとのセッション。SMAPのアルバムには収録されていないオリジナルアレンジ。
 SLAVE OF GROOVE（気になる）
 8thアルバム「SMAP 008 TACOMAX」収録曲
 PERFECT（DUO）
 11thアルバム「SMAP 012 VIVA AMIGOS!」収録曲
 MOONLIGHT（月に背いて）
 2ndベストアルバム「Wool」収録曲
 FEELING OF BEGINNING
 本作のために書き下ろされた完全オリジナル曲。
 THEME OF 012
 12thアルバム収録曲
 EAO
 8thアルバム収録曲
 元は稲垣と森のユニット曲
 TRUTH IS JUST FACING YOU（たいせつ）
 28thシングル
 プロデュースも手がけたAtsushi "SUSHI" Kosugiによるビッグバンドアレンジ。
 RATHER THAN HEARING YOUR VOICE（声を聞くよりも）
 8thアルバム収録曲
 元は木村のソロ曲
 TROUBLE
 12thアルバム収録曲
 元は草彅と香取のユニット曲

 クレジット 

 THEME OF SMAPPIES II（Rhapsody in Blue）
 Original Music : George Gershwin Arrangement : Chokkaku & Union Signator & Big Band Contractor : Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi   Rhythm Sections : Drums : Omar Hakim Bass : Will Lee Piano : Philippe Saisse (appears courtesy of GRP Records, Inc.) Guitar : Hiram Bullock Alto Sax Solo : Grover Washington Jr. (appears courtesy of Columbia Records) Trumpet Solo : Arturo Sandoval (appears courtesy of ) Brass & Sax Sections : 1st Alto : Grover Washington Jr. 2nd Alto & Piccolo : 1st Tenor & Flute : Bill Evans 2nd Tenor : John Scarpulla Baritone Sax : Trumpets : Arturo Sandoval (appears courtesy of N-coded Music,LLC.), Tony Kadick, Barry Danielian & Craig L.Johnson Trombones : , , John Wheeler & Strings & Other Orchestra Sections Contractor: Felicia Michael (Flying Monkey Inc.) Concertmaster : Elena Barcre Violins : Richard Sortomme, Barry Finclair, Enrico Di Cecco, Marilyn Wright, Celia Hobbs Gardner, Paul Peabody, Regis Iandiorio, Abe Appleman, Anne Leathers, Cenovia Cummins, Marti Sweet, Laura McGinnis, Belinda Whitney Barrett, Gene Orloff, Masako Yanagita Violas : Sue Pray, Julien Barber, Sarah Adams, Carol Landon, Zena Ralianu Cellos : Richard Locker, Diane Barcre, Mark Schuman, Gene Moye, Ellen Westerman Contra Basses : John Beal, Tim Bobb French Horns : Peter Gordon, John Clark, Chris Komer Harp : Emily Mitchell Orchestra Percussions : Sue Evans, Dave Samuels

 SLAVE OF GROOVE (Ki ni Naru) 
 Music : Masayuki Iwata Arrangement : Masayuki Iwata 3 Horns Arrangement with New Melody : Tony Kadleck Chorus Lyrics : Rune Miyamoto & Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi Original Lyrics : Megumi Ogura   Drums : William "Juju" House Bass : Will Lee East 4th Horns : Leader & Trombones : John Wheeler Trumpets : Tony Kadleck & John Allmark Alto & Baritone Sax: John Scarpulla Special 3 Brass Solo Sections with Solo Parts : Tony Kadleck, John Scarpulla & John Wheeler Other Instruments : Masayuki Iwata Chorus Sections : Lisa Fischer, Cindy Mizelle & Benny Diggs Tenor Sax Solo : Michael Brecker (appears courtsy of Impulse Records)

 PERFECT (DUO) 
 English Lyrics : Rune Miyamoto Original Lyrics : Takeshi Aida Music : Masayuki Iwata Arrangement : Masayuki Iwata   Vocal & Chorus: Kevin Owens Drums : Omar Hakim Bass : Will Lee Piano : Philippe Saisse (appears courtesy of GRP Records, Inc.) East 4th Horns : Horn Section Arrangement : Tony Kadleck Leader & Trombone : John Wheeler Trumpets & Flugel Horns : Tony Kadleck & Barry Delinion Bass Trombone : Bill Whitaker Other Instruments : Masayuki Iwata

 MOONLIGHT (Tsuki ni Somuite) 
 Music : Chokkaku Arrangement : Seikou Nagaoka Strings Arrangement with New Melody : Bill Bookheim   Drums : Bernard Purdie Bass : Will Lee Piano : Philippe Saisse (appears courtesy of GRP Records, Inc.) Vibraphone : Jean Baptista Bocle Percussions : Vibraphone Solo : Jean Baptista Bocle Strings Sections Contractor : Felicia Michael (Flying Monkey Inc.) Concertmaster : Elena Barcre Violins : Richard Sortomme, Barry Finclair, Enrico Di Cecco, Marilyn Wright, Celia Hobbs Gardner, Paul Peabody, Regia Iandioro, Abe Appleman, Anne Leathers, Cenovia Cummins, Marti Sweet, Laura McGinnis, Belinda Whitney Barrett, Gene Orloff, Masako Yanagita Violas : Sue Pray, Julien Barber, Sarah Adams, Carol Landon, Zena Ralianu Cellos : Richard Locker, Diane Barcre, Mark Schuman, Gene Moye, Ellen Westerman

 FEELING OF BEGINNING 
 Lyrics : Rune Miyamoto Original Lyrics : Hidemi Yamamoto Music : Gen Taneuchi Arrangement : Takatomo Nozawa & Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi   Vocal : (appears courtesy of Taylor Made Records, Inc.) Drums : Omar Hakim Bass : John Patitucci (appears courtesy of Concord Records) Fender Rhodes & Other Keyboards : Albert "Sterling" Menendez Alto Sax Solo : Phil Woods

 THEME OF 012 
 Music : Chokkaku Arrangement : Chokkaku Chorus Arrangement by Janis Siegel & Roger Treece   Drums : Steve Smith Bass : Will Lee Soprano Sax : Kenny Garrett (appears courtesy of Warner Brothers Records) Other Instruments : Chokkaku
 Chorus & Vocals : 

 EAO 
 Portuguese Lyrics : Maucha Adnet Original Lyrics : Hiromi Mori Music : Kenichi Shono Arrangement : Kenichi Shono   Vocal : Maucha Adnet Drums : Steve Gadd Bass : Will Lee Ac. Guitar : Toninho Horta (appears courtesy of Videoarts Music) Piano : Jim Beard Percussions : Ralph McDonald (appears courtesy of Videoarts Music)

 TRUTH IS JUST FACING YOU (TAISETSU) 
 Music : Minoru Komorita Arrangement : Rob McConnell   Big Band Sections Contractor: Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi Rhythm Sections : Drums : Omar Hakim Bass : Eddie Gomez Piano : Philippe Saisse (appears courtesy of GRP Records, Inc.) Guitar : Hiram Bullock Brass & Sax Sections : 1st Alto & Soprano: Grover Washington Jr. (appears courtesy of Columbia Records) 2nd Alto : Geroge Young 1st Tenor : Bill Evans 2nd Tenor : John Scarpulla Baritone Sax : Howard Johnson Trumpets : Arturo Sndoval (appears courtesy of N-coded Music,LLC.), Tony Kadleck, Barry Danielian & Craig L. Johnson Trombones : Jim Pugh, Rob McConnell, John Wheeler & Dave Taylor Valve Trombone Solo : Rob McConnell Tenor Sax Solo : Bill Evans

 RATHER THAN HEARING YOUR VOICE (Koe wo Kiku Yorimo) 
 English Lyrics : Rune Miyamoto Original Lyrics : Takeshi Aida Music : Masayuki Iwata Arrangement : Masayuki Iwata   Vocal : Hiram Bullock Drums : Steve Gadd Bass : Anthony Jackson Guitar : David T. Walker Fender Rhodes : Philippe Saisse (appears courtesy of GRP Records, Inc.) Percussions : Ralph McDonald (appears courtesy of Videoarts Music)

 TROUBLE 
 Music : ZAKI Arrangement : Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi & Takatomo Nozawa   Ac. Guitar, E. Guitar & Vocal : Toninho Horta (appears courtesy of Videoarts Music) Drums : Bernard Purdie Bass : John Patitucci (appears courtesy of Concord Records) Fender Rhodes : Albert "Sterling" Menendez Percussions : 

 スタッフ 
 Produced by
 All the Productions in U.S.A. Directed & Managed by Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi (Beat On Beat, Inc. NYC)   Mixed by Hideyuki "AK" Akimoto Assisted by Shigeru Tanida   Production Coordinated by Beat On Beat, Inc. NYC Assisted by Moet Nishino, Tetsuo Onkawa & Yuki Matsuda   Recording Engineers : Hideyuki "AK" Akimoto, Josh Abbey, Justin Luchter & Yutaka Shimoyama Assistant Engineers : Shegeru Tanida, Yutaka Shimoyama & Seiji Sekine (Victor Studios), Justin Luchter (Beat On Beat Recording),Charlie Brocco & John Saylor (East Iris Studios), Rob Murphy, Jake Ninan & Greg Pinto (Hit Factory), Jason Goldstein,Jason Stasiwn & Mark Wroblewski (Right Track Recording), Yuji Ohshima & Maki Kosugi (Johnny's Studio),Aya Takemura (Avatar Studio), Brian Dozoretz (), Jason Standard ()
   Mastered by at , NYC   Recorded at Beat On Beat Recording, Hit Factory, Victor Aoyama Studios, Right Track Recording, Avatar Studio, &   Mixed at East Iris Studios, Nashville TN   A&R Assistants : Shigeru Yurugi, Fumiaki Sako Desk : Atsuko "Mambo" Nishijima   Promotion Directors : Hidehiko Koike, Yuichiro, Eto Promoters : Shinichiro Nagata, Satomi Sugawara Business Affairs : Ayako Yamazaki, Takao Tsutsumi Supervisor : Tsunemoto Nimura Executive Producers : Kenichi Nomura (Johnny Company), Teruo Saegusa (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)   Art Director : Mitsuo Shindo (C.T.P.P.) Designer : Takeshi Kitazawa (C.T.P.P.) Photographers (Artist) : Takatomo Nozawa, Mayumi Nashida) Visual Coordinators : Kenji Nakao, Mayuko Sudo (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)   WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK : Paul Silverthorn (G.W.Jr. Music, Inc.), Carl Valldejuli (Turi's Music Enterprise, Inc.), Susan Zekofsky, Ken Weinrib, Toni Willis, Senichiro Hiraoka (Beat On Beat, Inc.), Benny Diggs, Dave Darlington, Tony McAnnani, Roy Hendrickson, Henry Denander (Denander & Drakl KB, Jack White & Stephan Galfas (Heen Enterprise, Inc.), Darryl Pitt (Depth of FIeld Management), Mika Ueda, Tomoko Fujihara, Smappies & You!!