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.)

 脚注 

 外部リンク 
 公式作品ページ 
Life is beautiful - 公式サイト（DOUBLE GROOVE SITE）
Life is beautiful - 公式サイト（DOUBLE | ARTIMAGE OFFCIAL WEBSITE）
Life is beautiful - 公式サイト（DOUBLE | FOR LIFE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT,INC.）
Life is beautiful - 『10 YEARS BEST WE R&B』スペシャルサイト（DOUBLE10YEARS.COM）

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