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Monday Michiru
Optimista
Album JP 1999 on Polydor label
Electronic and Jazz (Acid Jazz)
Track 3 Party Chorus is billed as "Papaya & The Pits".
Musicians
 | Monday Michiru voc, fl, *1963 JP producer, arranged by, vocals, written by, album by, music by, flute |
 | Brian Lynch tr, *1956 US producer, arranged by, conductor, trumpet, monette, written by |
 | Shinichi Osawa voc, str, producer, arranged by, electric bass, electronic drums, beats, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, mpc-3000, written by, synthesizer, mpc-3000, electronic drums, beats |
 | Kazuhiko Obata g, JP acoustic guitar, written by, acoustic guitar, solo |
 | Ken Shima p, key, piano, organ, rhodes, synthesizer, mini-moog, organ, rhodes |
 | Dave Valentin fl, *1952 US flute |
 | M&M Productions , keyboards, programmed by, programmed by, keyboards, additional |
 | James P. Vyner voc, lyrics by |
 | Jive Jamboree , percussion |
 | Yoichi Murata tb, JP trombone |
 | Yoshiki Sakurai acg, eg, JP electric guitar |
 | Koichi Osamu b, double bass, wood bass |
 | Hiroshi Sawada b, bass, piccolo bass |
 | Yasuo Sano dr, *1965 JP drums |
 | Tomohiro Yahiro perc, percussion |
 | John Benitez b, eb, US bass |
 | Robby Ameen dr, CU drums |
 | Pedro Rodriguez , maracas, backing vocals, trumpet, guiro |
 | Pedro Martinez perc, voc, CU percussion |
 | Renato Thoms perc, cng, *1967 PA percussion |
 | Luis Perdomo p, ep, *1971 US piano |
 | Bob Franceschini ts, sax, US tenor saxophone |
 | Conrad Herwig tb, *1959 US trombone |
 | Raúl Agraz tr, trumpet |
 | Genta perc, dr, percussion, additional |
 | Yas-Kaz perc, kal, djm, *1951 JP performer, gravicode |
 | Tatsuya Murayama str, arranged by, strings |
 | Kinbara Strings , strings |
| Yoshihiko Katori , vibraphone |
 | Gen Inaba , JP acoustic guitar |
| Kayoko Kimura , arranged by, additional horns, saxophone |
 | Issei Igarashi tr, flugelhorn |
 | Phil Vieux ts, baritone saxophone |
 | Lisa Ono acg, voc, *1962 JP acoustic guitar, backing vocals, additional |
 | Getao Takahashi b, bass, piccolo bass |
Producers
| 246 backing vocals, party chorus |
| Azumi backing vocals, party chorus |
| Bird backing vocals, party chorus |
| Genta backing vocals, party chorus |
| Hiderow Nishioka backing vocals, party chorus |
| James P. Vyner backing vocals, party chorus |
| Milky Toyoda backing vocals, party chorus |
| Roland backing vocals, party chorus |
| Ryoichi Yuki backing vocals, party chorus |
| Sandii backing vocals, party chorus |
| Shinichi Osawa backing vocals, party chorus |
| Shunsuke Asakawa backing vocals, party chorus |
| Shuya Okino backing vocals, party chorus |
| So-To backing vocals, party chorus |
| Taiji Nakano backing vocals, party chorus |
| Kaleb James backing vocals |
| Monday Michiru backing vocals |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro - Optimista | Monday Michiru | Kazuhiko Obata | 0:50 |
| 2 | Higher | Monday Michiru | 6:08 | |
| 3 | Emerald Life (Nunca Tan Fermosa Cosa Vido) | Monday Michiru | James P. Vyner | 6:09 |
| 4 | Let It Go | Monday Michiru | 5:34 | |
| 5 | Play It By Ear | Monday Michiru | Monday Michiru, Shinichi Osawa | 6:17 |
| 6 | Zurich Samba | Monday Michiru | Shinichi Osawa | 5:02 |
| 7 | Thinking Of You | Monday Michiru | Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers | 6:32 |
| 8 | Full Bottle Of Soul | Monday Michiru | 8:17 | |
| 9 | Tomorrow's Sunrise | Monday Michiru | Monday Michiru, Shinichi Osawa | 5:54 |
| 10 | Oasis | Monday Michiru | 6:00 | |
| 11 | Mango Margarita | Monday Michiru | Brian Lynch, Monday Michiru | 5:25 |
| 12 | Suspirar | Monday Michiru | 7:45 | |
| 13 | Let Me In | Monday Michiru | 6:11 |
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