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Ganryu Island is an collaborative album by John Zorn and Michihiro Sato.

The album is titled after Ganryujima, a small island in the Strait of Shimonoseki where legendary samurai warriors Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro engaged in battle.

Track listing:
All compositions by John Zorn and Satoh Michihiro

1. “Ryukyu Heishi” 6:12
2. “Haguregumo” 14:14
3. “Two Ronin” 3:53
4. “Kagemusha” 10:37
5. “Odori Dayu” 5:31
6. “Ganryu Island” 11:11
7. “Yoshiwara Kaidan” 3:27
8. “Natsu Matsuri” 5:31
9. “Giri” 5:29
10. “Yonaka No Hatashiai” 2:07
11. “Uma No Koku” 2:39
12. “Tsugaru Bushido” 4:33

Personnel:
John Zorn – alto and soprano saxophones, Bb clarinet, game calls, E-flat clarinet
Sato Michihiro – shamisen

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Released: 1985
1998 (Re-Release)
Recorded: Radio City Studio on November 23, 1984
Length: 75:24
Label: Yukon
Tzadik (Re-Release)
Producer: John Zorn