E C S T A S Y
 Traditional Oriental musical influences with contemporary smooth jazz

DORAGE 5:09 BREEZE 6:31 ECSTASY 5:15 DAY DREAM 5:35 WHEN I FIND YOU 4:50 REFLECTIONS 3:50 ETERNAL JOURNEY 4:40 AUGUST ANGEL 4:39 SHADOW 4:18 JESU IN AIR 4:58

"I would like to thank all my friends and family members for their incredible support and encouragement. I couldn't have finished this album without you! Especially, thank you Myron, Tom P., Tom T.,Tony, Yuji, Mike for sharing your musical talent and patience, John and Brian at Digidesign for your wonderful technical support. And thank you Lord for Your true inspiration and strength.

Welcome to the world of Ecstasy. I desire to share the beauty of one of the most valuable cultural assets of man, "Universal Language", which words can not express. I hope that the little I know and that I expressed in my music will take you to this most imaginary world. As a native Korean, I developed a deep appreciation of the Korean traditional folksongs. They reflect the ancient Korean emotions, thoughts, tastes, and manners. Dorage, Ecstasy, and Eternal Journey are variations of Korean folksongs and their original melody consists of a five note scale.

Dorage ancient is a type of root vegetable and the traditional lyrics and melody of this song were sung by hunters and food gatherers during cultivating hours to stimulate their work over the centuries. This is the song of a girl's pure heart, dreaming of love even if she fails to dig up Dorage.		Eternal Journey originated from one of the most well known Korean folksongs "Arirang". This song reflects the sorrowful and painful fortune of the history of the Dae-won-goon, the father of the last king of the Yi Dynasty.
Ecstasy is based on a folksong "Nilliriyah". This folksong exemplifies joy, nature and a cheerful life. On this piece, I was imagining the life of Garden of Eden where there is freedom, no sorrow, happiness, shamelessness, and a totally pristine environment.		Daydream The translation goes like this: "Where am I going? ....to the world that never ends.....there is one road. Not knowing whether I'm in a dream or reality.....Is this it?"
August Angel dedicated to my precious daughter, Erica Angelina who was born in August. I would like to give this song to every girl who was born in August as a celebration of their birth.		Jesu in Air I have been playing and studying classical music all my life and I've always had a very special love for the classical music. One of my favorite classical composers is Bach. In "Jesu in Air", I combined "Jesu Joy, Man's Desiring" and "Air" by J. S. Bach"
Janny Choi

Producer: Janny Choi
Pre-production co produced by: Tom Tomasello
Additional post production co produced by: Myron Dove
Recording Engineers: Janny Choi, Tom Tomasello, Myron Dove at Choison Music, Tom Tom Productions and Dove Studio
Mixed by: Myron Dove at Dove Studio
Mastered by: Gary Lamb at Ocean View Studios
Photography by: Ann Sweet

JANNY CHOI Piano, keyboards, arrangement, sequencing, narration on track 4
TOM POLIZER Soprano & Alto saxophones
TONY BOLIVAR Flute
Melecio Nagdaluyo Alto saxophone on track 9
Danny Bridgens Guitars on tracks 1, 3
Ken Harrill Guitars on tracks 5, 10
Yuji Tojo Nylon guitar on track 8
Myron Dove Bass on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, additional drum programming
TOM TOMASELLO Drums on tracks1, 3, 5, 9, 10,
additional keyboards and arrangement on tracks, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
BILLY JOHNSON Drums on track 4
ANGELO RE Percussion
Tony Linsey Vocal
Catherine Ro Violin
Mike Mermagen Cello
Bass samples by John Pattitucci on track 10 Courtesy of spectrasonics Bass Legends


All songs composed and arranged by Janny Choi except Jesu In Air composed by J. S. Bach (Jesu Joy, Man's Desiring & Air) Choison records: Choison@AOL.com Fax:408-736-2738 1030 E. El Camino Real #225, Sunnyvale, California 94087 p 1998 Janny Choi Music/ BMI All compositions c 1997 Janny Choi All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, public performances and broadcasting prohibited.

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