Tracklist
| A1 | Children | 3:30 |
| A2 | Blossoming | 3:52 |
| A3 | Water Jewel | 5:23 |
| A4 | Cherry Petals | 2:47 |
| A5 | Forest | 3:30 |
| B1 | Summer Rain | 2:20 |
| B2 | Two Autumns | 4:57 |
| B3 | Mirror-Pond Of Stars | 3:25 |
| B4 | Parting | 6:18 |
| B5 | Dew | 1:28 |
Credits
- Bass – Ray Brown
- Cello – Frederick Seykora, Raphael Kramer, Ronald Cooper
- Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Producer, Trumpet – Don Ellis
- Contractor – Marty Berman
- Drums – John Guerin
- Engineer – Hugh Davies
- Ensemble [String Quartet] – Allan Harshman, Erno Neufeld, Israel Baker, Raphael Kramer
- Guitar – David Cohen (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3), Larry E. Carlton* (tracks: A2, 4:57), Tommy Tedesco (tracks: A4, B4, B5)
- Harp – Catherine Gotthoffer
- Keyboards – Milcho Leviev
- Photography By [Back Cover], Artwork By [Cover], Design [Album], Translated By [Haikus] – Maria Eckstein
- Remix [Engineer] – Paul Grupp
- Translated By [Haikus], Supervised By [Recording] – Baldhard Falk*
- Viola – Alfred Barr (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B3), Allan Harshman, Dan Neufeld (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B3), David Schwartz, Myra Kestenbaum (tracks: A4, B4, B5), Samuel Voghossian* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B3)
- Violin – Erno Neufeld, George Berres, George Kast, Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacob Krachmalnick, Marcia Van Dyck*, Marvin Limonick, Shirley Cornell
Notes
Artwork is identical to earlier German MPS-BASF release, but record comes without gatefold sleeve.Distributed by METRONOME, Überseering 21, 2000 Hamburg 60
Presumably issued around 1980.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Label Code: LC 0979
- Matrix / Runout (earlier matrix number still visible, but crossed out on master): 070148 S1
- Matrix / Runout (earlier matrix number still visible, but crossed out on master): 070148 S2
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC 25341, MB-25341 | Don Ellis | Haiku (LP, Album) | MPS Records, BASF, MPS Records, BASF | MC 25341, MB-25341 | US | 1973 |
| MPS 68050 | Don Ellis | Haiku (LP, Album) | MPS Records | MPS 68050 | Germany | 1974 |
| YP-7068-MP | Don Ellis | Haiku (LP, Album) | MPS Records | YP-7068-MP | Japan | 1974 |
| UXP-60-P | Don Ellis | Haiku (LP, Album) | MPS Records | UXP-60-P | Japan | 1976 |
| 441132 CD | Don Ellis | Haiku (CD, Album, RE, RM) | Promising Music, MPS Records | 441132 CD | Germany | 2010 |
