" Life Game" is from the 1980 album Make Up City by Casiopea (カシオペア, Kashiopea ) the Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro and bassist Tetsuo Sakurai .
"Flight Time" (Larry Mizell) is from the 1973 album Black Byrd by Donald Byrd and the first of his Blue Note albums to be produced by Larry Mizell, assisted by his brother, former Motown producer Fonce. In the jazz funk idiom, it is among Blue Note Records' best-selling album releases. The title of the album inspired the name of Byrd's apprentice group, The Blackbyrds .