Index
Albums, musicians, and articles discussed on Jazz of Japan
Salt Peanuts
Salt Peanuts jazz club, located near Ekoda and Shin-Egota stations in Tokyo, Japan
Asuka Watanabe: Unaffected
In Japan, Asuka Watanabe is a recognizable name for fans of old jazz standards and Japanese vocals. Her emergence in...
Oto-ya Hiroo
Oto-ya Hiroo concert space, located near Hiroo station in Tokyo, Japan
Baby Brothers: Bb
The living music from vocal a cappella groups can be inspiring and soothing in turbulent times, with voices layered in...
Nobie & Takayoshi Baba: Owari to Hajimari
Owari to Hajimari (The End and the Beginning) is a new album from the duo of vocalist Nobie and guitarist...
Miwo: Tranquillo
Jazz singer MIWO’s first album is entitled Tranquillo from 2020. This fifty-one-minute album delivers a sincere and straightforward set of...
Gate One
Gate One jazz club, located near Takadanobaba station in Tokyo, Japan
Baby Brothers: Happy Christmas with Bb
This special release from Baby Brothers, entitled Happy Christmas with Bb (side b, the final live at plug and more),...
Emiko Voice: Standard Trio
Emiko Voice is always an interesting, active, and boundary-exploring musician, often simultaneously involved in a number of projects. Emphasizing her...
Kaoru Azuma: Footprints in New York
Vocalist Kaoru Azuma’s Japanese debut release is Footprints in New York, recorded in New York in 2008 and released in...
Strings
Strings jazz club, located near Kichijoji station in Tokyo, Japan
NHORHM: New Heritage of Real Heavy Metal
NHORHM is New Heritage of Real Heavy Metal. It’s not only a homage to the original NWOBHM abbreviation, but also...
Sunny Side
Sunny Side jazz club, located near Takadanobaba and Nishi-waseda stations in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Naru
Yoyogi Naru jazz club, located near Yoyogi station in Tokyo, Japan
Natural
Natural music salon, located near Mitaka station in Tokyo, Japan
Kaoru Azuma / Hitomi Nishiyama: Faces
The album Faces from 2020 is the follow-up to vocalist Kaoru Azuma and pianist Hitomi Nishiyama’s first album Travels (2013)....
Nobie: Bénin Rio Tokyo
On Bénin Rio Tokyo, Japanese vocalist Nobie takes us on a musical journey spanning West Africa, Brazil, and Tokyo with...
Koto ha, To: Shiro o Matoeba
“Koto ha, To” is a three-member musical project made up of vocalist Ayako Tsuchiya, pianist Kozue Tsukayama, and bassist Yuki...
Nobie: Primary
Nobie is a multi-talented artist whose musical and professional paths started at a young age. These included learning the violin...
Velera
Velera jazz bar, located near Akasaka-mitsuke station in Tokyo, Japan
Meu Coracao: A Tempo
The Japanese vocal-guitar duo Meu Coração releases the stunning A Tempo as a return to an earlier form. While the...
Fumie Chiba: Beautiful Days
On her fourth and latest album Beautiful Days (2017), pianist Fumie Chiba records eleven new compositions with a jazz sextet,...
Apple Jump
Apple Jump jazz club, located near Ikebukuro station in Tokyo, Japan
Organ Jazz Club Abecafe
Organ Jazz Club Abecafe, located near Numabukuro Station in Tokyo, Japan
Water Me!: Water Me!
Inspiring contrasts like strong and warm, comforting and demanding, smoky and silky, the dual vocal front-line of “Water Me!” delivers...
Seiji Endo: Tsutaete Ikou
In memory of the lives taken by the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, three musicians formed...
Sanae Ishikawa: Grown-up Christmas Gift
Enterprising singer Sanae Ishikawa presents us with her passionate voice on Grown-up Christmas Gift from 2018, a mini-album celebrating classic...
P's Bar
P’s Bar jazz club, located near Ikebukuro station in Tokyo, Japan
Yuka Ueda: Agora
Agora is the 2011 debut release from vocalist Yuka Ueda who specializes in Brazilian samba and bossa nova music, singing...