Yoshiko Saita: Back in Time to Boston
Singer Yoshiko Saita’s latest release is Back in Time to Boston, an album whose recording was both a homecoming and...
Mariko Maeda: Awareness
Awareness is the inspiring title of trombonist Mariko Maeda’s debut album of newly-recorded music that her jazz quartet is currently...
Naoko Akimoto: No One Else
Vocalist Naoko Akimoto’s debut release No One Else is a seven-song introduction to the popular singer, a presentation of standard...
About Jazz of Japan
Introducing modern-day jazz of Japan through albums, musicians, and clubs
Ginza Swing
Ginza Swing jazz club, located near Ginza and Yurakucho stations in Tokyo, Japan
Masako Kunisada: Wonderful Life
Masako Kunisada’s spiritual, soulful voice channels truth and joy on her first album Wonderful Life from 2012. With experience singing...
Atomi Hamada: This is Atomi
Jazz singer Atomi Hamada releases This is Atomi, a five-track debut featuring songs she has loved as jazz instrumental standards....
First-Timer’s Guide to Live Jazz in Japan
How to navigate Japanese jazz spots for the first time (and for anyone who wants to know more about what it’s like)
Trigraph: Fever
Fever is the 2014 debut release from Trigraph, a band that takes an eclectic approach to their music, focusing on...
Emiko Voice: Carta
An elegant package inside and out, brimming with atmosphere. The outer package is a slim booklet, containing photography, a poem,...
Klavier
Klavier jazz club, located near Asagaya station in Tokyo, Japan
Maki Fujimura: Best Wishes
Glamorous Osaka-based singer Maki Fujimura enraptures the audience with her silky voice and energetic improvisation on this live album recorded...
Sayaka Kishi: Featuring Te
Featuring Te, a 2014 release from pianist Sayaka Kishi, is a fun and bright collection of original solo piano tunes...
Maiko: Reminiscence
Jazz violinist maiko’s new album Reminiscence is a milestone release for the Tokyo-based musician. It’s both a look back at...
Yuka Ueda: Agora
Agora is the 2011 debut release from vocalist Yuka Ueda who specializes in Brazilian samba and bossa nova music, singing...
Mie Joké: Etrenne
Jazz vocalist Mie Joké’s 2018 release Etrenne is a fun and fancy swing jazz outing, a fresh throwback to classic...
Chie Nishimura: Virtual Silence
Virtual Silence (2022) is a 38-minute experience in five chapters, a project born of a moodily lit and ambient concept...
Yukari Sekiya Trio with Yuko Tanaka: It’s Ordinary Love And…
Yukari Sekiya (Sekichu) is a jazz pianist, composer, and free improvisationalist who released her first album in 2011 with the...
Mikiko Nagatake Trio: Breathe Beneath the Sun
From 2022, Breathe Beneath the Sun is pianist Mikiko Nagatake’s second release, a jazz piano trio recording that came out...
Emiko Voice x Suga Dairo: Phase 2
Vocalist Emiko Voice and pianist Dairo Suga perform jazz standards in non-standard ways on their 2009 release Phase 2~Twist &...
Noriko Satomi: Project-N
Project-N is the debut album from violinist Noriko Satomi, a classically trained violinist and “Nissan Presents Jazz Japan 2019” award...
Meu Coracao: Hall Tone
As jazz fans know, Brazilian music and bossa nova tunes are frequently present on jazz albums, playlists, and jazz bars,...
Rio Osawa: Rio
Rio is the first album from vocalist Rio Osawa, released in 2021 as a six song, 24 minute album of...
Yuichiro Aratake: Music Make Us One
Yuichiro Aratake continues to express his compassionate vision with Music Make Us One, a live concert recorded in 2010 and...
Saki Ozawa: Cheers!
Cheers! is the happy-go-lucky title of pianist Saki Ozawa’s debut release from 2023. It’s a fitting greeting as an introduction...
Azumi: Almost Like Being in Love
Jazz singer Azumi’s 2010 release Almost Like Being in Love is a cheery and ebullient jazz album filled with fresh...
Sumireiko: Decision
Decision is a 2020 album from the duo of vibraphonist Reiko Yamamoto and pianist Sumire Kuribayashi. This is their second...
Layla Tomomi Sakai: Stolen Moments
Singer Layla Tomomi Sakai’s Stolen Moments is a 27-minute album from 2019, a follow-up to her two previous releases from...
Sayaka Kishi Trio: Banquet
On Banquet, pianist and composer Sayaka Kishi’s latest album from 2024, her piano trio brightens things up with a banquet...
Emiko Voice & Yuka Yanagihara: Enyana
Enyana is the first collaboration album from vocalist Emiko Voice and pianist Yuka Yanagihara. Their new group and album name,...