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...
Nobie: Primary
Nobie is a multi-talented artist whose musical and professional paths started at a young age. These included learning the violin...
Banda Feliz: Boa Viagem
Banda Feliz is a group of Tokyo musicians playing festive Brazilian music, originals and covers, centered around Makiyo Sakai’s robust...
Rio Osawa: Rio
Rio is the first album from vocalist Rio Osawa, released in 2021 as a six song, 24 minute album of...
Yuka Ueda: Agora
Agora is the 2011 debut release from vocalist Yuka Ueda who specializes in Brazilian samba and bossa nova music, singing...
Meu Coracao: Hall Tone
As jazz fans know, Brazilian music and bossa nova tunes are frequently present on jazz albums, playlists, and jazz bars,...
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,...
Mase Hiroko Quintet: First Contact
“Hard bop jazz aimed towards the universe” might be a good way to introduce soprano saxophonist Hiroko Mase’s debut album...
Ami Fukui Trio: Nova Manhã
Pianist Ami Fukui continues her original jazz journey with Nova Manhã, her fourth leader album from 2022 with eight tracks...
Yuka Ueda: Dois
On Yuka Ueda’s 2013 release Dois, the Japanese singer assembles thirteen songs from her Brazilian and Latin repertoire that she’s...
Sul Madrugada: Luar
While leading and participating in different groups through the years, musicians Hiroe Kobayashi and Sayaka Kishi have also played together...
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...
Michiyo Matsushita Trio: Free
Free is the third album from the Michiyo Matsushita Trio. With the members active in their individual recording and playing...
Setagaya Trio: Progress
Pianist Yusei Takahashi, bassist Keigo Iwami, and drummer Sota Kira are the three co-leaders of Setagaya Trio, a contemporary jazz...
Strings
Strings jazz club, located near Kichijoji station in Tokyo, Japan
Davy Mooney & Ko Omura: The Word
The Word (2025) is the second collaboration album from guitarist Davy Mooney and drummer Ko Omura. As with their previous...
Ayumi Koketsu: Struttin’
Struttin’ is saxophone player Ayumi Koketsu’s jazz quartet album released in Japan in 2010. This is her debut album, the...
Duo Tremolo: Resonance
Pianist Hideaki Hori and guitarist Takayoshi Baba create beautiful music together on Resonance, their first studio recording as the unit...
Hiro Kimura: Trees
Drummer Hiro Kimura’s debut album from 2022 is Trees, a 61-minute modern jazz album recorded with two of his regular...
Yasumasa Kumagai & J-Jazz Homies: Last Resort
The latest album from J Jazz pianist Yasumasa Kumagai is titled Last Resort, released in 2020 on his own independent...
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...
Makiyo Sakai: Silver Painting
For many people, classical music can be very relaxing, a soothing balm at certain times, or in uncertain times. Some...
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...
Nobie: Bénin Rio Tokyo
On Bénin Rio Tokyo, Japanese vocalist Nobie takes us on a musical journey spanning West Africa, Brazil, and Tokyo with...
Chihiro Yamanaka Trio: Madrigal
On her third album Madrigal, jazz pianist Chihiro Yamanaka continues on her upward arc, working her magic on jazz standards...
About Jazz of Japan
Introducing modern-day jazz of Japan through albums, musicians, and clubs
Les Komatis: Les Komatis
Three established musicians join up to release Les Komatis, a rich fusion of jazz, pop, and Brazilian influences combined for...