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Noriko Satomi: Project-N
Noriko Satomi: Project-N
May 24, 2024
Jazz of Japan #241 — Project-N is the debut album from violinist Noriko Satomi, a classically trained violinist and “Nissan...

Noriko Satomi: A Love Supreme
Noriko Satomi: A Love Supreme
January 30, 2020
Jazz of Japan #95 — Noriko Satomi brings the passion and vibrancy of jazz violin to an acclaimed jazz composition...

Yuichiro Aratake: Music Make Us One
Yuichiro Aratake: Music Make Us One
June 30, 2023
Jazz of Japan #183 — Yuichiro Aratake continues to express his compassionate vision with Music Make Us One, a live...

Maiko Trio: Live! Three
Maiko Trio: Live! Three
January 23, 2020
Jazz of Japan #92 — Jazz violinist Maiko trio live! Three captures a night in Tokyo in 2016, recorded live...

Oto-ya Hiroo
Oto-ya Hiroo
April 30, 2025
Jazz of Japan #306 (Premium) — Oto-ya Hiroo concert space, located near Hiroo station in Tokyo, Japan

Emiko Voice: Standard Trio
Emiko Voice: Standard Trio
October 15, 2023
Jazz of Japan #207 — Emiko Voice is always an interesting, active, and boundary-exploring musician, often simultaneously involved in a...

Koichi Sato: Embryo
Koichi Sato: Embryo
August 23, 2024
Jazz of Japan #258 — Koichi Sato’s two-disc album Embryo is another remarkable showcase for the talented composerarrangerpianist. Unfolding the...

Hitomi Nishiyama: Echo
Hitomi Nishiyama: Echo
March 23, 2025
Jazz of Japan #299 — Echo, from 2024, is pianistcomposer Hitomi Nishiyama’s latest album and a response to her previous...

Erisa Ogawa: Where Have U Been?
Erisa Ogawa: Where Have U Been?
May 31, 2024
Jazz of Japan #243 — Erisa Ogawa (ERiSA) is a flutist, voice percussionist, and composer whose second album, Where Have...

Nami Kano: Mawsim
Nami Kano: Mawsim
March 15, 2024
Jazz of Japan #234 — Saxophonist and composer Nami Kano has just released a long-awaited album \mawsim\ with her group...

Apple Jump
Apple Jump
September 16, 2024
Jazz of Japan #264 (Premium) — Apple Jump jazz club, located near Ikebukuro station in Tokyo, Japan

Motoi Kanamori: The Live
Motoi Kanamori: The Live
January 25, 2025
Jazz of Japan #288 — Bassist Motoi Kanamori released his third album The Live in 2023. This is a double...

Strings
Strings
February 27, 2025
Jazz of Japan #294 (Premium) — Strings jazz club, located near Kichijoji station in Tokyo, Japan

Daiki Yasukagawa / Hitomi Nishiyama / Maiko: The Tree of Life
Daiki Yasukagawa / Hitomi Nishiyama / Maiko: The Tree of Life
December 13, 2025
Jazz of Japan #342 — The Tree of Life is a 2019 jazz release from bassist Daiki Yasukagawa, pianist Hitomi...

Maiko: Solo
Maiko: Solo
February 28, 2020
Jazz of Japan #107 — Jazz violinist Maiko pours her heart and soul out on her 2018 release Solo, brimming...

Yuri Hirota: Magical Moonlight
Yuri Hirota: Magical Moonlight
January 25, 2026
Jazz of Japan #348 — Yuri Hirota’s album Magical Moonlight was released in 2017 as a petite jazz gallery of...

Makiyo Sakai: Silver Painting
Makiyo Sakai: Silver Painting
November 1, 2024
Jazz of Japan #273 — For many people, classical music can be very relaxing, a soothing balm at certain times,...

Rie Taguchi: The Gift II
Rie Taguchi: The Gift II
May 26, 2023
Jazz of Japan #169 — Vocalist and pianist Rie Taguchi delivers a follow-up to her debut album The Gift with...

Hitomi Nishiyama: Dot
Hitomi Nishiyama: Dot
October 4, 2024
Jazz of Japan #267 — Dot is the 2023 album by pianistcomposer Hitomi Nishiyama. Until this week’s release of Echo,...

Ruriko Kawamura: Blossoms
Ruriko Kawamura: Blossoms
October 19, 2021
Jazz of Japan #146 — Vocalist Ruriko Kawamura released Blossoms in 2016, her second album following her 2011 debut record...

Nobie: Primary
Nobie: Primary
September 6, 2024
Jazz of Japan #262 — Nobie is a multi-talented artist whose musical and professional paths started at a young age....

Rabbitoo: The Torch
Rabbitoo: The Torch
October 22, 2023
Jazz of Japan #208 — Opening with a single-tone drone, electronic jazz music group Rabbitoo continues their retro-futuristic sound on...

Eri Chichibu: Crossing Reality
Eri Chichibu: Crossing Reality
August 9, 2024
Jazz of Japan #256 — Pianist and composer Eri Chichibu released her debut album Crossing Reality in 2022. On it,...

B-flat
B-flat
February 5, 2024
Jazz of Japan #228 (Premium) — B-flat jazz club, located near Akasaka station in Tokyo, Japan

Rie Taguchi: The Gift
Rie Taguchi: The Gift
February 21, 2018
Jazz of Japan #21 — Vocalist Rie Taguchi leads a swinging sextet on her first full-length album, The Gift. Her...

Harumi Nomoto Trio: Virgo
Harumi Nomoto Trio: Virgo
April 3, 2019
Jazz of Japan #73 — Pianist Harumi Nomoto’s 2014 release Virgo is a constellation of grooves, moods, and textures, boldly...

Emiko Voice: Carta
Emiko Voice: Carta
January 30, 2018
Jazz of Japan #5 — An elegant package inside and out, brimming with atmosphere. The outer package is a slim...

Cafe Beulmans
Cafe Beulmans
May 30, 2023
Jazz of Japan #171 (Premium) — Cafe Beulmans jazz club, located near Seijogakuen-mae and Nakano-Sakaue stations in Tokyo, Japan

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