Takumi Seino & Motohiko Ichino: Frozen Dust
Jazz of Japan #240 — Frozen Dust is a live recording that captures guitarists Takumi Seino and Motohiko Ichino playing...
Hitomi Nishiyama Trio: Calling
Jazz of Japan #239 — Among the close to thirty album releases from pianist and composer Hitomi Nishiyama’s catalog, Calling...
Satin Doll
Jazz of Japan #238 (Premium) — Satin Doll jazz club, located near Roppongi station in Tokyo, Japan (permanently closed)
Bon Courage
Jazz of Japan #237 (Premium) — Bon Courage jazz club, located near Yotsuya station in Tokyo, Japan
eFreydut: Fairway
Jazz of Japan #236 — Fairway is a new Japanese jazz album recorded last year in New York and released...
Expression
Jazz of Japan #235 (Premium) — Expression co-working & jazz club, located near Jimbocho station in Tokyo, Japan
Nami Kano: Mawsim
Jazz of Japan #234 — Saxophonist and composer Nami Kano has just released a long-awaited album \mawsim\ with her group...
Jabuticaba: Jabuticaba
Jazz of Japan #233 — Jabuticaba is the self-titled debut record from pianist Mikiko Nagatake and saxophonist Nami Kano, two...
Naoko Tanaka: Appreciation
Jazz of Japan #232 — Appreciation is pianist and composer Naoko Tanaka’s 2022 jazz release, her latest in a series...
Chihiro Yamanaka: Lach Doch Mal
Jazz of Japan #231 — Pianist Chihiro Yamanaka’s thrilling series of jazz albums continues with her fifth audio release Lach...
Jazz Spots of Japan
Jazz of Japan #230 (Premium) — This is a brief overview of some of the general types of places that you...
Hiroshi Fukutomi: Memory Stones
Jazz of Japan #229 — Memory Stones is the 2014 album from guitarist Hiroshi Fukutomi, his second album after his...
B-flat
Jazz of Japan #228 (Premium) — B-flat jazz club, located near Akasaka station in Tokyo, Japan
Polyglot: Talk, Vol. 1
Jazz of Japan #227 — Polyglot is drummer Ko Omura, pianist Steve Barry, and bassist Kosuke Ochiai, an Australian-Japanese jazz...
Ami Fukui Trio: Nova Manhã
Jazz of Japan #226 — Pianist Ami Fukui continues her original jazz journey with Nova Manhã, her fourth leader album...
Keisuke Nakamura: Humadope 2
Jazz of Japan #225 — Humadope 2 from trumpeter Keisuke Nakamura features his quintet playing modern jazz originals with unsupressible...
Kohaku
Jazz of Japan #224 (Premium) — Kohaku jazz club, located near Shibuya station in Tokyo, Japan
Yuka Yanagihara Trio: Inner Views
Jazz of Japan #223 — Pianist Yuka Yanagihara’s second piano trio album is Inner Views from 2019, where she plays...
Mase Hiroko Quintet: First Contact
Jazz of Japan #222 — “Hard bop jazz aimed towards the universe” might be a good way to introduce soprano...
Pit Inn
Jazz of Japan #221 (Premium) — Pit Inn jazz club, located near Shinjuku-Sanchome station in Tokyo, Japan
Kaoru Azuma / Hitomi Nishiyama: Faces
Jazz of Japan #220 — The album Faces from 2020 is the follow-up to vocalist Kaoru Azuma and pianist Hitomi...
Baby Brothers: Happy Christmas with Bb
Jazz of Japan #219 — This special release from Baby Brothers, entitled Happy Christmas with Bb (side b, the final...
Miyuki Moriya: Uta Oto
Jazz of Japan #218 — Uta Oto from sax player Miyuki Moriya is a modern jazz album full of emotion...
What's J Jazz?
Jazz of Japan #217 (Premium) — What’s J Jazz? J Jazz, or Japanese Jazz, is a classification label found in sections...
Hideaki Hori: Melodies for Night & Day
Jazz of Japan #216 — As a companion piece to the previous article on Hideaki Hori’s Horizon, this follow-up post...
Hideaki Hori: Horizon
Jazz of Japan #215 — Jazz pianist Hideaki Hori kicked off his recording career 20 years ago, and it all...
Lydian
Jazz of Japan #214 (Premium) — Lydian jazz club, located near Ogawamachi and Awajicho stations in Tokyo, Japan (permanently closed)
Nanami Haruta: II
Jazz of Japan #213 — Trombonist Nanami Haruta’s debut release II from 2022 is another great example of new jazz...
Akane Matsumoto: Little Girl Blue
Jazz of Japan #212 — Akane Matsumoto’s solo piano album Little Girl Blue from 2022 is full of good moods...
Shinpei Ruike & George Nakajima: Duo
Jazz of Japan #211 — Duo is the latest album from trumpeter Shinpei Ruike and pianist George Nakajima, two Tokyo-based...