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Yasumasa Kumagai: I Need a Change, Too
Yasumasa Kumagai’s debut album from 2008, I Need a Change, Too, establishes his J Jazz hip hop concept with force: From the shocking pink cover art and…
Mar 23
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Brian McCrory
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Audio Mix #11
This mix is a compilation of excerpts from the albums shown below. Mariko Maeda: Awareness Hiro Kimura Quintet: Folds Hitomi Nishiyama: Vibrant Yuichiro…
Mar 22
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Brian McCrory
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Expression
Jazz fans new to Japan are often surprised and pleased by the abundance of jazz in Japan. In contrast with some other regions, the jazz genre…
Mar 19
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Brian McCrory
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Nami Kano: Mawsim
Saxophonist and composer Nami Kano has just released a long-awaited album mawsim with her group of the same name today in Japan. Nami Kano’s name may be…
Mar 15
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Brian McCrory
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Jabuticaba: Jabuticaba
Jabuticaba is the self-titled debut record from pianist Mikiko Nagatake and saxophonist Nami Kano, two players active in the modern-day Japanese jazz…
Mar 8
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Brian McCrory
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Junichiro Ohkuchi Trio: Invisible
Accomplished pianist Junichiro Ohkuchi leads a trio of solid veterans in the straight-ahead jazz tradition on his 2016 album Invisible. The trio works…
Mar 1
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Brian McCrory
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February 2024
Naoko Tanaka: Appreciation
Appreciation is pianist and composer Naoko Tanaka’s 2022 jazz release, her latest in a series of exciting new albums from young Japanese musicians…
Feb 24
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Brian McCrory
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Chihiro Yamanaka: Lach Doch Mal
Pianist Chihiro Yamanaka’s thrilling series of jazz albums continues with her fifth audio release Lach Doch Mal, released in 2006 on Verve with twelve…
Feb 16
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Brian McCrory
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Jazz Spots Of Japan, Part 1
Overview of three types of jazz spots
Feb 12
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Brian McCrory
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Hiroshi Fukutomi: Memory Stones
Memory Stones is the 2014 album from guitarist Hiroshi Fukutomi, his second album after his debut Rings of Saturn (2010). On this 57-minute recording of…
Feb 9
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B-flat
B-flat is a solid jazz bar located near a Tokyo business neighborhood. This respectable live spot opened in 2001 near Tokyo’s Akasaka TBS television…
Feb 5
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Brian McCrory
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Polyglot: Talk, Vol. 1
Polyglot is drummer Ko Omura, pianist Steve Barry, and bassist Kosuke Ochiai, an Australian-Japanese jazz trio project whose first album Talk, Vol. 1…
Feb 2
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Brian McCrory
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