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Hikari Ichihara Group: Unity
Unity is the sixth album from trumpeter Hikari Ichihara and the second album from the Hikari Ichihara Group band name, following their excellent debut…
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Hikari Ichihara: Sara Smile
Sara Smile is the second album from trumpeter Hikari Ichihara, released in 2006.
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Keisuke Nakamura: Humadope 2
Humadope 2 from trumpeter Keisuke Nakamura features his quintet playing modern jazz originals with unsupressible energy.
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Shinpei Ruike & George Nakajima: Duo
Duo is the latest album from trumpeter Shinpei Ruike and pianist George Nakajima, two Tokyo-based jazz musicians who hail from the same area in northern…
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Tetsuji Yoshida & Mikiko Nagatake Duo: Live At Knuttel House
Trumpeter Tetsuji Yoshida and pianist Mikiko Nagatake create new music in old town surroundings on 2021’s Live at Knuttel House. Yoshida’s original…
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Miki Hirose: Scratch
Trumpeter Miki Hirose’s Scratch from 2013 sizzles with energy, fueled by impeccable trumpet lines fronting a jazz quintet on this outing.
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Yuko Miyawaki: Song of Flower
Japanese jazz musician Yuko Miyawaki’s debut album Song of Flower from 2011 brims with understated calm, burning steadily through original, mellow…
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Hikari Ichihara Group: Move On
Hikari Ichihara’s fifth album Move On features the trumpeter’s quintet performing finely-tuned compositions with jazz integrity and a vibrant sound full…
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Shinpei Ruike & George Nakajima: N.40°
Art music from two musician artists, N.40° is sweet and stimulating, mellow and manic, alternating between states on this compelling album.
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Keisuke Nakamura: Humadope
Trumpeter Keisuke Nakamura leads a group of contemporary jazz musicians called Humadope, a post-bop Jazz Messengers-styled quintet with a trumpet-sax…
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