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HIGGINS, Tony/MIKE PEDEN/VARIOUS - J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984
Sold Date:
May 9, 2019
Start Date:
June 20, 2018
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Tony HIGGINS/MIKE PEDEN/VARIOUS J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984(gatefold 3xLP + insert with obi-strip) BBE
Cat: BBE 434CLP. Rel: 25 Jun 18
Jazz
Side 1 - Track 1. Koichi Matsukaze Trio - Earth Mother Side 1 - Track 2. Takeo Moriyama - North Wind Side 2 - Track 1. Tohru Aizawa Quartet - Dead Letter Side 2 - Track 2. Eiji Nakayama - Aya's Samba Side 3 - Track 1. Takao Uematsu - White Fire Side 3 - Track 2. George Otsuka Quintet - Sea Breeze Side 4 - Track 1. Shintaro Quintet - A Blind Man Side 4 - Track 2. Mitsuaki Katayma - Unknown Point Side 5 - Track 1. Karashima Fumio - Little Island Side 5 - Track 2. Kiyoshi Sugimoto - Long Neal Side 6 - Track 1. Takeo Moriyama - Kaze Side 6 - Track 2. Terumasa Hino Meets Reggie Workman - Ode To Workman
BBE latest "deep dive" into a widely underappreciated style focuses on a particularly fertile period in the history of Japan's "contemporary jazz" scene. Curated by renowned Japanese jazz diggers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden, J-Jazz focuses on material recorded and released between 1969 and '84, a period the label says represents a "golden age" for jazz in Japan. The compilation is both a serious history lesson and hugely enjoyable to listen to, featuring a mixture of U.S-influenced jazz-funk, fusion, post-modal and deep, spiritual improvisations. Naturally, all of the material has never been released outside of Japan before, with the vast majority of tracks being either ludicrously rare or sought-after. Simply essential, all told.
