Le Tres Jazz Club can't really say that Japanese jazzmen benefit (not justify in fact) from a great international fame. However, trumpet player Terumasa Hino is an exception, undoubtedly because si...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship End of August, 2025
Enjoy the soulful melodies of Isao Suzuki, Art Blakey's esteemed bassist, as he, along with his fellow musicians Kunihiko Kanno and George Otsuka, b...
It's been over 60 years since the original recording, and now, this classic masterpiece is back in a monaural version with fantastic sound.Hideo Shiraki, a key figure in Japanese jazz, left his mar...
Media: VG+, Sleeve / OBI: EX-, Includes Liner
Catalog Number: SJX-30031
Not a photo of actual LP.
A brass rock band that continues to exude unique originality.
A work with a stronger fusion flavor....
WRWTFWW Records and MEG Museum (Geneva) present the first new solo album by renowned Japanese percussionist Midori Takada in 23 years, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter. Recorded in a live s...
The excellent UK label WeWantSounds brings us a pressing of Stomu Yamash'ta's classic/hard to find 1971 LP. We love the atmospheric vibes on this LP and find ourselves going back to drop the needl...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship November, 2025
This is the second album released from TBM, which is on a roll Imada after their debut album "Maki". The melancholic slow "Nostalgia" and the emotional m...
Wewantsounds continues its extensive Meiko Kaji reissue program -- in partnership with Teichiku Records and Kaji herself -- with the release of Yadokari, her third album from 1973. This marks the f...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship September, 2025
Three Blind Mice revitalized the Japanese jazz scene during the 1970s and 1980s. Its initial mission was to proactively produce albums of new musicians...
We Release Jazz presents the release of Casimir Liberski ReTRio's The Z Suites, a full-length jazz album reinterpreting the music from iconic Nintendo video game series The Legend of Zelda. The epi...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship August, 2025
Ken Muramatsu's debut album, released in 1983 when he was 21 years old, is a J-FUSION masterpiece.
LP pressed on black vinyl
Ken Muramatsu's debut album
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Selecting melodious and groovy crossover, fusion, and jazz-funk tracks from the Nippon Columbia catalog, including its sub-label Better Days, that City Pop fans will love.
The track selection and c...
A compilation of tracks that rearrange Okinawan folk songs into Jazz Funk, crossover, and large ensemble jazz, featuring works by Kiyoshi Yamaya, who was also highlighted in "Diggers Dozen" (BBE) b...
Media: EX-, Sleeve / OBI: VG+, includes liner. Foxing on Obi.
Catalog Number: VIJ-6020
Not a photo of actual LP.
This is the Fusion sound. This is Terumasa Hino's masterpiece.
This was the last a...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship August, 2025
If you missed out, we're trying to get more copies!
Yoshiko Sai’s Entire Discography to Be Released on Long-Awaited Colored Vinyl!
Yoshiko Sai, one of Jap...
Le Très Jazz Club present the first reissue of George Otsuka Quintet's Physical Structure, originally released in 1976. Reissued for the first time outside of Japan, Physical Structure by Japanese ...
Sharps and Flats, led by Nobuo Hara, has been a driving force in Japan's big band jazz scene with its diverse activities and distinctive musicality. Among the many works produced throughout their ...
Terumasa Hino is undoubtedly one of the most famous Japanese jazzmen. Learning the trumpet at the age of nine, he began his career as a professional musician by playing in the orchestra of an US Ar...
Izumi Kobayashi first gained recognition as the leader of the Flying Mimi Band before embarking on her solo career. As a solo artist, Kobayashi, began to standout in her keyboard performances with ...
The first vinyl reissue of a jazz-rock album by Jiro Inagaki, an outlier in the Japanese jazz world, featuring vocals by Sammy and Yasushi Sawada for the first time. Backed by Masahiko Sato, Kimio ...
This latest station stop off is with the famed Nippon Columbia label, one of the biggest labels in Japan, whose jazz output embraces every possible style imaginable. Focusing on the key years 1968-...
Anne Young sings emotionally and lively. The Yuji Ohno Trio that draws out and enhances its charm to the fullest. I am fascinated by the absolute masterpiece “Speak Low”
American club singer Anne ...
