The finest of straight-ahead “Japanese” jazz, “Toshiyuki Sekine / Strode Road” is finally being reissued on analog vinyl!
The original private pressing (1978) of 200 copies was extremely rare, and ...
From Tsugaru, the birthplace of Tomokawa Kazuki and Mikami Hiroshi, comes Osorezan, Itako, Nebuta, Kesho Jizo... A super intense work left behind in 1978 by Furukawa Mibu, the Orpheus (mind) of Mu...
An original album released in 1988. The album has been re-evaluated due to the songs written by Tsunehiro Izumi, who is well known for writing songs for Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe and La Moo,...
The concept is "Tokyo." The megalopolis is transformed, and the performance is full of sharp sensitivity and creativity. A new dimension of Japanese jazz has been opened here.
"It doesn't matter if...
A recording of a passionate live performance held in the northern land of Nemuro, which continues to be loved along with the first album "Tact." The title song is literally epic, like ice floes col...
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 ...
Girl Talk completes the "trilogy" of great records that started with Midnight Sugar and Misty, Girl Talk solidified Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's reputation as Japan's premier jazz pianist. Though he would c...
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...
Mari Nakamoto's third Three Blind Mice (TBM) release showcases her tender vocal style, complemented by the masterful accompaniment of Isao Suzuki on bass and Kazumi Watanabe on guitar.
Originally...
“Brass Fantasia II”, which features a brass quintet playing popular songs from “Studio Ghibli”, is finally available on vinyl for the first time ever! Originally released in 1994 as a double CD se...
Midori Hara’s 2nd album. A masterpiece of 80s urban pop with mellow grooves. First class session musicians such as Hiroshi Sato (p), Kenji Takamizu (b), Shuichi Murakami (ds), and Masahiro Ikumi (...
Yokobue player Michiko Akao’s 1983 publication “Yokobue: Michiko Akao’s World”, which was also published in the “New Age Music Disc Guide” (published by DU BOOKS), is reproduced for the first time...
Kifu Mitsuhashi studied with Soufu Sasaki of the Kinko-style shakuhachi in 1968. He became a member of Pro Musica Nipponia and participated in many concerts both in Japan and overseas after comple...
WRWTFWW Records and MEG Museum (Geneva) announce a new full-length album by celebrated Japanese percussionist Midori Takada, in collaboration with Buddhist monks belonging to the Samgha group of th...
Sai Yoshiko returned from a 30 year absence to release this LP on CD in 2008. Now P-Vine reissues it as part of their 2021 Sai Yoshiko repressings. This LP shows that while she may have been out ...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship July, 2025
This is the monumental first album by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, who later became one of the two major artists on the TBM label along with Isao Suzuki. A groovy and ...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship August, 2025
A compilation of rare and unique songs that blend rock and soul grooves with pop songs sung in the traditional scales of Okinawa, a southern island of Japa...
Pre-Order - Expected to Ship August, 2025
A compilation of tracks that rearrange Okinawan folk songs into Jazz Funk, crossover, and large ensemble jazz, featuring works by Kiyoshi Yamaya, who was a...
Media: VG+, Sleeve: VG, includes liner. Ring Wear on Cover, Mark on Media
This isn't obviously in the greatest condition, but we figure there is a Casiopea super fan out there that'll appreciate gr...
Minako Yoshida’s 14th studio album “KEY”, which was released in 1996, the year after the announcement of “EXTREME BEAUTY”, will be released on analog record for the first time! It will be released...
At the start of the 60s, a new wave of gospel-influenced jazz started to emerge, with hits such as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'" and Cannonball Adderley's "Work Song" epitomizing...
