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) 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...
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 ...
Black Editions delivers the first-ever vinyl edition of Homo Sacer, Japanese saxophonist Makoto Kawashima’s debut album and the final release by the legendary P.S.F. Records. It comes housed in a...
This 7" single collects two Katsuhisa Hattori tracks from "The Horizon of Happiness" soundtrack. If you're not familiar with this soundtrack, it is probably because it is super rare. Your favorit...
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...
BBE Music is thrilled to present J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988, a remarkable large-format book covering some of the deepest, rarest, and most innovative jazz music released anyw...
Wewantsounds announce the first international reissue of Ayako Shinozaki's Music Now For Harp released in 1974 by Nippon Columbia. The LP was released on the label's cult "Master Sonic" series and ...
Shizuko Kasagi was a Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she was known as the “Queen of the Boogie-Woogie”.
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Masao Yagi has been active since the dawn of modern jazz in Japan, and has greatly contributed to the development of the scene as a pianist/composer/arranger. His first album “Playing Thelonious Mo...
Originally released on CD and Cassette in 1998, this awesome record is finally being reissued on vinyl for the first time ever!
Originally released in 1998
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After taking a hiatus from her music career in 1979, Yoshiko Sai did not perform on stage until 2014, but in 2015 she held her first solo live performance ever. This album is the first record to i...
We are happy to continue our series of Electric Bird reissues in collaboration with King Record with the a killer jazz-funk release, saxophonist Toshiyuki Honda's Burnin' Waves, originally released...
The second album from Cantaro Ihara is finally here!
Deftly weaving everything from 70’s soul to AOR to city pop into his sound, Cantaro Ihara makes pitch-perfect groove-forward pop music. With hi...
This is a cool combination of classic tracks in a medley on the A side and a B side of originals from some of the top names in Japanese music. If you check out the videos below and likely want to ...
Originally recorded on 78 rpm discs during the 1920’s, this collection of pre-war Japanese jazz contains some of the earliest recordings of jazz from Japan. Inspired by records brought into the c...
Produced by Haruomi Hosono, this is a masterpiece of Japanese soul music was released by Chu Kosaka, who returned to popular music after a 25-year absence. Haruomi Hosono, Hiroshi Sato, Shigeru Su...
First LP reissue in 50 years! A cutting-edge collage of the Muhammad Ali vs. Mac Foster documentary held at the Budokan in April 1972, with performances by the Yosuke Yamashita Trio (w/ Takeo Mori...
“Free Soul Collection”, a compilation CD of mellow & groovy free soul masterpieces by Monday Michiru, a songstress representing the 90’s club jazz scene. The tracks were selected and supervise...
All songs arranged by Hiro Yanagida! The long-awaited reissue of an actress record that plays the finest mellowness! Her 1976 announcement, which is the only work under her own name, is reprinted ...
