J Jazz Volume 4 - Deep Modern Jazz from Japan (Nippon Columbia 1968 -1981)

J Jazz Volume 4 features icons such as drum master Takeo Moriyama, keyboard magicians Hiromasa Suzuki, Fumio Itabashi, and Masahiko Satoh, and guitar wizards Kazumi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Sugimoto, alongside big band maestros Nobuo Hara and His Sharps and Flats, and Toshiyuki Miyama’s New Herd. Thunderous basslines sit alongside glistening electric piano runs, bubbling synths, and air-tight drumming, as the heavy psychedelic modal blues of Jiro Inagaki flow into the infectious samba grooves of Takashi Mizuhashi featuring Herbie Hancock. Shigeharu Mukai’s fusion funk epics take the music to another level, while Mikio Masuda’s driving keyboard rhythms bring the heat to an incendiary dancefloor zone.

Label: BBE
Cat: BBE731
Format: 3 x LP, 180g
Released: 2023

Side A
1.Exchange - Takeo Moriyama
2.The Ground For Peace - Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media

Side B
1.Chakkiri-Bushi - Nobuo Hara and his Sharps & Flats, Hozan Yamamoto
2.Trial Road - Tomoki Takahashi
3.A Muddy Muffin - Masahiko Sato

Side C
1.Samba de Negrito - Takashi Mizuhashi & Herbie Hancock
2.Scramble - Hiromasa Suzuki

Side D
1.Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun - Nobuo Hara and his Sharps & Flats
2.Toppu - Shigeharu Mukai

Side E
1.Togi Denju-shiki - Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd
2.Jones Street - Kiyoshi Sugimoto
3.Micky's Samba - Mikio Masuda

Side F
1.By The Red Stream - Hiromasa Suzuki, Jiro Inagaki & His Big Soul Media
2.Kaleidoscope (Edit) - Mickie Yoshino & Kazumi Watanabe

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