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Payan
*2024 stock* Lovely 1972 solo work by one of the most influential European avant-garde pianists of the last half-century; a player whose improvisational flexibility puts him in the same league as Cecil Taylor, but whose ability to concentrate at mome…
Shirasagi
*2024 stock* "I think we've created something that can be called 'Japanese jazz.' I want to take it to the world." With these words, Oki Itaru left Japan in 1974. This album is a live recording of a concert he held just before leaving for France. The…
Air Above Mountains (Buildings Within)
*2024 stock* A solo performance by Cecil Taylor at the peak of his powers at a jazz festival in Austria in 1976. The insane keyboard rampaging that he performed with devilish concentration is only possible with the genius Taylor, who has reached a he…
白い恋人たち = 13 Jours En France (Original Soundtrack Recording)
A masterpiece of film music following "A Man and A Woman" by the tag team of Claude Lelouch and Francis Ray. This is an artistic documentary film that only features footage of the Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France, and Francis Ray's brilliant …
Piko + 3
The second in the Masaru Imada reissue series that jazz collectors all over the world have been eagerly awaiting! A solo piano album that allows you to fully enjoy the beautiful tone and fluid touch of jazz piano poet Masaru Imada. The album features…
Blue Eyes
Reissue of Masaru Imada Trio's Blue Eyes. Originally issued on Yupiteru Records YJ25-7029. Recorded on June 25 and 27, 1979. Comes in mini LP replica with obi, four page booklet in Japanese
Seeking Blue
The second in the Masaru Imada reissue series that jazz collectors all over the world have been eagerly awaiting! This is a tour de force of Imada's hard bop style, featuring Shigeharu Mukai on trombone and Seiichi Nakamura on saxophone. All songs ar…
Legend Of The Sea-Myself
*2024 stock* Takashi Kako, who immersed himself in "the world of improvised music, where composition and performance progress instantaneously" while studying in Paris, recorded this album live on his temporary return to Japan in 1976. It is the culmi…
Avant-garde & Free
*2024 stock* Chaos and impulse! The impact of the moment when Japanese rock and jazz was born. Finally, the treasured sound sources from the Late 60's - a period that the whole world craves for - have been released. Recorded with the latest remasteri…
Yoru ni Hohoyose
*2024 stock* "Red Elegy" and "Happi End" jackets, the only live-action film by Shizukazu Hayashi, a hugely popular illustrator in the subculture scene! Recorded with the latest remastering from film music tapes.Included tracks: 'Yoru ni Hohoyo' theme…
New Rock & Underground
*2024 stock* Chaos and impulse! The impact of the moment when Japanese rock and jazz was born. The treasured sound sources from the Late 60's~ that the whole world craves for have finally been released. Recorded with the latest remastering from the f…
Tenshi No Kōkotsu
*2024 stock* The epic free jazz of the first Yosuke Yamashita Trio and the bleak singing of Rie Yokoyama. Includes a total of five tracks, including the film's opening 'Here's a Quiet Frontline', 'Umitsubame ver II', which features rare singing accom…
Shibuya Jazz Clash - No Wave In Jap Jazz And Funk '75-'86
*2024 stock* Limited stock, limited time price, all new items! The first edition is a carefully selected jazz special. Mitsuaki Katayama "First Flight", Eiji Nakayama "My Present Song", Howard Roberts "The Magic Band Live at Donte" and many more... W…
Clay
This is a 2023 reissue vinyl LP pressing of Clay by Yosuke Yamashita Trio. The Japanese jazz composer and pianist originally released his live album in 1974, via Enja Records. Produced by Horst Weber, and Matthias Winckelmann, the album features live…
Sabu - Message To Chicago
*Limited Edition* Percussionist Yoshisaburo Toyozumi – aka Sabu – heads up a brilliant set of creative jazz based on compositions by the Art Ensemble Of Chicago in a record that's clearly titled with a nod to the musical achievements of the AACM! The…
Legend Of The Sea-Myself
*Limited Edition* Pianist Takashi Kako brings a uniquely subtle and poetic approach to his instrument in this improvised music setting. Supported by a talented quartet featuring Keiki Midorikawa, Masahiko Togashi, and Masami Nakagawa, Kako paints in …
Paris Days
*Limited Edition* In the early 1970s, while studying contemporary music composition in Paris, Takashi Kako discovered and fell in love with free jazz, and soon became active as a pianist there. He performed with Bob Reed, Noah Howard, Motoki Takagi, …
What's Going On
*2023 stock* The impossibly cool 1973 album What's Going On from Late, Great Japanese Funk & Jazz Don Takehiro Honda which swings through jazz orchestral renditions of American R&B and Funk Classics like Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On, "Otis Redding'…
Inner Space
*2023 stock* "Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita built his name as one of the country's avant-garde jazz leader with his bass-less trio founded still in 1969 (with drummer Takeo Moriyama and tenorist Seiichi Nakamura, in 1973 Nakamura has been changed…
Farewell My Johnny
*2023 stock* The first album by the Teru Sakamoto Trio, whose beautifully lyrical piano music has enjoyed exceptionally long sales. This is a new standard work of Japanese jazz that is highly acclaimed even overseas.