Nothing like a little contemporary #jazz for relaxing. #matsuikeiko #keikomatsui #fullmoonandtheshrine #nusic #musictherapy #mysticalsoundscape #spiritual #dream #japanesejazz #pianojazz #meditation #centering #grounding

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A k dobré pohodě nejen při nakupování posíláme hezkou japonskou hudbu z roku 1969:
#Shamisen #Šamisen #Jazz #JapaneseJazz #60s #60.léta #60sMusic #MusicSky #BlueSkyMusic #Japonsko #Japon #Japonia #Japan #Japán #Giappone #JapaneseMusic #JapaneseCulture
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Front cover of CD. A colour photo of the Oto blackboard advertising the sold out show. Chalk writing on board reads: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE SPECIAL BIG BAND 3 DAY RESIDENCY DAY TWO SOLD OUT WORKSHOP 4-6PM EVENING SHOW DOORS 7.30pm

Back of CD White background with black text and a colour photo of Otomo Yoshihide conducting the band. The text reads: Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band Cafe Oto 3days GIG Day 2 Live at Cafe OTO / London / Day2 Oct 28,2024 (except track 3 : Day 3 Oct 29,2024) 1 El Derecho de Vivir en Paz (Victor Jara) + Shinoshin 3/4 (Masami Shinoda) 平和に生きる権利＋篠新 3/4 Dedicated to the first female athlete in Japan 3 Rokuchan （Otomo Yoshihide）六ちゃん We all love Steve Beresford the sky was so beautiful...Wed. Nov. 18th 2022 (Otomo Yoshihide) 空が映えた2022年11月18日水曜日 Song For Che (Charlie Haden) 6 Stone Stone Stone (Otomo Yoshihide) Better Tomorrow (*##*€> (Joseph Koo) + I Say a Little Prayer <Roland Kirk version> (Burt Bacharach) 男たちの挽歌＋小さな願い Dedicated to Chow Yun-Fat member 大友良英 0tomo Yoshihide / g, conducting 近藤達郎 Kondo Tatsuo / kay, conducting 齋藤寬 Saito Kan / fute, piccola, conducting 井上梨江 Inoue Nashie /clarinet,conducting 鈴木広志 Suzuki Hiroshi / sax, conducting 江川良子 Egawa Ryoko / sax, conducting 東涼太 Higashi Ryota / sax, conducting 佐薬秀徳 Sato Shutoku / trumpet, conducting 今込治 Imagome Osamu / trombone, conducting 木村仁哉 Kimura Jinya / tuba, conducting 大口俊輔 okuchi Shunsuke / accordion, conducting かわいしのぶKawai Shinobu/ bass, conducting 小林武文 Kobayashi Takefumi / drums, percussion, conducting イトケン ttoken / drums, percussion, conducting 相川 Aikawa Hitomi / marimba, percussion, conducting Sachiko M / sinewaves, conducting 江藤直子 Eto Naoko / the background behind the music Elt Uchara Nanae / the background behind the music Special Guest Steve Beresford / Melodica on track 3

Grey CD insert with assorted black and white photos of the evening. Text reads: 平和に生きる権利＋篠新 3/4 8:33 闘う女子 13:17 六ちゃん feat. Steve Beresford 7:29 空が映えた 2022年11月18日水曜日 11:44 Song for Che 9:29 Stone Stone Stone 6:56 男たちの挽歌＋小さな願い 12:32 * Recording : Rory Salter (Cafe OTO) * Mix & Mastering : Nakamura Shigeki * Cover Design : Hirota Sugako * Front Cover Photo : Sachiko M
Back Cover Photo : Sato Ritsu
Inside Photo : Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Kawai Shinobu, Suzuki Hiroshi, Sato Ritsu, Santosh, Malwina Witkowska * Produce : Otomo Yoshihide & Wakita Taeko * Tour Agent And Total Management:
Malwina Witkowska (No Earplugs) * Band Tour Coordination: Sachiko M * Equipment Arrangement : Kondo Tatsuo * Crowdfunding Management : Wakita Taeko * Concert Organized by Fielding Hope (Cafe OTO) * Special Thanks
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who helped make Special Big Band European tour possible.
Everyone who contributed to the Motion Gallery crowdfunding campagn, EU-JAPAN Fest, Arts Council Tokyo, Japan Foundation, Witkowscy Family, Karel Kwiatkowski, Sasaki Tsugihiko,
Shinjuku PIT INN, Cafe OTO

Other side of Grey CD insert with more black and white photos of the evening.

#CDFriday
Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band - Live At Cafe Oto 2024 CD
Little Stone Records 2025
This was a really special gig so I was delighted to see a CD issue of it. Absolutely joyous big band music!! #japanesejazz #nowplaying

The stuff that long, leisurely, drives on bright sunny days are made of...
From the superb 2002 album Inspire by Japanese Fusion group Casiopea & the radiant opener....
Yoshihiro Naruse-B
Akira Jimbo-D
Issei Noro-G
Minoru Mukaiya-P
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#JapaneseJazz
#Casiopea
#Inspire
#JazzGuitar

Wednesday Coffee and Tunes - 25 February 2026

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#SadaoWatanabe #Japanesejazz #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #records #CaliforniaShower #jazz #jazzfusion

Yosuke Yamashita Trio - Mokujiki 1970
#nowplaying #japanesejazz #freejazz
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A k dobré pohodě nejen při nakupování, posíláme hezký japonský jazz funk z roku 1978:
#JazzFunk #Funk #Jazz #JapaneseJazz #70s #70.léta #70sMusic #MusicSky #BlueSkyMusic #Japonsko #Japon #Japonia #Japan #Japán #Giappone
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A k dobré pohodě nejen při nakupování posíláme hezký japonský jazz funk z roku 1980:
#Funk #JazzFunk #JapaneseJazz #80s #80.léta #80sMusic #MusicSky #BlueSkyMusic #Japonsko #Japon #Japonia #Japan #Japán #Giappone
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Picture of the LP sleeve for 'Live, First Flight' by Hiroshi Fukumura standing adjacent to the LP playing on a turntable

bones
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #threeblindmice #japanesejazz

Jazz in Japan has lots of new reviews to check out!
Live reviews of:
Masahiko Osaka Quintet
Dennis Frehse Quartet
Niccolo Faraci Group
And CD reviews of:
Atsushi Ikeda Quartet "Our Stories Pave the History of Humans"
Banksia Trio Live
#jazzinjapan #jazztokyo #livejazz #japantravel #japanesejazz

Sunao Wada Quartet’s “Coco’s Blues” is an incredible album by guitarist Sunao. The playing is filled with energy, and as expected for a TBM release, it’s perfectly recorded. Japanese first pressing from 1973 on TBM Records. #threeblindmicerecords #sunaowada #japanesejazz #guitarjazz #techdas

A k dobré pohodě nejen při nakupování posíláme hezký japonský jazz:
#Jazz #JapaneseJazz #JapaneseCulture #MusicSky #BlueSkyMusic #Japonsko #Japon #Japonia #Japan #Japán #Giappone
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In the 70s, Japanese American trombonist Hiroshi Suzuki moved to US to play with the Buddy Rich band. After a few years, he moved back to Japan and recorded the 1975 album Cat. The album did not sell in Japan or the US. Reissued its is now a Post Bop cult classic
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#JapaneseJazz

A k dobré pohodě nejen při nakupování posíláme hezkou japonskou hudbu z roku 1968:
#Jazz #JapaneseJazz #JapanesePopculture #60s #60.léta #60sMusic #MusicSky #BlueSkyMusic #Japonsko #Japon #Japonia #Japan #Japán #Giappone #JaponskáKkultura #JapaneseCulture
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Heart Station

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#japanesejazz #rilisanfisik #vinylforsale #citypopmusic #jualkaset #futurefunk #japanesesoul #japanesefunk #aesthetic #aor #vinyloftheday #vinylgram #indonesianraregroove #jpop #jazz #cyberpunk #japaneserecords #japanesevinyl #vinyljunkie #kayokyoku #recordforsale

久しぶりに全盛期の山下洋輔トリオ（山下洋輔、坂田明、森山威男）のライブ映像を見る。いやもう本当に凄まじい。これをリアルタイムで生で体験した人が羨ましい。
#japanesejazz
#freejazz

Yosuke Yamashita Trio w/ Manfred Schoof - Berlin 1974
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ブルーノート東京での「森山威男 with 山下洋輔」ファーストセットが終わったあと、白人の青年が声をかけてきてしばらく話した。オーストラリア出身で、欧・米・日本を行ったり来たりしているとか。森山さん時代の山下洋輔トリオも知っている、ちゃんと「分かって来ている」人だった。オーストラリア人のジャズファンって初めて会ったかも。
#japanesejazz #live #jazz #bluenotetokyo #takeomoriyama #yosukeyamashita

今日は有休を取って、ブルーノート東京で「森山威男 with 山下洋輔」のファーストセットを聴いてきた。森山さんが山下さんを煽る煽る。でも「ニタ」が実はあんなに美しいメロディの曲だったなんて今頃になって気づいた（アルバム『キアズマ』での印象が強いので…）。年を重ねた今だからこそ出せる音。
#japanesejazz #live #jazz #bluenotetokyo #takeomoriyama #yosukeyamashita

When you take a punt and it pays off several fold
I'm always tempted by Jazz interpretations of the title piece
#nowplaying #jazzvinyl #jazzsky #japanesejazz #threeblindmice
Obscured artist credit: Hideto Kanai Quintet

#GenreRoulette
#MusicChallenge
#JapaneseJazz
#JazzSunday
#JazzSky
#MusicSky

Artist 🎤 • Ryo Fukui
Song 🎶 • I Want To Talk About You
Album 💿 • Scenery (シーナリィ)
Year 🗓️ • 1976

このアルバム、おそらくどこのストリーミングにも入ってないんだよな…。CDもとっくに廃盤。というか徳間ジャパンから出てた音源ってたぶんいま全滅なんじゃないか。
#nowplaying #japanesejazz #jazz

Takeo Moriyama - Mana [Full Album, 1994] Jazz Modal
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Last post for the weekend:

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#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #records #jazz #japan #Japanesejazz

Tiger Okoshi, Color Of Soil. 1998 JVC Music Japanese XRCD first edition. #aurender #dcsbartok #magicospeakers #passlabs #shunyataresearch #isoacoustics #digitalmusic #cdmusic #cdcollection #jvcmusic #xrcd #tigerokoshi #japanesejazz #jazz

Japanese Jazz | Barbican Join us for the closing night of the EFG London Jazz Festival as we bring you a one-of-a-kind performance, celebrating the bold, beautiful sound of Japanese Jazz.

japanese jazz //
akiko yano

#japanesejazz #akikoyano #barbican #efg #londonjazzfestival

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久しぶりに第2次山下洋輔トリオ＋マンフレッド・ショーフの1974年ベルリンでのライブ映像を見る。やっぱすげえなあ。
#japanesejazz
#freejazz

Pianist Yoshiko Kishino's reimagination of this Antonio Carlos Jobim is a thing of beauty. A pianist since the age of three, her approach to lyricism is also a thing of beauty. From her Under The Radar gem, the 2006 Bossa Nostalgia.
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#BossaNova
#BrazilianJazz
#JapaneseJazz

So many directions...
#jazzsky #jazzvinyl #nowplaying #guitar #japanesejazz
possibly the most dramatic musical arc on any one recrding

#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 55

"Waltz for Goddess" by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions (from "Pimp Master EP",2005)

#FutureJazz #Bop #JapaneseJazz #Jazz