J-Jazz (Japanese Jazz)

Have you ever heard of No Business Records? There are ±130 Free-Jazz album available on CD and/or LP from all over the world.

NoBusiness Records - An Eternal Moment with Midori Takada
NoBusiness Records - Banka with Kaoru Abe
Yep, I have a handful of their releases, this is actually not japanese jazz (though recorded in Japan) - Kang Tae Hwan , really unreal stuff

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Lol, I have an order of 10 on their way from Lithuania right now. Some good stuff on that label.
Yeah some of it is really good, some of it kind of exists for the sake of it I think, which is fine. I mean they did an Abe record so no matter what they are great in my book
It seems like they work with Chap Chap records a lot which is how I think they get a lot of these recordings from

 
Lol, I have an order of 10 on their way from Lithuania right now. Some good stuff on that label.

They have an extensive catalog and I was surprised to see a few big names like Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille or Kaoru Abe. There is even an album recorded at Salão Brazil, a small venue in Coimbra, Portugal, city where my parents are from.
 
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The line up of this album is amazing.
 
Great news for Three Blind Mice lovers. 35 new titles will be added to the Supreme Collection 1500. As a remember, 40 titles got released last year in 4 batches of 10 CD. This time there will be 7 batches of 5 titles from August to February. Some long OOP albums will be available, some for the first time on CD. I listed all the future releases below with a link to the Discogs page. I know it's not vinyl but at the moment this is, IMO, the best option to discover TBM catalog.

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20/8/19
CMRS-0081 Isao Suzuki & His Fellows ‎– Touch (TBM 57) OOP since 2005
CMRS-0082 Masaru Imada Trio ‎– Standards (TBM 77) OOP since 2006
CMRS-0083 Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio ‎– Live in Montreux (TBM(P) 5019)
CMRS-0084 Shoji Yokouchi Quartet Featuring Toru Konishi ‎– Blonde On The Rocks (TBM 65) OOP since 2007
CMRS-0085 Mari Nakamoto With Shoji Yokouchi Trio And Yuri Tashiro ‎– Little Girl Blue (TBM 33)

20/9/23
CMRS-0086 Shuko Mizuno, Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd Plus All-Star Guests ‎– Shuko Mizuno's "Jazz Orchestra '73" (TBM 1001) First time on CD (last vinyl reissue was in 1979)
CMRS-0087Masaru Imada Quartet ‎– Now!! (TBM 2)
CMRS-0088 Isao Suzuki Quartet + 1 ‎– All Right! (TBM 36)
CMRS-0089 Toya, Shigeko With The Imada, Masaru Trio ‎– Toya, Shigeko With The Imada, Masaru Trio (TBM 11) OOP since 2006
CMRS-0090 Hideto Kanai Quintet ‎– Concierto De Aranjuez (TBM 5012)

20/10/21
CMRS-0091 Masaru Imada & George Mraz ‎– Alone Together (TBM 5003) OOP since 1997
CMRS-0092 Naosuke Miyamoto Sextet ‎– Step! (TBM 20)
CMRS-0093 George Otsuka Quintet ‎– Physical Structure (TBM 62)
CMRS-0094 Hidehiko Matsumoto Quartet ‎– Sleepy (TBM 74) OOP since 2006
CMRS-0095 Isoo Fukui Quartet ‎– Sunrise/Sunset (TBM 78)

20/11/25
CMRS-0096 Mari Nakamoto With Shoji Yokouchi Trio / Sextet ‎– Mari (TBM 3005) OOP since 1996, last vinyl reissue was in 2006)
CMRS-0097 Kosuke Mine Quintet ‎– 2nd Album (TBM 4)
CMRS-0098 Shigeko Toya ‎– Fine And Mellow (TBM 16)
CMRS-0099 Kenji Mori Quartet ‎– Firebird (TBM 3003)
CMRS-0100 Masaru Imada ‎– Masaru Imada Piano (TBM 60) OOP since 2001

20/12/16
CMRS-0101 Sunao Wada Quartet Featuring Isao Suzuki And Masaru Imada ‎– Blues-Blues-Blues (TBM 5001) OOP since 1993
CMRS-0102 Imada, Masaru Solo & Trio ‎– Poppy (TBM 14)
CMRS-0103 Fumio Karashima Trio ‎– Gathering (TBM 3004)
CMRS-0104 Yuji Imamura & Air ‎– Air (TBM 3006)
CMRS-0105 Yoshiko Goto With Takashi Mizuhashi Quartet ‎– Day Dream (TBM 40)

21/1/20
CMRS-0106 Shunzo Ohno Quintet ‎– Maya (TBM CD 5037) OOP since 2001
CMRS-0107 Masaru Imada Trio ‎– One For Duke (TBM 47)
CMRS-0108 Shoji Yokouchi Trio Plus Yuri Tashiro ‎– Greensleeves (TBM 5011)
CMRS-0109 Yoshio Otomo/Hidefumi Toki Alto-Madness ‎– Lover Man (TBM 51)
CMRS-0110 Kanai,Hideto Group ‎– Q (TBM 6)

21/2/24
CMRS-0111 Sanae Mizushima ‎– You've Got A Friend (TBM 50) OOP since 2000
CMRS-0112 Jimmy, Yoko & Shin ‎– Sei Shonagon (TBM 4001)
CMRS-0113 Bingo Miki & Inner Galaxy Orchestra ‎– Back To The Sea (TBM 5010)
CMRS-0114 "Sleepy" Matsumoto Quartet ‎– Samba De Sun (TBM(P) 5014)
CMRS-0115 Hideo Ichikawa Trio ‎– Tomorrow (TBM 73)
 
Ryo Fukui - In New-York and A Letter From Slowboat will be reissued by WRWTFWW in their We Release Jazz serie. As usual, it's a limited edition, half speed mastered, pressed on 180g vinyl in stoughton tip-pn sleeve with OBI with liner notes. Probably a more affordable option than the Japanese reissues.


 
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Ryo Fukui - In New-York and A Letter From Slowboat will be reissued by WRWTFWW in their We Release Jazz serie. As usual, it's a limited edition, half speed mastered, pressed on 180g vinyl in stoughton tip-pn sleeve with OBI with liner notes. Probably a more affordable option than the Japanese reissues.


I haven’t heard that Letter from Slowboat. How do you like it compared to his other records?
 
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I haven’t heard that Letter from Slowboat. How do you like it compared to his other records?

It's a great live recording that I found very melancholic considering it's his last album and it was recorded in his and wife's jazz club in Sapporo. Not my favourite Ryo Fukui's album though but still a an album I enjoy. He has a very short discography and all the albums are great, Scenery being his most "famous", so you can't go wrong with this record.

 
It's a great live recording that I found very melancholic considering it's his last album and it was recorded in his and wife's jazz club in Sapporo. Not my favourite Ryo Fukui's album though but still a an album I enjoy. He has a very short discography and all the albums are great, Scenery being his most "famous", so you can't go wrong with this record.


Looking forward to hearing it. We Release Jazz always pressing some awesome stuff.

Also, I'm in the minority that prefers Mellow Dream over Scenery, but I totally agree that Ryo Fukui can do not wrong.
 
Ryo Fukui - In New-York and A Letter From Slowboat will be reissued by WRWTFWW in their We Release Jazz serie. As usual, it's a limited edition, half speed mastered, pressed on 180g vinyl in stoughton tip-pn sleeve with OBI with liner notes. Probably a more affordable option than the Japanese reissues.



really excited for these, I've been hoping that they would issue them. I loved Scenery.

I got an e-mail from them today. I didn't finish work until nine, a few drinks later pre-ordered Slowboat, New York and thought with the 25% discount may as well get a sweatshirt that probably won't fit. :)

For good measure (I've been meaning to purchase at least one of them for a while), ordered the Boillat Therace Quintet Lp's to go with the Live 1974 pre-order that I ordered a while ago.

Made a shiity day turn out quite nice.
 
Looking forward to hearing it. We Release Jazz always pressing some awesome stuff.

Also, I'm in the minority that prefers Mellow Dream over Scenery, but I totally agree that Ryo Fukui can do not wrong.

Mellow Dream is his best, I really like that one.
 
New and very interesting Japanese jazz serie to be releases by French label 180g. First volume is out in September with two more already announced.

WAMONO A to Z Vol. I - Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam)

Dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

- Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring Akira Ishikawa, Jiro Inagaki, Chikara Ueda, Kifu Mitsuhashi, Toshiko Yonekawa and more!

- Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam

- Mastered and cut at Timmion Cutting Lab

- Artwork by Yoxxx (Tokyo)

- 180g heavy vinyl pressing

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Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene.

After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa.

With this first volume of the Wamono series, our two DJs here guide you through some of the best and rarest jazz funk and rare groove tunes produced in Japan between 1968 and 1980. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

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All tracks licensed by Nippon Columbia except A3 licensed by Victor Entertainment, Japan.

Compilation produced and all tracks selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam.

LP release production by Ryohei “Nitchiku-kun” Tanaka (Nippon Columbia), Gregory Gouty and Maxime Brottes (180g).

Art direction and design by Yasuho Takahashi (Yoxxx, Zooham).
Original illustration by Akira Teranishi.
Illustration retouch by Toshiko.

Mastering and lacquer cut by Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland.

180GWALP01 - Manufactured and distributed by 180g.

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Forthcoming:

- Wamono A to Z Vol. II - Japanese Funk 1970-1977 (180GWALP02)
- Wamono A to Z Vol. III - Japanese Light Mellow Funk, Disco & Boogie 1978-1988 (180GWALP03)

 
According to Disk Union, Studio Mule compilation Midnight in Tokyo will be repressed by the end of the month :


@Selaws and @uvwxVinyl IIRC you both were after this compilation
 
According to Disk Union, Studio Mule compilation Midnight in Tokyo will be repressed by the end of the month :


@Selaws and @uvwxVinyl IIRC you both were after this compilation


Thats awesome, I'm going to ask kompakt If they're getting it as well. They had told me it would be happening eventually..
 
Thats awesome, I'm going to ask kompakt If they're getting it as well. They had told me it would be happening eventually..

The 2xLP version is not even showing in the shop, only the CD version is there.
 
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The 2xLP version is not even showing in the shop, only the CD version is there.


Emailed Kompakt and they replied:

"we´ve ordered a re-press on may 26 - and expect this at the end of june until mid july.
usually Diskunion gets them from us. we don't know where they got that record from ...
please still check our website and our bandcamp site where we also purchase the mule label.

best regards kompakt"

It's coming soon :D
 
Emailed Kompakt and they replied:

"we´ve ordered a re-press on may 26 - and expect this at the end of june until mid july.
usually Diskunion gets them from us. we don't know where they got that record from ...
please still check our website and our bandcamp site where we also purchase the mule label.

best regards kompakt"

It's coming soon :D


Pre-order is live on Kompakt :) @Selaws
 
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