🇯🇵 Japanese Vinyl Records - City Pop, J-Jazz, Anime Soundtracks, Japan Imports

"Soul Media, led by Jiro Inagaki , helped shape the evolution of Japanese jazz-rock. Memory Lane, recorded in 1980, was the final album under this na

"As Inagaki himself described it, this was his take on 'Black funk'. Fusing the explosive energy of jazz-rock with the elasticity and depth of Black

"Since its formation in 1969, Soul Media had championed the fusion of jazz and rock. This evolution took a major leap forward with the 1973 recording

I Thought It Was You. Lead single from Kimiko Kasai 's sought-after 1979 collaboration with Herbie Hancock finally sees an official reissue on 45! Re

"A monumental first album by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto , who later became one of the two flagship artists of the Three Blind Mice label alongside Isao Suzuki

"This is the very definition of an unexpected joy—the arrival of a 'new' release from Ryo Fukui . The recording took place on June 26, 2004, capturin

" Three Blind Mice revitalized the Japanese jazz scene during the 1970s and 1980s. Its initial mission was to proactively produce albums of new music

"Rising Son' was first released on the seminal Blue Note Records imprint 10 years ago in 2014, with Takuya Kuroda being the first Japanese artist to

first-of-its-kind book detailing the rich history of jazz music in Japan photos and essays covering more than 500 albums from the curators of BBE 's

"Enjoy the soulful melodies of Isao Suzuki , Art Blakey's esteemed bassist, as he, along with his fellow musicians Kunihiko Kanno and George Otsuka,

"The popular works of Japan’s leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka have been remastered and released in color vinyl format! Remastering and cut

"Japan’s leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka ’s memorable solo debut album is now being reprinted on LP! A masterpiece of Japanese music with

"The popular works of Japan’s leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka have been remastered and released in color vinyl format! It is a valuable wo

"Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid recor

The vast sea of J-Jazz can be hard to navigate, but this is as good a place as any to start. While American players were being swept into the splinte