Label: BBE Music

Released 5/2/2025

Japan Import

BBE Music presents J Jazz volume 3, the latest in its definitive compilation series exploring the finest modern jazz from Japan. Since the first volume in February 2018, the J Jazz compilation series has showcased some of the most creative, inspired and sought-after jazz recorded in Japan during a golden period spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Illustrating the richness and versatility of the composers and musicians on this collection, the music spans a wide yet coherent range of styles: samba, funk fusion, modal, spiritual, post-bop and bossa all combine to present an aural portrait of a jazz scene that was constantly moving and shifting its multiple musical centers of gravity. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery studio in London, many of the tracks featured are reissued for the first time, including mega-rare private press cuts from the Yasuhiro Kohno Trio, Masaru Imada Trio, and Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet. There’s heavy post modal bop by J Jazz legends Kohsuke Mine and Koichi Matsukaze; samba heat from Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Shiraki and Seiichi Nakamura; and funky dance floor energy by Hiroshi Murakami, Ryojiro Furusawa Quartet and Shigeharu Mukai.

Track listing:

1. Yasuhiro Kohno Trio + One – Song Of Island
   
2. Shigeharu Mukai – Cumulonimbus
   
3. Kohsuke Mine – Morning Tide
   
4. Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet Featuring Hiroshi Fujii – Black Nile
   
5. Aki Takase Trio – Song for Hope
   
6. Itakura Katsuyuki Trio – Honey Sanba
   
7. Ryusei Tomoyose Quartet – Kirisame
   
8. Masao Nakajima Quartet – Kemo Sabe
   
9. Hiroshi Murakami & Dancing Sphinx – Phoebus
   
10. Masaru Imada Trio + 1 – Planets
    
11. Tatsuya Nakamura – ¼ Samba II
    
12. Eiji Nakayama – Cumorah
    
13. Koichi Matsukaze Trio feat Ryojiro Furusawa – Acoustic Chicken