VARIOUS J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan Volume 4 The Nippon Columbia Label 1968-1981 (2023 UK/EU limited edition 14-track triple album 3-LP, the latest station stop off in this excellent curated series is with the famed Nippon Columbia label, one of the biggest labels in Japan, whose jazz output embraces every possible style imaginable. Focussing on the key years 1968-1981, J Jazz volume 4 sees compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden dig even deeper into their record collectionsand pull-out tracks that span styles ranging from solo to big band, jazz classical interpretations and heavy jazz rock, to febrile post-bop, white hot samba fusion, and modal psychedelic wig-outs. Gatefold picture sleeve with extensive liner notes with series obi. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played. Highly recommended)

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
J Jazz volume 4 features icons such as drum master Takeo Moriyama, keyboard magi Hiromasa Suzuki, Fumio Itabashi, and Masahiko Satoh, and guitar wizards Kazumi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Sugimoto, alongside big band maestros and innovators Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats, and Toshiyuki Miyamas New Herd. Thunderous basslines nestle alongside glistening runs of electric piano, bubbling synths and air-tight drumming as the heavy psychedelic modal blues of Jiro Inagaki flows with the infectious samba grooves of Takashi Mizuhashi featuring Herbie Hancock; Shigeharu Mukais fusion funk epics take the music to another level and Mikio Masudas driving keyboard rhythms brings the heat to an incendiary dancefloor zone.

With 7,000 words of extensive sleeve notes, J Jazz vol 4 comes in a triple 180g vinyl set inside a deluxe gatefold sleeve with obi strip plus a 4 page insert. The double CD features two bonus tracks not on the vinyl edition. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery Studio by Frank Merritt, this latest collection is a worthy successor to the preceding three volumes that have set the bar so high.

J Jazz is curated for BBE Music by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden.

Side F
13. By The Red Stream Hiromasa Suzuki, Jiro Inagaki & Big Soul Media
14. Kaleidoscope (Edit) Mickie Yoshino & Kazumi Watanabe

Artist – Various-Jazz (click link for complete listing)
Title – J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan Volume 4 The Nippon Columbia Label 1968-1981 (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 2023
Format – 3-LP vinyl record set (Triple LP Album)
Record Label – BBE Music
Catalogue No – BBE731CLP (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Additional info – Picture Sleeve
Barcode – 197188693732
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