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J Jazz - Free And Modern Jazz Albums From 1954-1988 (Book/CD Preorder)
J Jazz - Free And Modern Jazz Albums From 1954-1988 (Book/CD Preorder)
BY Various Artists
- Category:Jazz
WE ARE NOW TAKING PREORDERS FOR TONY HIGGINS AND MIKE PEDEN'S "J JAZZ - FREE AND MODERN JAZZ ALBUMS FROM JAPAN 1954-1988" BOOK + CD. EXPECTED STREET DATE IS SET FOR MAY 31, 2024. PLEASE DO NOT COMBINE YOUR PREORDER WITH YOUR REGULAR STOCK ORDER. WE DO NOT SPLIT SHIPMENTS OR RESERVE STOCK ITEMS. AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT - PLACE YOUR PREORDER SEPARATELY.
This is an unusual item for us to offer so an explanation: I have a long standing personal interest in Japanese jazz. This is a scene that has been overlooked for decades but finally caught the attention of jazz collectors and prices of original vinyl reflects this. Luckily many of these titles have been reissued either on CD or vinyl. Over the past few years I've discovered that some of our customer base is interested as well. We've experimented a bit by offering reissues of select titles and the response has been very positive. Tony Higgins and Mike Peden are the de facto experts in the genre and they've written the authoritative English language book on the Japanese jazz scene. It comes with a sampler CD. Its an expensive item so I've decided to offer it but on a pre-order basis. Its too limited an audience and too expensive for us to keep deep inventory. I suggest not sleeping on this if its of interest to you.
"BBE Music is thrilled to present J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988, a remarkable large-format book covering some of the deepest, rarest, and most innovative jazz music released anywhere in the post-war era. Compiled by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden, co-curators of BBE Music's acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series, the book also features a foreword by Japanese jazz icon, Terumasa Hino. This is the first time a book of this type has been published outside of Japan and the first anywhere of this size and scale. It is a unique collection of over 500 albums of free and modern jazz released in Japan during a period of radical transformation and constant reinvention. An era that saw Japan return from the ravages of World War Two to become a global economic power and emerge as both a technological leader and an international cultural force. Through a unique gallery of albums, J Jazz charts the development of jazz in Japan from the first stirrings of the modern jazz scene in the mid to late 1950s and on through the hard bop and modal jazz of the 1960s. It steers the reader into the radical directions of the 1970s when free jazz, fusion, post-bop, and jazz-funk opened up a growing number of Japanese jazz artists to a new global audience before consolidating in the mid to late 1980s with a musical scene that laid the path for the contemporary jazz generation to follow. Over 500 full-colour sleeves from many of the leading names in Japanese jazz sit alongside rare and private pressings that tell a story of constant change and musical exploration. J Jazz includes profiles of several leading record labels such as East Wind, Frasco, King Records, and Nippon Columbia as well as critical independents such as Three Blind Mice, ALM, and Aketa’s Disk. J Jazz includes interviews with celebrated jazz photographer Tadayuki Naito, and pianist Tohru Aizawa, bandleader on the totemic spiritual jazz album, Tachibana Vol 1, as well as free-jazz record collector and jazz musician Mats Gustafsson. The book also features a chapter on albums by non-Japanese artists that only received a Japanese release, with collectible, rare, and obscure releases by figures such as Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, and Art Blakey. J Jazz includes Japanese jazz charts from some of the world's leading jazz DJs including Gilles Peterson, Toshio Matsuura, Paul Murphy, and Shuya and Yoshihiro Okino. Among the specialist content is a feature on obi strips by record dealer and Japanese jazz expert, Yusuke Ogawa, plus a special article on Japanese Blue Note albums. Across its 300-plus pages, J Jazz includes a detailed introduction contextualising the music, tracing the story of Japan's fascination with jazz back before the war. It also features biographical information on many of the key artists involved in shaping the post-war Japanese jazz scene including Sadao Watanabe, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masabumi Kikuchi, Masahiko Togashi, Terumasa Hino, Yosuke Yamashita, Fumio Itabashi, Masayuki Takayanagi, Takeo Moriyama, Isao Suzuki, and many more.
- 400 page hardcover large format book
- includes CD with 10 Japanese Jazz tracks
- only 2000 copies printed
- largest picture book on Japanese Jazz ever printed
- First and only picture book devoted to Japanese Jazz covers to be produced outside Japan
- Extra sections on non Japanese artists and Blue Note albums produced exclusively for the Japanese market
- Includes intro by Terumasa Hino plus articles by Yusuke Ogawa, Mats Gustafsson, Tony Higgins and interview with Tohru Aizawa - DJ J Jazz Top Tens from around the world