A playlist showcasing Japanese jazz, widely known around the world as “Wa-Jazz” or “J-Jazz.” Building on Edition 3, we've expanded the selection with 14 newly added tracks and updated it as Edition 4. This time, the selection focuses mainly on fusion.
All tracks are taken from albums currently available at the ELLA ONLINE STORE, so feel free to use it as a listening guide while exploring our catalog.
J-Jazz Collection 4
1. Sunburned Hip / Himiko Kikuchi
2. The Dark Night / Naoya Matsuoka & His All Stars
3. Midnight Rendezvous / CASIOPEA
4. Feelin' Gently / Naoya Matsuoka/Hidefum Toki
5. Ai No Tēma / Nobuo Yagi
6. Bones / Ryo Kawasaki
7. The Island Skyline / Kiyoshi Sugimoto
8. Overture / Isao Suzuki with Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
9. Moonlight Sand / Naoya Matsuoka & Wesing
10. Breeze for Siesta / ATLAS
11. Inner Wind / Jimmy Hopps = Kazumi Watanabe
12. Toppū / Shigeharu Mukai Quintet
13. Be and Know / Terumasa Hino meets Reggie Workman
14. Breit Kopt / Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats +1
J-Jazz Collection 3
15. Rootie / Charlie Mariano, Masao Yagi, Hidehiko Matsumoto, Akira Fukuhara, Masanaga Harada, Hideo Shiraki
16. Yamame / Akira Miyazawa
17. Birdie / Takeshi Inomata
18. Yawning Baku / Nobuyoshi Ino
19. A Head Wind / Shigeharu Mukai Quintet II
20. Up Over and Out / Fumio Watanabe
21. Bamboo / Isao Suzuki
22. Dirty Mashy Toe / Yoshiaki Masuo
23. Something / Steve Marcus + Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
24. The Positive And The Negative / Minoru Muraoka/New Dimension Group
25. Ro / Hideo Ichikawa/Kidoushu
26. Seagull / Hang Raiji
27. What's Baby Singin' / Himiko Kikuchi
28. Hand and Foot / Genji Sawai & Bacon Egg
29. In the Small Hours / Yoshihiro Naruse
J-Jazz Collection 2
30. Imagery / Katsutoshi Morizono with Bird's Eye View
31. Life Trip / Terumasa Hino
32. The Dawn / Shunzo Ohno
33. Samba de Negrito / Takashi Mizuhashi and His Friends
34. Kemo-Sabe / Masao Nakamura Quartet
35. Alfa / Shunzo Ohno Quartet
36. Montevideo / Ryo Kawasaki
37. Recollection / Kohsuke Mine
38. Night Heron / Keizo Inoue
39. The Things We Did Last Summer / George Otsuka Trio
J-Jazz Collection 1
40. Kisarazu Zinku / Toshiko Akiyoshi
41. Der Zweig von Salzburg / Masahiko Sato Trio
42. Striped Slacks / Kazumi Odagiri Trio
43. Brown Trout / Akira Miyazawa Quartet
44. Early Summer / Ryo Fukui Trio
45. Thirsty / Kohsuke Mine Quintet
46. D-51 / Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet
47. Under Construction / Koichi Matsukaze
48. Up Into The Sky / Fumio Itabashi
49. Judy's Samba / Seiichi Nakamura Quintet
50. Watarase / Takeo Moriyama Quartet
Playlist by Daisuke Hirose (ELLA RECORDS)
Cover photo by Yuho Koshiyama – with sincere thanks.
PROMOTIONAL ONLY
