J-Jazz Volume 3: Deep Modern Jazz from JapanVarious Artists

• – Yasuhiro Kohno Trio + One – Song Of Island
• – Shigeharu Mukai – Cumulonimbus
• – Kohsuke Mine – Morning Tide
• – Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet feat. Hiroshi Fujii – Black Nile
• – Aki Takase Trio – Song for Hope
• – Itakura Katsuyuki Trio – Honey Sanba
• – Ryusei Tomoyose Quartet – Kirisame
• – Masao Nakajima Quartet – Kemo Sabe
• – Hiroshi Murakami & Dancing Sphinx – Phoebus
• – Masaru Imada Trio + 1 – Planets

• 1. Yasuhiro Kohno Trio + One – Song Of Island
• 2. Shigeharu Mukai – Cumulonimbus
• 3. Kohsuke Mine – Morning Tide
• 4. Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet feat. 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
• 14. Hideo Shiraki – Groovy Samba [CD ONLY BONUS]
• 15. Ryojiro Furusawa – Burning Cloud [CD ONLY BONUS]
• 16. Seiichi Nakamura – Wolf’s Theme [CD ONLY BONUS]

BBE's J-Jazz compilation series continues and focuses on 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 centres of gravity. 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.