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    Wajazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I - Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984)Various Artists

    180g
      • 1. Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys – Sakura Sakura
      • 2. Minoru Muraoka – Muraiki
      • 3. Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes – Mago-Uta
      • 4. Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet – D-51
      • 5. Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd – Adult's Day
      • 6. Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media – Breeze
      • 7. ジョージ・大塚カルテット – Sea View
      • 8. Hozan Yamamoto – Breath Prologue
      • 9. Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media – Do It!
      • 10. Hiroshi Suzuki – Romance
      • 11. Masahiko Satoh – Tochi Mo Kurumi Mo Fukiotose
      • 12. Masahiko Togashi – Fourth Expression
      • 13. Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited – Mustache (Live)
      • 14. Takeo Moriyama – Watarase

      Essential 14 track collection of “WaJazz” music selected and compiled by renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa, owner of the Universounds record store in Tokyo.

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