Spiritual Jazz 8: Japan Parts 1 & 2Various Artists

• Mitsuaki Kanno – Kumo No Ito
• Tadao Hayashi – My Favorite Things
• Minoru Muraoka – Positive and Negative
• Takeo Moriyama – East Plants
• Koichi Matsukaze – Under Construction
• Sadao Watanebe & Charlie Mariano – Ragam Sinthubairavi
• Shungo Sawada – Footprint
• New Direction for the Arts – Sun in the East
• Four Units – Scarborough Fair
• Tohru Aizawa – Sacrament
• Keitaro Miho – Kikazaru
• Tee & Company – Spanish Flower
• Takeo Moriyama – Watarase
• Kiyoshi Sugimoto – Babylonia Wind
• Toshiko Akiyoshi – Kisarazu Zinku
• Yoshio Ikeda – Whispering Weeds

• 1. Mitsuaki Kanno – Kumo No Ito
• 2. Tadao Hayashi – My Favorite Things
• 3. Minoru Muraoka – Positive and Negative
• 4. Takeo Moriyama – East Plants
• 5. Koichi Matsukaze – Under Construction
• 6. Sadao Watanebe & Charlie Mariano – Ragam Sinthubairavi
• 7. Shungo Sawada – Footprint
• 8. New Direction for the Arts – Sun in the East
• 9. Four Units – Scarborough Fair
• 10. Tohru Aizawa – Sacrament
• 11. Keitaro Miho – Kikazaru
• 12. Tee & Company – Spanish Flower
• 13. Takeo Moriyama – Watarase
• 14. Kiyoshi Sugimoto – Babylonia Wind
• 15. Toshiko Akiyoshi – Kisarazu Zinku
• 16. Yoshio Ikeda – Whispering Weeds

For their latest examination of Esoteric, Modal & Progressive Jazz of the 20th Century, Jazzman take us to Japan. The liberating force of jazz has been created and felt all around the world, but few nations on earth embraced the jazz message with the passion and intensity of Japan. From the dawn of the jazz age to the present day, Japanese audiences have been renowned tastemakers, enthusiasts and champions of the music!