New Stream In Jazz Vol. 13 ~ Japanese Jazz Meets Folk (Impressions Of The Far East)

 

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the Japanese Jazz scene through the years 60-70's. This volume focuses on the meeting between jazz with iconic japanese folk songs (Min'yō) and Eastern music including traditional japanese instruments use among shakuhachi (bamboo flute), koto, biwa and shamisen. It features the japanese legends Tadao Sawai (koto), Rinsyoe Kida (shamisen), Minoru Muraoka (shakuhachi), Kisaku Katada (taiko) and the "Living National Treasure of Japan", Hozan Yamamoto (shakuhachi), Akira Ishikawa, Kosuke Ichihara, Nobuo Hara, Norio Maeda, Toshiaki Yokota and Toshiyuki Miyama. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 12 ~ Japanese Jazz Funk Experience

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. Following vol. 3 & 9, this compilation celebrates one more time the jazz groove into the boogie sphere, highly tinted of slapping bass, disco rhythms & funky beats, including twelve pure jazz funk tracks recorded between 1976-1982 featuring Terumasa Hino, Jun Fukamachi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Ryo Kawasaki, Native Son, Sadao Watanabe, Naoya Matsuoka, Mikio Masuda, Toshiyuki Honda, Jiro Inagaki & Chuck Rainey Rhythm Section, Kenji Omura, Kazumi Watanabe & Lee Ritenour. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 11 ~ New Stream In Latin Jazz

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. Volume 11 is dedicated to Latin Jazz including Caribbean sounds & Tropical flavor featuring Hiroshi Fukumura, Naoya Matsuoka, Kazuo Yoshida, Toshiyuki Honda, Tadaaki Misago, Mikio Masuda, Takashi Mizuhashi, Sadao Watanabe & many more... All tracks released between 1973-1981, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 10

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume is devoted to the Jazz standards including some Soul covers, taken back by the main protagonists from the Japanese Jazz's "New Wave" among others Toshiko Akiyoshi, Takehiro Honda, Masabumi Kikuchi, Terumasa Hino, Hiroshi Suzuki. All tracks are recorded between 1967-1975, ranging from Post Bop, Latin & Soul Jazz. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 9 ~ Boogie Funk & Disco Beats

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. Following the volume 3, this volume celebrates the jazz groove into the boogie sphere, highly tinted of slapping bass, disco rhythms & funky beats, including thirteen tracks recorded between 1974-1980 featuring Kimiko Kasai, Jiro Inagaki, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Toshiyuki Miyama, The Soul Media, Ryo Kawasaki, Teruo Nakamura, Mieko Hirota, Ryo Kawasaki, Akira Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Honda, Shunzo Ohno, The Count Buffalos, Hiroshi Fukumura & Sadao Watanabe. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 8 ~ The Golden Age Of Japanese Jazz

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume includes thirteen tracks ranging from Soul Jazz to Hard Bop by Jazz Funk styles, all recorded between 1967 and 1977, featuring Eddie Daniels, Toshiaki Yokota, Shoji Yokouchi, Jiro Inagaki, the Tokyo Cuban Boys, Kazuo Yashiro Trio, Takeshi Inomata, George Otsuka Quintet, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Hideo Ichikawa Quartet, Terumasa Hino, Norio Maeda, Hiroshi Suzuki and Kunihiko Sugano. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 7 ~ Playing Bossa Nova, Jazz & Samba Again !

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. Following the Volume 2, this compilation bringing together other titles ranging from Bossa Nova to Jazz Samba styles including Jazz standards & Brazilian classics of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, João Gilberto & Edu Lobo. It features Konosuke Saijo, Sadao Watanabe, Shungo Sawada, Takeshi Inomata, Yuji Ohno, Akira Ishikawa, George Kawaguchi, Keitaro Miho, Hozan Yamamoto & Toshiaki Yokota. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 6

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume mixes Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Samba & Soul Jazz, featuring Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, Isao Suzuki, Kimiko Kasai & Gil Evans, Mieko Hirota with Billy Taylor Trio, Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki & many more... All tracks recorded between 1967-1973, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 5

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. Following the volume 1, the volume 5 bringing together other titles ranging from Soul Jazz to Hard Bop by Post Bop style, including various jazz standards and original compositions by Kazuo Yashiro, Yuji Ohno, Norio Maeda, Hiroshi Suzuki, Takehiro Honda, Shungo Sawada & Takeru Muraoka, Jake H. Conception, Nobuo Hara & His Sharps & Flats, Akira Ishikawa, Takeshi Inomata, Keitaro Miho, The Freedom Unity. All tracks released between 1969-1972. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 4 ~ Psychedelic Jazz & Rock

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume is completely dedicated to the Jazz Rock music including blues accent & psychedelia. It features eminent protagonists of the japanese jazz rock scene of the early seventies such as Kiyoshi Sugimoto, George Otsuka, Jiro Inagaki, Akira Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Masuo, Takeshi Inomata, Hiromasa Suzuki, Toshiaki Yokota & Kaolu Iiyoshi. All tracks recorded between 1969-1972, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 3 ~ Electronic Moods & Funky Sounds

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume showcases the synthesizer & Fender Rhodes including Jazz Funk with electronic grooves and boogie sounds. Titles are performed by various legendary Fusion Jazz scene musicians of the seventies among others Akira Ishikawa, Hiromasa Suzuki, Mikio Masuda or Shunzo Ohno. All tracks recorded between 1973-1979, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz Vol. 2 ~ Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba In Japan

Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the japanese jazz scene through the years 60's-70's. This volume includes a collection of twenty one instrumentals and funny scat songs from Bossa Nova to Jazz Samba styles, performed by the main actors of the iconic japanese Latin music boom that occurred during the sixties and featuring Sadao Watanabe, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Masami Kawahara, Hiroshi Okazaki or Shungo Sawada. All tracks recorded between 1967-1974, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

New Stream In Jazz

First volume introducing the compilation series dedicated to the golden era of Japanese Jazz scene through the years 60-70's. Titles include various Japanese rare groove from Soul Jazz to Hard Bop recorded by some of Japanese Jazz Giants and released under famous J-Jazz labels such as iconic Takt Jazz Series, TBM or Toshiba Pro Use Series. All tracks recorded between 1967-1975, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.