Japanese Jazz Kissa and the Art of the Piano Trio: ... Dynaco ST-70 and Klipsch KLF30. Early in my jazz listening, I was drawn to the pyrotechnics of the trumpet and sax. Don’t get me wrong, I still ...

Body & Soul, in Japan’s capital Tokyo, is celebrating 50 years of hosting jazz greats including Art Blakey, Terumasa Hino and Makoto Ozone.

Since the late 1920s, Japanese coffee shops catering to jazz music fans have been a fixture in cities across the country. For decades, they disseminated cutting-edge Western culture and later, the ...

DAPELE was a family project born in 1973. Thelma, the boys’ mother and regular chauffeur to music lessons at the New England Conservatory of Music, suggested her sons start playing together at home.

Japan's adventurous early-'70s record execs afforded Muraoka a couple years' worth of uninterrupted experimentation, but he soon had to temper his most extreme desires.

Support All About Jazz All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made ...

For many Tokyoites, Shinjuku is inextricably linked with the 1960s and '70s and with jazz. 'There used to be jazz kissa (cafes) everywhere,' says Dug cafe owner and jazz photographer Hozumi Nakadaira.

When it comes to Japanese jazz, a look at the charts may give some clues as to who the big artists are, but for a newbie wanting to explore the classics it can be difficult to gauge where to start.

Art Hodges is an American guitarist, composer, arranger, and teacher currently residing near Tokyo, Japan. For over 25 years, he has studied, mastered, performed, and taught a variety of guitar styles ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Imai Hisamaro, artwork This Sun (colour offset lithograph, 1930), for a magazine cover. Between two of Japan’s greatest calamities ...

Once a haven for Japan's earliest jazz fans, cafe Chigusa is packing up its thousands of vinyl records. Home + Sport + World + Business & Economy + Features + Others + November 28, 2024 ...