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Toshiko Akiyoshi & Charlie Mariano —
Toshiko Mariano Quartet (Takt) ... LP 
Takt/Columbia (Japan), 1963. Good Gatefold ... Out Of Stock
A wonderful album from the team of Toshiko Akioshi and Charlie Mariano – a set that was only ever issued in Japan, and which we like a fair bit more than their better-known US album for Candid! The group here is the same as that one – with Charlie Mariano on alto sax, Toshiko Akioshi ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Nobuo Hara & Sharpes & Flats —
Seeking For Soul ... CD 
Ultra Vybe/Takt (Japan), 1959. Used ... Out Of Stock
Hard driving jazz from the Japanese scene of the 50s! The album's one of the best recorded by Nobu Hara and the legendary Sharpes & Flats group – a really swinging set of big band jazz that drives with the power of some of the 60s recordings by the Clarke-Boland Big Band, and which ... read more CD
Motohiko Hino —
Motohiko Hino First Album ... CD Takt (Japan), 1970. Used ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
One of the greatest Japanese jazz drummers breaks out in his first album as a leader! Hino had played drums in the modernist bop group of (brother?) Terumasa Hino during the late 60s – but this set is the first that really lets his unique vision shine through. The album features Hino ... read more CD
(Out of print, includes obi.)
Terumasa Hino —
Alone Together ... LP Takt/Columbia (Japan), 1970. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
An early US session from trumpeter Terumasa Hino – working here in a very long and stretched-out style – very much the most edgy modes of his earliest years! Tracks are all quite long, and really open up with fierce horn work – both from Hino on trumpet and flugelhorn, and from ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Early gatefold pressing, with booklet inside – XMS 10027 CT.)
Takt/Le Tres Jazz Club (France), 1970. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $32.99 36.99
One of our favorite albums ever by this inventive Japanese trumpeter – and a really that really lives up to its title! Terumasa's entering his spacey period here – but not too spacey – and he's playing in a stretched out style that takes his trumpet into warm soulful lines that ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Into The Heaven (Japanese paper sleeve edition – with bonus track) ... CD 38.99
Terumasa Hino —
Into The Heaven (Japanese paper sleeve edition – with bonus track) ... CD Takt/Columbia (Japan), 1970. Used ... $38.99
One of our favorite albums ever by this inventive Japanese trumpeter – and a really that really lives up to its title! Terumasa's entering his spacey period here – but not too spacey – and he's playing in a stretched out style that takes his trumpet into warm soulful lines that ... read more CD
Also available Into The Heaven ... LP 32.99(Out of print.)
Terumasa Hino Quintet —
Hi-Nology ... LP Takt/Le Tres Jazz Club (France), 1969. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... Temporarily Out Of Stock
A pivotal recording from Japanese trumpeter Terumasa Hino – done in a crackling electric mode that's a real departure from his earlier work! Terumasa's probably gotten a bit of inspiration here from Bitches Brew (as you might guess from one of the titles, "Like Miles") – but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Terumasa Hino Quintet —
Hi-Nology ... LP Takt (Japan), 1969. Near Mint- Gatefold ... Out Of Stock
A pivotal recording from Japanese trumpeter Terumasa Hino – done in a crackling electric mode that's a real departure from his earlier work! Terumasa's probably gotten a bit of inspiration here from Bitches Brew (as you might guess from one of the titles, "Like Miles") – but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great gatefold pressing, XMS 10020 CT – with obi and poster insert! Insert appears to be autographed by Hino too – and back of insert has some light aging.)
George Otsuka —
Page 1 ... LP Takt (Japan), 1969. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
The start of a great run from the trio of Japanese drummer George Otsuka – a player who really brings an imaginative style to the piano trio mode! Otsuka's got a way of stretching out while also swinging – a bit more conventional here than on later records, but still already quite ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Takt (Japan), Late 60s. Near Mint- ... $48.99
Great work from the trio of Japanese pianist Joe Sera – a very soulful player who could give 60s Les McCann or Oscar Peterson a run for their money! Some tracks feature added vibes or guitar – and titles include "Playin", "Mac's Blues", "Watermelon Man", ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(In the original textured gatefold cover with heavy slide-out tray! Cover has very light wear, but this is a great copy.)
Kunihiko Sugano Trio —
Finger Popping ... LP Takt (Japan), 1968. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
A real finger-popper from Japanese pianist Kunihiko Sugano – a sweet 60s album that has him playing like the best American players of the soul jazz generation! There's a boldness to the left hand that echoes bits of Ray Bryant or Junior Mance – yet Sugano can also tipple the keys with ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Non-gatefold pressing – SL 5110 N.)
Sadao Watanabe —
Bossa Nova Concert – Live At Koseinenkin-Kaikan (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD Takt/Sony (Japan), 1967. Used Gatefold ... Out Of Stock
One of Sadao Watanbe's excellent late 60s bossa albums – beautifully rich, but mellow readings of bossa nova numbers – in a way that takes music that had already been introduced to Japan a few years earlier, and gives it even wider exposure with Sadao's wonderfully soulful, jazz-based ... read more CD
Sadao Watanabe —
Jazz & Bossa ... LP Takt (Japan), 1966. Near Mint- Gatefold ... Out Of Stock
Beautiful bossa nova from 60s Japan – groundbreaking work from the young Sadao Watanabe! Like one of his obvious influences, Stan Getz, Watanabe had a great role in bringing the bossa nova out of Brazil – taking a music that had already been introduced to Japan a few years before, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Kazuo Yashiro —
Love Is Here To Stay ... LP Takt (Japan), 1968. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
A sweet set of piano work from the Japanese scene of the 60s – as tight and soulful as anything that was coming out of the US at the time, and with perhaps some of that extra spark you'd find on the best late 60s piano sessions on MPS! Kazuo Yashiro is a hell of a player – rock-solid ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
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