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Jimmy Araki —
Jazz Beat – Midnight Jazz Session ... CD 
Victor/Think (Japan), 1959. Used ... Out Of Stock
Hard-swinging work from Jimmy Araki – working here in a slightly loose trio format that's really unique for the time! The record features Araki both on piano and alto sax – playing live with George Kawaguchi on drums and Mitsuru Ono on bass – a lineup that cooks with a tremendous ... (Jazz) read more CD
Think (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $22.99 28.99
Gorgeous sounds from Xenia Franca – a Brazilian soul singer with a sound and style that should make her huge, if the world has any justice – but who's also more than great enough as the kind of special discovery that keeps us searching for unusual music from around the globe! Xenia's ... (Brazil) read more CD
Matumoto Hiroshi/Think (Japan), 1969. Used ... Out Of Stock
A sublime set from late 60s Japan – featuring piano and vibes at the lead, plus bits of flute and some nicely snapping percussion! The feel here is flowing, graceful, and creative – definitely modern in its orientation, but never too far outside – and always concerned with the ... (Jazz) read more CD
East World/Think (Japan), 1987. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99 49.99
Sophisticated fusion from Japanese reedman Toshiyuki Honda – a set that's kind of an extension of the straighter sounds he'd crafted a few years before! The album has almost a soundtrack-like feel at times – and comes off like a suite of tracks that blends core combo instrumentation ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Three Blind Mice/Think (Japan), 1973. Used ... $39.99
Really lovely piano work from Masaru Imada – a player who's a bit gentler than some of his Japanese contemporaries of the early 70s, but who also works with this wonderfully lyrical tone! Imada does a great job of balancing a sense of flow with a punctuated approach to the keys – never ... (Jazz) read more CD
Also available Poppy ... CD 14.99(Out of print, and includes obi!)
Jimmy, Yoko, & Shin —
Sei Shonagon ... CD Three Blind Mice/Craftman (Japan), 1978. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
Some of the coolest sounds we've ever heard from the Three Blind Mice label in the 70s – a trio outing, but one that has the players really changing up their instruments a lot over the course of the album's long tracks – never in a way that's too avant garde or improvisational, but ... (Jazz) read more CD
(Part of the Three Blind Mice Supreme Collection!)
Hidehiko Matsumoto —
Modern Jazz ... CD Teichiku/Think (Japan), 1960. Used ... Out Of Stock
An early gem from Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto – easily one of the greatest players on the Japanese scene of the postwar years, and a tenorist who we might easily compare to the great Hank Mobley! This album's got the same sort of soulful subtlety of Mobley's classic Soul Station ... (Jazz) read more CD
National/Think (Japan), 1963. New Copy (reissue)... $36.99 46.99
A calypso set, but not the sort that you'd know from big crossover records of the late 50s – as the Mighty Sparrow works here with that jazzy blend of horns and rootsy rhythms that kept a strong edge in his music, and made his sounds as important on the pre-reggae scene in London as they were ... (Global Grooves) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Excellent Japanese pressing – much better vinyl than the original!)
Mighty Sparrow —
Tatoo Woman ... LP National/Think (Japan), Mid 60s. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
Very cool work from Mighty Sparrow – a calypso set, but one cut at a time when the music was fading from the mainstream – which allows Sparrow to keep things nice and raw, and deliver lyrics that have the same sort of bite as some of the best island sounds from the early days! Many ... (Global Grooves) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Great Japanese pressing – much nicer than the original!)
Three Blind Mice/Think (Japan), 1970. Used ... $38.99
Early work from this tremendous Japanese saxophonist – working here on both alto and soprano sax, in styles that are sharply angular, but also quite warm and soulful! Kosuke Mine's got a quality that's a bit like Joe Henderson at the same time – obviously informed by earlier hardbop, ... (Jazz) read more CD
(Out of print Blu-spec CD pressing – with obi!)
Think (Japan), 1962. Used ... $9.99 11.99
If the cover image of a Akira Miyazawa fishing in a trout stream wasn't already enough to make us love this one, the music on the disc certainly is – as the album's a real shining jewel in the Japanese jazz scene of the 60s, the kind of record that really set a whole new standard for the ... (Jazz) read more CD
Also available Akira Miyazawa (aka Yamame) ... CD 14.99(Out of print, includes obi.)
Columbia/Think (Japan), 1968. Used ... $24.99
Groovy groovy work from the Japanese scene of the late 60s – performed by a cool quartet who harmonize vocally along with their instruments! The group's got a jazzy style – using piano, guitar, bass, and drums to lay down a groove – but their real charm comes from their harmonies ... (Vocalists) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Columbia/Think (Japan), 1969. Used Gatefold ... $19.99 24.99
Heavenly grooves from Hiroshi Okazaki & His Star Gazers – a group who harmonize wonderfully on this set! Despite their Japanese origin, the Star Gazers sing in English – clearly drawing from a legacy that includes The Four Freshmen and Hi-Los – but they also scat wordlessly ... (Jazz) read more CD
(Out of print – and includes obi!)
Yoshio Otomo —
Moon Ray (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD Three Blind Mice/Think (Japan), 1977. Used ... Out Of Stock
Beautiful alto from Yoshio Otmo – a player who brings an old school style of soul to his horn, but who also works here in the leaner, more modern mode of the Three Blind Mice label! The title track starts the album off with a wonderful sense of bite – a brilliant take on "Moon ... (Jazz) read more CD
Lou Piensa & Mental Abstrato —
Still In Transit ... CD Think (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
A really cool mixing of modes that comes of even better than we might have expected – rhymes from Lou Piensa of the group Nomadic Massive, set to backings from Brazilian group Mental Abstrato – in a way that creates a very cool hybrid of sounds! This isn't the Brazilian hip hop that we ... (Brazil) read more CD
Think (Japan), 2023. New Copy ... $14.99 24.99
Contemporary work from Brazil, but a set that recalls some of our favorite soulful sounds from that scene in the 80s – particularly that moment when influences from American R&B and Cali styles were brought back to Brazil, and served up with all sorts of sweet homegrown touches! ... (Brazil) read more CD
Hideo Shiraki —
Hideo Shiraki (1958) (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD King/Think (Japan), 1958. Used ... Out Of Stock
A late 50s stormer from Japanese drummer Hideo Shiraki – caught here at a great point in his early career! The album's got a bit more of a swing-based feel than some of Shiraki's later sides – a bit more Verve-like energy than Blue Note style – which is a-ok with us, because the ... (Jazz) read more CD
Think (Japan), 2019. New Copy ... $8.99 18.99
A really beautiful record – one that takes the usual sound of vibes in jazz, and moves them into slightly rootsier territory – mixing the lead instrument of Ricardo Valverde with bass, drums, and a trio of percussionists who really shape the sound! The approach is very unique, and even ... (Jazz) read more CD
Shoji Yokouchi with Yuri Tashiro —
Greensleeves (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD Three Blind Mice/Think (Japan), 1978. Used ... Out Of Stock
Think/DIW (Japan), 2021. New Copy ... $8.99 26.99
A sweet neo soul set from Brazil – one that uses the raspy qualities of the vocals in ways that make the whole record completely sublime! Even if you can't understand the lyrics, you'll be captivated immediately – as the record has this warm swirl of keyboards that's fantastic – ... (Neo Soul) read more CD
Think (Japan), 1960s. New Copy ... $24.99 29.99
Think (Japan), 1960s. New Copy ... $24.99 29.99
A funky little collection, and one that's got way more going on than just the blues 45s mentioned in the title – as the cuts here include some great instrumentals and soulful work as well! We loved the previous volumes in this series, and this one is every bit as smoking – a mix of ... (Blues) read more CD
Various —
Karuizawa Music Inn Modern Jazz Meeting – Vols 1 & 2 ... CD Toshiba/Think (Japan), 1961. Used 2CD ... Out Of Stock
All-star jazz from the Japanese scene of the early 60s – 2 albums' worth of material from some of the greatest players in Japan at the time! The first album in the set is done in a style that almost recalls the Jazz At The Philharmonic mode on Verve – with 2 very long tunes ("Moani ... (Jazz) read more CD
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