Japanese jazz

Movement · 1960s → · Japan · Hybrids and world

Toshiko Akiyoshi (Kogun, 1974), Sadao Watanabe, Hiromi: a scene nourished by Blue Note, free jazz, then fusion.

What is still debated

1969 is the pivot of Japanese free, according to Soejima.

Where it comes from

• Free jazz
• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Artists

• Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929, piano, big band)
• Hiromi Uehara (1979, piano)
• Sadao Watanabe (1933, alto saxophone, sopranino, flute)
• Terumasa Hino (1942, trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn)
• Fumio Itabashi (1949, piano)

Tracks to start with

• Kogun — Toshiko Akiyoshi (1974)
• Long Yellow Road — Toshiko Akiyoshi (1975)
• XYZ — Hiromi Uehara (2003)
• Spiral — Hiromi Uehara (2006)
• Watarase — Fumio Itabashi (1982)

Sources

• EN : Japanese jazz

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