Nippon Columbia

Hiromasa Suzuki is a composer/arranger/key player who has been active in the Japanese music world, including jazz as well as movies, television and commercials. In the late ‘60s and mid-’70s, he was deeply involved in the works of Terumasa Hino, Akira Ish

This album is incredible, truly well-named — funky stuff, indeed. Fat bass, good variety of guitar sounds, nice horns and organ, crisp drums … it is an instant favorite!
Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Flute, Producer – Jiro Inagaki
Electric Piano – Hiromasa Suzuk

Folk singer-turned-rock singer Carmen Maki collaborated with Blues Creation on this album (’71).

Immediately after the release of her masterpiece “The Devil and the Eleven Children”, Carmen Maki’s youthful voice, which was influenced by Janis Joplin, f

The scent of fresh green seems to rise from the plucked strings.

“Country Dream” is the first album by Kiyoshi Sugimoto, one of Japan’s leading jazz guitarists.
Since turning professional in 1960, Sugimoto has been active in many sessions and recordin

Kiyoshi Yamaya’s first work in the “Japanese melody by PCM recording” series

Side A incorporates Biwa and Shakuhachi and Japanese drums under the theme of the shrine maiden’s mouth-to-mouth that is handed down to Osorezan on the Shimokita Peninsula. A

Demon & Eleven Children, a masterpiece of blues creation from the dawn of the new rock era, is finally reissued!

The cover and the cover of this album are truly one of the classics of Japanese hard rock music. The solid sound of fuzz and blues rock inf

Since its formation in 1969, Soul Media had been advocating a fusion of jazz and rock. The next step along that line was this album, “In the Groove,” recorded in 1973. The sharpness of jazz is brought to the forefront, with rock melting in to give it an e

Kiyoshi Yamaya’s 4th work in the “Japanese melody by PCM recording” series.

A profound crossover created by Kiyoshi Yamaya, a genius, featuring Kifu Mitsuhashi, who is active not only in Japan but also internationally, as a master of the shakuhachi kot