Japanese jazz

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Japanese jazz · Jazz was already heard in Japan in the 1920s, in the dance halls of Osaka and Kobe. During the Second World War it was regarded as the music of the enemy. After 1945 Japanese musicians played in clubs for the American occupation soldiers and in this way learned swing and bebop. Typically Japanese is the jazz kissa: a café where you listen quietly to records on a good sound system. The pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi left for Berklee in Boston in 1956; the saxophonist Sadao Watanabe followed in 1962 and brought bossa nova and new theory back with him on his return. In the 1970s the label Three Blind Mice recorded Japanese trios with great care for the sound. Yosuke Yamashita played free jazz, Terumasa Hino later fusion as well. After 2000 the pianist Hiromi became known all over the world.

Listening

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  Dancing Mist · Masabumi Kikuchi, 1970
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  Misty · Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio, 1974
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  Early Summer · Ryo Fukui, 1976

In School of Rock

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• Jazz Map^NL Map

See also

• Masabumi Kikuchi
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio
• Ryo Fukui
• Hard bop
• Big band