Book + CD · J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988

Label: BBE / Genre: Jazz, Japanese Jazz

BBE Music is thrilled to present J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988, a remarkable large-format book covering some of the deepest, rarest, and most innovative jazz music released anywhere in the post-war era. Compiled by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden, co-curators of BBE Music's acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series, the book also features a foreword by Japanese jazz icon, Terumasa Hino.

- 400 page hardcover large format book
- includes CD with 10 Japanese Jazz tracks
- only 2000 copies printed
- largest picture book on Japanese Jazz ever printed
- First and only picture book devoted to Japanese Jazz covers to be produced outside Japan
- Extra sections on non Japanese artists and Blue Note albums produced exclusively for the Japanese market
- Includes intro by Terumasa Hino plus articles by Yusuke Ogawa, Mats Gustafsson, Tony Higgins and interview with Tohru Aizawa
- DJ J Jazz Top Tens from around the world

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