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VA - Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (Vinyl) (2022) [24bit/96kHz]

Posted By: delpotro

Date: 22 Mar 2023 14:07:02

VA - Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (Vinyl) (2022) [24bit/96kHz]

Universounds, HMV Record Shop and 180g team up for an exceptional release: from blazing hard bop to free jazz, to introspective saxophone solos and massive big band sounds, renowned Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa presents an essential 14 track collection of “WaJazz” music taken from the Nippon Columbia vaults. Featuring Jiro Inagaki, Minoru Muraoka, Hiroshi Suzuki, Hozan Yamamoto, Count Buffalo, Takeshi Inomata, and much more!

Yusuke Ogawa selects a diverse set of Japanese jazz deep cuts from the Nippon Columbia vaults, with WaJazz classics from Jiro Inagaki, Minoru Muraoka, Hiroshi Suzuki and others.

While Japan's interest in jazz is well documented, it's taken decades for the country's homegrown jazz to achieve interest from outside the rare groove scene. In the 2000s, Japan began to reevaluate its jazz history, referring to the music as "WaJazz" and establishing it as its own specific genre - connected to US jazz traditions but also existing on its own. Yusuke Ogawa is perhaps the country's foremost expert on WeJazz, he's been running Tokyo's collector-centric Universounds store since 2001, and he's also supervised dozens of reissues and compilations, as well as lending his expertise to the WaJazz Disc Guide and the Independent Black Jazz of America books.

Ogawa notes that on this selection of tracks, there's "something uniquely Japanese flowing through that creates a kind of synergy." On the surface, the modern jazz flow of Takeo Moriyama's 'Watarase' might sound familiar, but look a little closer - those flutes! - and its Japanese qualities rise high above. Elsewhere, Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys' 'Sakura Sakura' is a cinematic Blaxploitation-style groover, but skronks in the most unexpected places, while Soul Media's 'Breeze' augments loose, lite funk with Japanese percussion in the most subtle way. From beginning to end, this is sublimely high quality material that shines a bright light on a scene that's well deserving of closer attention.

Tracklist:
01. Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys - Sakura Sakura
02. Minoru Muraoka with New Jazz Players - Muraiki
03. Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band - Mago-Uta
04. Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet - D-51
05. Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Adult’s Day
06. Soul Media - Breeze
07. George Otsuka - Sea View
08. Hozan Yamamoto, Masahiko Togashi, Yosuke Yamashita - Breath Prologue
09. Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Do It!
10. Hiroshi Suzuki - Romance
11. Masahiko Sato - Tochi Mo Kurumi Mo Fukiotose
12. Masahiko Togashi - Fourth Expression
13. Takeshi Inomata & Sound Ltd. - Mustache (Live)
14. Takeo Moriyama - Watarase

Dynamic Range Report

foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-03-22 13:25:36

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Analyzed: Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (1)
George Otsuka / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (2)
Hiroshi Suzuki / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (3)
Hozan Yamamoto, Masahiko Togashi, Yosuke Yamashita / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (4)
Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (5)
Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (6)
Masahiko Sato / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (7)
Masahiko Togashi / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (8)
Minoru Muraoka with New Jazz Players / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (9)
Soul Media / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (10)
Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (11)
Takeo Moriyama / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (12)
Takeshi Inomata & Sound Ltd. / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (13)
Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd / Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I (Deep, Heavy & Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984) (14)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.81 dB -19.26 dB 3:45 A3-Mago-Uta
DR13 -2.06 dB -17.61 dB 5:07 B3-Sea View
DR13 -1.41 dB -18.11 dB 5:57 C3-Romance
DR11 -4.37 dB -19.30 dB 5:13 C1-Breath Prologue
DR12 -2.49 dB -16.39 dB 7:30 C2-Do It!
DR12 -3.15 dB -18.02 dB 6:09 A4-D-51
DR11 -3.00 dB -16.01 dB 3:05 C4-Tochi Mo Kurumi Mo Fukiotose
DR13 -1.64 dB -19.82 dB 6:43 D1-Fourth Expression
DR14 0.00 dB -21.61 dB 3:56 A2-Muraiki
DR13 -2.72 dB -18.28 dB 4:35 B2-Breeze
DR13 -0.02 dB -18.39 dB 7:36 A1-Sakura Sakura
DR12 -1.30 dB -16.29 dB 6:40 D3-Watarase
DR14 -1.41 dB -18.21 dB 9:09 D2-Mustache (Live)
DR13 -3.20 dB -19.57 dB 9:30 B1-Adult's Day
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2898 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Equipment & processing

Rip by golly
Turntable: U-turn Orbit
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M Blue
Preamp: U-turn Pluto (internal)
Recorder: Marantz PMD-661 (24bit-96khz)
Processing: Audacity 3.0.0

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