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Wajazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle, Vol. 1 (2lp)
'The Nippon Columbia Masters'. Essential 14-track collection of "WaJazz" music from the period 1968-1984, selected and compiled by renowned Japanese jazz expert and record store owner Yusuke Ogawa. Comes on 180 gram vinyl 2LP in a gatefold sleeve. Includes extensive track-by-track liner notes by Yusuke Ogawa. SIDE 1: 1. Tadaaki Misago & Tokyo Cuban Boys - Sakura Sakura 2. Minoru Muraoka with New Jazz Players - Muraiki 3. Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band - Mago-Uta 4. Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet - D-51 5. Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Adult's Day 6. Soul Media - Breeze 7. George Otsuka - Sea View SIDE 2: 1. Hozan Yamamoto, Masahiko Togashi & Yosuke Yamashita - Breath Prologue 2. Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Do It! 3. Hiroshi Suzuki - Romance 4. Masahiko Sato - Tochi Mo Kurumi Mo Fukiotose 5. Masahiko Togashi - Fourth Expression 6. Takeshi Inomata & Sound Ltd. - Mustache (Live) 7. Takeo Moriyama - Watarase