Is it the best jazz record from japan, as the french-born english disc jockey, record label owner and music collector gilles peterson once assumed? or is it maybe the best jazz record of all jazz records? well, everybody needs to decide by himself and has to listen to “watabase”, the second solo piano album of the japanese jazz pianist fumio itabashi, that was originally released in 1982. tokyo based mule music unearth it, remastered the original recordings and brings it back to the global stores in order to seduce all music lovers that embrace notes who come straight from the heart and soul.