BE Music presents J Jazz volume 3, the latest in its definitive compilation series exploring the finest modern jazz from Japan. Since the first volume in February 2018, the J Jazz compilation series has showcased some of the most creative, inspired, and sought-after jazz recorded in Japan during a golden period spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Illustrating the richness and versatility of the composers and musicians on this collection, the music spans a wide yet coherent range of styles: samba, funk fusion, modal, spiritual, post-bop, and bossa all combine to present an aural portrait of a jazz scene that was constantly moving and shifting its multiple musical centres of gravity. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery studio in London, many of the tracks featured are reissued for the first time, including mega-rare private press cuts from the Yasuhiro Kohno Trio, Masaru Imada Trio, and Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet. There’s heavy post modal bop by J Jazz legends Kohsuke Mine and Koichi Matsukaze; samba heat from Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Shiraki and Seiichi Nakamura; and funky dance floor energy by Hiroshi Murakami, Ryojiro Furusawa Quartet and Shigeharu Mukai. Vinyl Tracklist 1. Yasuhiro Kohno Trio + One – Song Of Island 2. Shigeharu Mukai – Cumulonimbus 3. Kohsuke Mine – Morning Tide 4. Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet Featuring Hiroshi Fujii – Black Nile 5. Aki Takase Trio – Song for Hope 6. Itakura Katsuyuki Trio – Honey Sanba 7. Ryusei Tomoyose Quartet – Kirisame 8. Masao Nakajima Quartet – Kemo Sabe 9. Hiroshi Murakami & Dancing Sphinx – Phoebus 10. Masaru Imada Trio + 1 – Planets 11. Tatsuya Nakamura – ¼ Samba II 12. Eiji Nakayama – Cumorah 13. Koichi Matsukaze Trio feat Ryojiro Furusawa – Acoustic Chicken