One of The Best Live Albums by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Underrated…

One of The Best Live Albums by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Underrated…

To me, this is one of the best live session of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers.Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers At Renaissance Club by King RecordBut…somehow, this album is not that known and popular outside of Japan. I don’t know why…Great, unissued live sessions by The Jazz Messengers recorded at Renaissance Club in…

Very RARE and Unique Reissue of Dorothy Ashby by WAVE Japan

Very RARE and Unique Reissue of Dorothy Ashby by WAVE Japan

Dorothy Ashby is a unique jazz musician pplaying harp. When I first listened to her album, it was a mixture of feelings. great and not good…but when I listen to it from time to time, I feel confortable.This album,Dorothy Ashby Hip Harp on Prestigeis a great album and her 1st leader album on Prestige. Victor…

Hidden Story of an Underrated Jazz Pianist Barry Harris
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Hidden Story of an Underrated Jazz Pianist Barry Harris

I think Barry Harris is a great jazz pianist but…he is somehow underrated…He is one of the few jazz musicians who lived the golden jazz era, be bop and hard bop era and just died recently.He played with Miles Davis in the early 50’s. He also played with Charlie Parker in the 50’s as well.Obviously…

Unknown, Underrated Universal Music Japan and Disk Union Japan Reissue Series!

Unknown, Underrated Universal Music Japan and Disk Union Japan Reissue Series!

Hi there,It has been a long time for me to post a blog like this! Among many, many Japanese Jazz reissues, I thnk these 3 I want to share this time are some of the most underrated jazz reissues…I don’t think many jazz collectors know and have these series.I just obtained these 3 for the 1st…

Diggin’ The VIJJ Series of Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary Reissues by Victor Music Japan!

Diggin’ The VIJJ Series of Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary Reissues by Victor Music Japan!

I got a bunch of VIJJ Reissue series titles by Victor Music Japan recently. They are 69 titles!! Wow…And I rediscovered the greatness and uniqueness of this VIJJ.Victor music Japan is known for reissuing Prestige and Riverside in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Those are…PJ Series in the early 70’s, SMJ Series in the…

2 of The Most Difficult to Find Blue Note Reissues by King Record Japan

2 of The Most Difficult to Find Blue Note Reissues by King Record Japan

These 2 titles are the most difficult to find Blue Note reissues by King Record.Tina Brooks True Blue GXK 8202Jackie McLean Demon’s Dance GXK 8211I rarely get these titles and for Demon’s Dance, this is my 1st time to obtain it!These 2 reissues are in the same series called, Blue Note Collector’s Item SeriesCrocodile Green OBI…

Digging The Prestige/New Jazz Reissue Series PJ by Victor Music Japan

Digging The Prestige/New Jazz Reissue Series PJ by Victor Music Japan

I already talked about this PJ Series before but I just want to dig much deeper this time because this PJ series is really, really great in many ways.Talking about Prestige/New Jazz reisues in Japan, most of you guys know SMJ, VIJ or VIJJ series Victor Music Japan manufactured, right?SMJ in the mid 70’s (some…

NOT BLUE NOTE! Did You Know These Amazing Premium Reissues by Disk Union Japan?

NOT BLUE NOTE! Did You Know These Amazing Premium Reissues by Disk Union Japan?

I already talked about the greatness of Disk Union Blue Note Premium Reissues.But…Did you know that they also reissued some other great jazz titles apart from Blue Note?Together with Blue Note titles, they added some other titles from other labels in the same series as BONUS TITLES. Here below, you can see the brochure they…

VERY RARE and GREAT Bill Evans Live Album Not Known

VERY RARE and GREAT Bill Evans Live Album Not Known

I think this Bill Evans Live album is really RARE and Great but not known among the Jazz collectors.Bill Evans Jazzhouse MilestoneI also rarely get this album, a reissue? by Victor Music Japan VIJ 28141. These live sessions were oroginally recorded in Copenhagen Denmark in 1969 but the recording was not meant to sell commercially….