As niche as this website likes to get from time to time, how about we further along with these niche topics by discussing Japanese Jazz to check out while driving on a warm night. With cooler months approaching, the warm nights might be over for most of us, but it makes it for an intriguing matter no matter what. 

Nevertheless, I stumbled upon this video that features a compilation of Japanese Jazz artists, many of which I haven’t heard of before. This 50-minute compilation is fantastic and has an abundance of truly phenomenal Jazz to listen to. It’s always fascinating to take a deep dive into a genre you’re not entirely familiar with.

As much as I love Jazz, I will admit that I’m a bit ignorant of Jazz outside of the United States. To my own pleasant surprise, this compilation was a nice awakening to the world of Japanese Jazz and I’ll definitely take a more in-depth look at the genre. Give the compilation a listen and see how you dig it yourself.

Track-List

(00:00) Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media – Breeze

(04:29) Indigo Jam Unit – Adrenaline

(08:41) Hiroshi Suzuki – Shrimp Dance

(14:18) Soil & “Pimp” Sessions – In The Twilight

(21:00) PRIMITIVE ART ORCHESTRA – qualia

(24:20) Ryo Kawasaki – Sweet Tears

(31:42) Hiromasa Suzuki – Gentle wave

(37:19) Kiyoshi Sugimoto – Babylonia Wind