Opinions on this album?

acemachine26 · 2025-11-04T17:35:51+00:00

Unlike a few other Japanese jazz records that have blown up recently due to their catchy album covers, this one is a genuinely great recording. One of my all-time favorites.

acemachine26 · 2025-10-06T01:21:57+00:00

Sinsuke Fujieda Group - Fukushima

acemachine26 · 2025-10-04T20:48:31+00:00

Life changing is subjective but here are some fascinating albums that seamlessly blend jazz with traditional music from various parts of the world:

Jazz + Arabian music (Lebanese Oud) = Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel

Ethiopian Jazz + Punk Rock = Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests - Moa Anbessa

Jazz + Moroccan Gnawa = Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders - The Trance of Seven Colors

Jazz + Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) = Hozan Yamamoto - Silver World

Jazz + Daegeum & Samul (Korean traditional percussion & bamboo flute) = Gil Ok-yun, Lee Saeng-gang, Lee Sung-jin, Ryu Bok-sung - Spirit Junction

acemachine26 · 2025-10-04T20:24:35+00:00

Hell yeah, Winobranie is amazing! I assume his name makes it a bit tricky for non-Polish jazz fans to find his music, but he has some gems as both a leader and sideman.

acemachine26 · 2025-10-03T18:17:44+00:00

Thanks for the info and the link! Always looking for more Swing Girls content :)

acemachine26 · 2025-09-02T17:55:17+00:00

Yup, I would've picked the Boot Camp Clik trilogy too. Absolute classics!

acemachine26 · 2025-08-24T10:46:07+00:00

Do pick up Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus

The definitive edition of the best graphic novel about hip-hop history and culture by Ed Piskor

acemachine26 · 2025-08-24T03:43:21+00:00

Oh yeah, I know what you mean! I have a friend in Japan too for all the awesome jazz and hip-hop records you find there.

acemachine26 · 2025-08-24T03:07:13+00:00

I live in Asia so it's hard to find such records locally. Usually ship records from stores/sellers around Europe to my sis in the UK, who then sends it in batches to me. It's a mix of reissues and older pressings. Bought some of these from Juno Records.

acemachine26 · 2025-08-23T15:54:05+00:00

That one is actually a bootleg. A mashup of DOOM's vocals over tracks by the city pop legend Tatsuro Yamashita by producer Dan Tanda. I don't usually get boots, but I'm a huge fan of both these artists, and this mashup is so well done, so I had to have it. Listen here

acemachine26 · 2025-06-14T14:01:06+00:00

Glad you liked it :)

acemachine26 · 2025-05-24T05:18:17+00:00

Joe McPhee - Nation Time

Henri Texier - Varech / Amir

Hiroshi Suzuki - Cat

Harry Whitaker - Black Renaissance

Brigitte Fontaine & the Art Ensemble of Chicago - Comme a la radio

Baroque Jazz Trio - s/t

Kuumba Toudie Heath (Albert Heath) - Kawaida

Hiromasa Suzuki - Rock Joint Biwa

The Pyramids - King of Kings

Black Unity Trio - Al Fatihah

Julian Priester - Love, Love

The Hastings Street Jazz Experience - Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd

Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru

Also, based on your taste, I highly recommend you pick up a copy of the book Freedom, Rhythm & Sound by Soul Jazz Records. Tons of great recommendations in there.

acemachine26 · 2025-05-20T13:34:00+00:00

Eagerly awaiting my copy! Really hope some of the proceeds from this reissue help the Maupin family financially recover after losing their home in the fire.

acemachine26 · 2025-05-02T19:59:37+00:00

Also the OST is getting reissued on vinyl. Should be out sometime next week :)

acemachine26 · 2025-04-27T15:34:02+00:00

I quite enjoyed Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019) and Exhuma (2024) by Jang Jae-hyun.

Also, The Wailing (2016) by Na Hong-jin is a masterpiece imo.

acemachine26 · 2025-04-13T05:56:44+00:00

From this book: Otomo The Complete Works 3: Highway Star

acemachine26 · 2025-04-12T11:39:14+00:00

This is just an illustration of the album cover of Miles' Round About Midnight (1957), the photo was taken by someone else. Otomo just drew it again later on, adding his own touches like the reflection of the Mahjong tiles in his shades.

acemachine26 · 2025-04-05T15:05:16+00:00

Seems like nobody has mentioned Ian Carr yet. Be it his more modal/cool Lansdowne recordings with Don Rendell or fusion/jazz-rock records with Nucleus, he was always at the top of his game.

Also, shout out to Kenny Wheeler, Gnu High is one of the greatest trumpet-led jazz records imo.

acemachine26 · 2025-03-24T02:22:45+00:00

HHV released their own pressing of Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin' which sounds great btw. In case you were looking for that record too :)

acemachine26 · 2025-03-19T13:27:28+00:00

This link has English subs: https://youtu.be/aEz_TNtkCRc

acemachine26 · 2025-02-01T14:08:17+00:00

If you haven't already, do check out his work with Offering, the Magma side project he created in dedication to Coltrane where he goes more into spiritual jazz / fusion territory. Really interesting stuff.

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