Tokyo Investment Writers Jazz Club Analysis Unit Selection

This month's dozen starts off with a couple of tunes from the archives taking in some spiritual grooves, as well as a hard bop piano trio number from Toshiko Akiyoshi. Then it's back to the present day with new tunes Soren Gemmer, Eldar Djangirov and Rafiq Bhatia as well as tracks from the debut albums from Yuki Futami Trio and Tres Men. Enjoy ...

The Call - Sahib Shihab (from Spiritual Jazz 4: Americans In Europe on Jazzman Records 2012)

Vaya Mulatto - Stone Alliance (from Stone Alliance on 3D 2005 reissue)

Bootsie's Lament - Oneness of Juju (from Space Jungle Luv on SHOUT! Productions 2013)

The March - Toshiko Akiyoshi (from Listen to 和ジャズ・ディスク・ガイド on Think! Records 2013)

Southern Island - Yuki Futami Trio (from Banzai Oscar on T-Toc Records 2013)

At First - Soren Gemmer (from At First on ILK Records 2013)

Morning Call - Eldar Djangirov (from Breakthrough on Agate/Motema 2013)

Art For Life - Makoto Kuriya (from Art For Life on Pony Canyon 2011)

Try - Rafiq Bhatia (from Yes It Will on Spectral Life 2012)

Freeness Part 2 - The Heliocentrics (from 13 Degrees Of Reality on NowAgain 2013)

Morphine - The Sign Of Four (from Hammer, Stirrup & Anvil on Jazzman Records 2013)

Sister Jane - Tres Men (from Tres Men on Playwright 2013)

The Tokyo Jazz Notes Dozen #33 ~ April 2013 by Tokyojazznotes on Mixcloud