The trumpeter Yoshiro Okazaki and the saxophonist Masanori Okazaki. "The pair, who have been at the heart of the Japanese jazz scene since the 1990s and have been members of the big band ‘Makoto Ozone No Name Horses’ since its formation, are holding a release concert for their album ‘Blood But Blues’, released under the name ‘Okazaki Brothers’." As they have focused on their respective solo projects in recent years, this marks their first joint performance as a brother duo in around 20 years. Makoto Ozone produced the album, and alongside Ozone himself, the rhythm section of No Name Horses (Shinpei Ogawa and Shinnosuke Takahashi) also contributed to the recordings.
THANKS TO AFOTS-TD
I HAVE POSTED MOST OF THE RELEASES FROM "NO NAME HORSES" W/ OR WITHOUT
The first mini album by pianist Shoko Mochiyama and bassist Naoki Koyama, m.s.t. (Make the Scenery Tune ~Sound in the Scenery~)!
Started activities in 2011.
The original songs, which are themed around small everyday events, have resonated with the audience with their lyrical and thrilling developments. It is a unique arrangement based on classical music by two music college graduates, and also performs jazz standards and film scores. So far, "m.s.t." As the album "time of doze", "predawn ~connected with the scenery~", "Pianium", "Green and wind", "Visionarium" as the seven-member "m.s.t.Arcus Orchestra" (piano, bass, drums, violin, trumpet, trombone & vocals, vibraphone & percussion), He released a collaboration album with vocalist Sara Rector "You Are Loved" and received favorable reviews.
At the International Composition Competition (ISC) 2015, "Karkinos" (from "predawn" was selected as a finalist). "Green and Wind" won the New Star Award at the Jazz Life DISC GRAND PRIX 2017 Jazz Album of the Year. As special guests, he has also successfully performed live with Akira Jimbo (Drums) and NAOTO (Violin)
Recorded live at the Olympia Hall, Paris, France, May 1986, with Le Voyageur Mobile.
Didier Lockwood had a diverse career, ranging from progressive rock to fusion to swing and advanced hard bop. He was a member of French avant-prog outfit Magma in the 1970s, and in the '80s he was considered the next in a line of great French violinists after Stephane Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty. Lockwood began studying violin when he was six. Ten years later, he stopped his formal training and joined a rock group. He played in Paris with Aldo Romano and Daniel Humair, among others, and met Grappelli and toured with him. He had a fusion group called Surya and recorded with Tony Williams around the same period of time (1979). Lockwood played in the United States on various occasions and recorded an acoustic album in 1986 with fellow violinists John Blake and Michal Urbaniak. He continued to perform and record, with a large discography as leader or collaborator extending well into the first two decades of the new millennium. Didier Lockwood died in Paris in February 2018 at the age of 62. ~ Scott Yanow
A three-piece jazz/fusion group from Canada made up of bass, guitar, and synthesizers, Uzeb's musicians are very talented players, making the music above average for this style..
The Remix: For the 2026 40th-anniversary reissue of Grace Under Pressure, Brown was brought back to create a brand-new stereo remix of the entire album from the original analog multitracks, appearing on disc 2.
Terry Brown (often nicknamed "Broon") is a renowned British record producer and engineer, best known as Rush's producer for their first nine albums (1974–1982). He is considered a "George Martin figure" for the band, defining their early sound before they parted ways before the 1984 Grace Under Pressure album.
1984 Album Mix - 2025 Remaster
CD1-1Distant Early Warning4:58
CD1-2Afterimage5:05
CD1-3Red Sector A5:11
CD1-4The Enemy Within4:36
CD1-5The Body Electric5:01
CD1-6Kid Gloves4:21
CD1-7Red Lenses4:45
CD1-8Between The Wheels5:48
2025 Album Mix[TERRY BROWN REMIX]
CD2-1Distant Early Warning4:58
CD2-2Afterimage5:06
CD2-3Red Sector A5:09
CD2-4The Enemy Within4:48
CD2-5The Body Electric5:02
CD2-6Kid Gloves4:21
CD2-7Red Lenses4:39
CD2-8Between The Wheels5:42
Live At Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada - September 21, 1984
The average age of the members is 30 years old. This is the long-awaited new album by the genius group DEZOLVE, which has been considered the best performing band of its generation for about 1 year and 5 months. All 12 songs on the album are new songs. Each member's exceptional skills and talents come together to deliver an incredible hyper sound that shows how they evolve''
This DVD contains only six songs, played live in the studio. It is filmed very close to the players, so for the people who want to see, how they have to play their favourite Fragile songs, this is a real must have.
HERE'S A NEW BAND TO ME, BUT THIS IS THE 1OTH ALBUM FROM THEM....
FOR MORE INFO ON THEM --https://www.nautilusmusic.net/
THANKS TO AFOTS-TD FOR THIS AND A FEW MORE FROM THEM.
In 2025, Nautilus continued their remarkable ascent as a new-generation rare-groove band. Their long-awaited 10th full album (LP/CD) is finally revealed. The album contains 10 tracks, including the advance 7-inch singles 'Shy Guy feat. EMI Tawata (Diana King)' and 'Mystic Voyage (Roy Ayers).'As always, their signature Nautilus-style original funk is fully present. The album also features a cover of Sister Sledge's 'Thinking Of You' with longtime collaborator EMI Tawata on vocals, as well as a rendition of Freddie Hubbard's classic 'Little Sunflower.' Fans will also be delighted by the inclusion of 'Chameleon (Herbie Hancock),' previously released on a split single with the German label Oonops Drops.Marking 12 years of activity in 2026, this album stands as a masterpiece that reflects Nautilus's journey so far while hinting at even greater possibilities ahead..
1. Mystic Voyage (Cover) (4:09)
2. Thinking Of You (feat. Emi Tawata) [Cover] (4:27)
3. Little Sunflower (Cover) (5:12)
4. A Dream Of A Romantic (4:02)
5. Left In The Right (4:26)
6. Rootless (4:02)
7. Shy Guy (feat. Emi Tawata) [Cover] (4:35)
8. Sometime, Somewhere (4:36)
9. SUNSET (4:08)
Nautilus is a trio centered around drummer Toshiyuki Sasaki, formed in 2014 along with its bassist Shigeki Umezawa and keyboardist Daisuke Takeuchi. replaced in 2020 with
The LE GRAND RETOUR consists of Ami Nakazono and Marie Takeda on the Saxophone and piano since 2017. This Duo project has composed original songs one after another that only two people can communicate at the genetic level. The works created by the two people, who are influenced by the same music and feel the same, are full of originality that incorporates various elements such as Hip-Hop, Classic, R&B / Soul, and Jazz.
LE GRAND RETOUR - MAISON LE GRAND RETOUR [2023] LOSSLESS
1ST RELEASE AS THIS GROUP..
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LE GRAND RETOUR
05:24
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MAISON LGR
06:24
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Géne
05:34
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Clubbin' (Live at THE A.I.R BUILDING, Tokyo, 2022)
09:03
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Hmm...
LE GRAND RETOUR & kotetsu
05:33
Ami Nakazono and Marie Takeda on the Saxophone and piano
This is a duo project by saxophonist Ami Nakazono and pianist Marie Takeda.
Since the winter of 2017, they have been actively performing live shows focused on the duo, mainly in Tokyo, releasing a series of original songs that only two people who share a common genetic connection can create. Influenced by the same music and feeling the same way, the works they create are all brimming with originality, incorporating a variety of elements such as hip-hop, classical, R&B/soul, and jazz.
1Tiger Eyes
Written-By – Ami Nakazono, Marie Takeda
3:25
2Open Your Mind
Written-By, Lyrics By – Ami Nakazono, Marie Takeda, Yasutaka Mizunaga
3:49
3Over
Written-By, Lyrics By – Ami Nakazono, Marie Takeda, Yasutaka Mizunaga
Rayleigh is a Tokyo-based saxophonist and composer blending R&B, smooth jazz, chill, and lo-fi into soulful soundscapes. Her debut album “What Lies Ahead” was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 2024. Performing both in Japan and abroad, she creates music like the Rayleigh unit—quiet, invisible light that leaves a lasting presence on the soul.
Yoshihiro Naruse, IKUO, and Takayuki Murata's three bassists who transcend generations and genres gathered to form an unprecedented triplo bass unit, The Choppers' Revolution..
LugBA Jazz Fusion is an emerging instrumental jazz fusion project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, led by guitarist/composer Eduardo Jorge Martinez, known for blending 70s/80s jazz fusion with modern textures, showcasing complex improvisation, electric pianos, synths, and a rock/prog edge, with their album Una Noche en Buenos Aires (2025) highlighting their sound with tracks like their sophisticated "Cantaloupe Island" arrangement.
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All the Time in the World 05:52
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changing shadows 08:04
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Groove Machine 08:05
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Midnight Mosaic 06:03
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Rhythms of the Rift 08:02
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Sands of Time 07:34
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Swing de Buenos Aires 05:47
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Tides of the Rio de la Plata 07:35
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Uncharted Harmony 06:26
Eduardo Jorge Martinez (Guitar, Bass).
Personnel: Also features Pablo Martinez (Piano, Organ) and Gabriel Bikerway
The full original album THE SMILING MUSIC produced in 2021 by bassist Takayuki Murata will be released as a gorgeous full remix and remaster that has been re-edited all the songs in this reprint!
Not only that, but the new song SENSE and the unit LittleTMAS with Akito Shirai will be re-recorded for this time! In addition, 4 gorgeous songs including the written solo base songs will be added!
Super strong! Discover the new sound world of SMILING MUSIC with 18 guest musicians!
Excellent Japanese underground Fusion with symphonic underlines, some great atmospheric moments and plenty of technical exhibitions.No less than highly recommended. 35 years after their debut album "Tri Logic" released in 1987, and after the release of their self-recorded cover album "Journey to Babel" in 2008, the current members of the band, led by former Aqua Police drummer Ichiro Takezako, have joined forces with Prism's Cher Watanabe on keys, Hirofumi Mitoma of Mongolian on guitar, and Yoshiyuki Sakurai of HAL/Shingetsu on bass. The four members of Noa, a treasure of the progressive jazz-rock world, are led by Ichiro Takezako, former drummer of Aquapolis, Chel Watanabe (Key) of Prism, Hirofumi Mitoma (Guitar) of Mongolia, and Yoshiyuki Sakurai (Bass), who played in HAL/Shingetsu.
1Future - Countermeasure
2( It's Nice To ) See You Again
3The Day After Tomorrow Is Yesterday
4Dagger Of The Mind
5The Way To Eden
6The Managerie
7Sixth Sense
Bass – Yoshiyuki Sakurai
Drums, Percussion, Composed By – Ichiro "John Paul" Takesako*
Keyboards – Cher Watanabe*
NOA was an Japanese jazz rock trio featuring Hirofumi MITOMA, Takao OHZEKI and Ichiro TAKESAKO. They released their only album in the late 80's with similarities to works of Bill BRUFORD and the sound of KING CRIMSON in those times.
Milton Keanes, pianist for the British trio Jazz Sabbath, first emerged in early 2020 claiming that his group's lost 1960s album had been plagiarized by heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. In truth, Keanes is the alias of Adam Wakeman, longtime keyboardist for Ozzy Osbourne, and he came up with the idea for his fictional jazz combo while on a tour with Black Sabbath. The project's self-titled debut, a collection of Black Sabbath songs arranged for a jazz piano trio, appeared in 2020. Two more releases followed -- 2022's Jazz Sabbath, Vol. 2 and 2024's The 1968 Tapes -- which, like the band's debut, were presented as "lost albums." In 2013, Adam Wakeman -- son of legendary Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman -- was on a European tour supplying the off-stage keyboard parts for metal icons Black Sabbath. During a night off in Berlin, he was challenged by another Sabbath staffer to try and play the band's set on a piano in the hotel bar. Wakeman's solo piano improvisations around classic tunes like "Fairies Wear Boots," "Changes," and "Iron Man" planted the seed of Jazz Sabbath, a band whose colorful -- and entirely fictional -- backstory he fleshed out over the next several years. Along with similarly pseudonymous bassist Jacque T'fono (Jerry Meehan) and drummer Juan Také (Ash Soan), the newly christened Milton Keanes appeared in a 2020 mockumentary claiming to be the original authors of Black Sabbath's best-known songs, which had been cruelly plagiarized from their canceled late-'60s debut album. This provided the clever PR ruse for Jazz Sabbath's self-titled debut LP, which arrived on Blacklake Records in April of that year. The group's inventive jazz arrangements of Sabbath classics fared well on the jazz charts and were successful enough to warrant a second volume in 2022. In addition to their studio work, Jazz Sabbath also began touring as a live act, playing throughout the U.K. and Europe while arranging a third "lost album." Released in 2024, The 1968 Tapes continued to foster their self-mythology and featured piano trio arrangements of classics like "War Pigs," "The Wizard," and "Into the Void."
An all-star band founded by producer Creed Taylor (CTI Records) in 1980. The original band (featuring Will Lee, Ronnie Foster, Jeremy Wall and Ndugu) did a sold-out tour in Japan, where their debut album sold over 150,000 copies and yielded the hit "Double Steal." The second incarnation recorded the acclaimed Silk album in 1981, featuring George Benson, Eric Gale, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Browne, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Sammy Figueroa, Dave Valentin. The third and last Fuse One project, Ice, recorded in 1984, included John Tropea, Larry Coryell, Steve Gadd, Dave Matthews (3), George Young, Ronnie Cuber, Cliff Carter, Will Lee et al.
