Masaru Imada Now

Masaru Imada is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. "Now!!" was the second album released by the fledgling Three Blind Mice, and the pianist's first leader album for the label. All four tunes are Imada's original compositions. The two slow numbers - "Nostalgia" and "The Shadow of the Castle" show his lyrical, "quiet but emotional", qualities. "Alter" is an adventurous tune whose focus is on free improvisation while "Gehi Dorian" is a modal composition as the title suggests.

Ryo Fukui is a jazz pianist based in Sapporo. Not well known in Japan, he recorded "Early Summer" in 1976, which has been praised overseas as a representative example of "Japanese jazz. Just as Japanese "city pop" is highly regarded overseas, Japanese jazz is now a legacy of which Japan should be proud. Moreover, many of the Japanese jazz albums that overseas fans love so much do not have such high domestic sales and name recognition in comparison to their reputation. This collection of popular "Japanese jazz" songs, which attracts music fans around the world solely through the "power of sound," is a must-have for any music lover. Experience the charm of Japan as seen from a foreign country.

Ryo Fukui is a jazz pianist based in Sapporo. Not well known in Japan, he recorded "Early Summer" in 1976, which has been praised overseas as a representative example of "Japanese jazz. Just as Japanese "city pop" is highly regarded overseas, Japanese jazz is now a legacy of which Japan should be proud. Moreover, many of the Japanese jazz albums that overseas fans love so much do not have such high domestic sales and name recognition in comparison to their reputation. This collection of popular "Japanese jazz" songs, which attracts music fans around the world solely through the "power of sound," is a must-have for any music lover. Experience the charm of Japan as seen from a foreign country.