{"product_id":"tohru-aizawa-quartet-tachibana-vol-1-vinyl-2lp","title":"Tohru Aizawa Quartet: Tachibana Vol.1 Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"faq-quote\"\u003e\"The recent ground-breaking sell-out BBE compilation \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?q=J+Jazz%3A+Deep+Modern+Jazz+from+Japan+1969-1984\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\u0026amp;sort_by=relevance\u0026amp;filter.p.vendor=Tony+Higgins+%26+Mike+Peden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJ Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984\u003c\/a\u003e threw much needed light on this fascinating era and presented a range of artists and music that surprised and delighted all who heard it. A key track on the compilation was one of the rarest and least known: Dead Letter by the Tohru Aizawa Quartet, taken from ‘Tachibana’, an album so elusive that some pondered whether it even existed. The album, Tachibana, was recorded in 1975 and, until included on the J Jazz compilation, was unknown except to a small group of obsessive Japanese jazz collectors. The privately pressed record was the only album made by the Quartet, four amateur musicians who were university students at the time. The session was financed by a local businessman, Ikujiroh Tachibana, who pressed up a few hundred copies to use as a business card. In the intervening 40 odd years since its recording, few copies have surfaced, making it an in-demand yet elusive artefact from the golden age of Japanese jazz. BBE Records are honoured to present a fully authorised reissue of this holy grail, licensed directly from the band themselves.\" - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=BBE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBBE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst time on vinyl since 1975, first time on double vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack double vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehoused in deluxe gatefold jacket w\/ extensive liner notes + obi strip\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efeaturing Noriko Miyamoto (vox), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=Isao+Suzuki\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIsao Suzuki\u003c\/a\u003e (b), Tatsuhiko Hizawa (b), Yuji Karaki (g), Kazumasa Akiyama (g), Masanori Sasaji (p), Akira Doi (d)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: BBE 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tohru Aizawa Quartet","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":43461829427290,"sku":"fr-5637","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/files\/tohru-tachibanav1-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1782146326","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/tohru-aizawa-quartet-tachibana-vol-1-vinyl-2lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}