{"product_id":"tony-higgins-mike-peden-j-jazz-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan-1968-81-vol-4-vinyl-3lp","title":"Tony Higgins \u0026 Mike Peden: J Jazz - Deep Modern Jazz From Japan Vol.4 (180g) Vinyl 3LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"faq-quote\"\u003e\"With \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=J%20Jazz%20Deep%20Modern%20Jazz\u0026amp;_=pf\u0026amp;pf_v_artist_manufacturer=Tony%20Higgins%20%26%20Mike%20Peden\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJ Jazz\u003c\/a\u003e volume 4, the BBE J Jazz Bullet Train continues its journey traversing the expansive landscape of modern Japanese jazz. This latest station stop off is with the famed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=Nippon+Columbia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNippon Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e label, one of the biggest labels in Japan, whose jazz output embraces every possible style imaginable. Focussing on the key years 1968-1981, J Jazz volume 4 sees compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden dig even deeper into their record collections and pull-out tracks that span styles ranging from solo to big band, jazz classical interpretations and heavy jazz rock, to febrile post-bop, white hot samba fusion, and modal psychedelic wig-outs. J Jazz volume 4 features icons such as drum master Takeo Moriyama, keyboard magi Hiromasa Suzuki, Fumio Itabashi, and Masahiko Satoh, and guitar wizards Kazumi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Sugimoto, alongside big band maestros and innovators Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats, and Toshiyuki Miyama’s New Herd. Thunderous basslines nestle alongside glistening runs of electric piano, bubbling synths and air-tight drumming as the heavy psychedelic modal blues of Jiro Inagaki flows with the infectious samba grooves of Takashi Mizuhashi featuring Herbie Hancock; Shigeharu Mukai’s fusion funk epics take the music to another level and Mikio Masuda’s driving keyboard rhythms brings the heat to an incendiary dancefloor zone. With 7,000 words of extensive sleeve notes, J Jazz vol 4 comes in a triple 180g vinyl set inside a deluxe gatefold sleeve with obi strip plus a 4 page insert. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery Studio by Frank Merritt, this latest collection is a worthy successor to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=J%20Jazz%20Deep%20Modern%20Jazz\u0026amp;_=pf\u0026amp;pf_v_artist_manufacturer=Tony%20Higgins%20%26%20Mike%20Peden\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epreceding three volumes\u003c\/a\u003e that have set the bar so high.\" - BBE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4th volume of BBE's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=J%20Jazz%20Deep%20Modern%20Jazz\u0026amp;_=pf\u0026amp;pf_v_artist_manufacturer=Tony%20Higgins%20%26%20Mike%20Peden\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecomprehensive series\u003c\/a\u003e of Japanese jazz compilations, focusing on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct\u0026amp;q=Nippon+Columbia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNippon Columbia\u003c\/a\u003e label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack triple vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehoused in deluxe gatefold sleeve w\/ extensive liner notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes printed insert + obi strip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: BBE 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tony Higgins \u0026 Mike Peden","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 3LP","offer_id":40355791568986,"sku":"lp-14711","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/files\/tonyhiggins-deepmodernjazz-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1762284709","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/tony-higgins-mike-peden-j-jazz-deep-modern-jazz-from-japan-1968-81-vol-4-vinyl-3lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}