Looking for that Japanese flavor
 

There's a specific type of jazz that I love. Hiroshima is a good example of what I'm talking about. In the past I heard many tracks with that Japanese flavor but I have no idea what to ask for. It's mostly instramental music I'm talking about .
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to other groups who have similar flavor to Hiroshima?

Not heard of Hiroshima, but Soil & "Pimp" Sessions are from Japan and they do some awesome instrumental jazz. Worth checking out!

I'd say check out Michael Luckner and his Guitar Tokyo album.

Hiroshima

Japaneese Jazz fusion

tatsuya yoshida

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I feel like I should have some suggestions to make, but for the moment I'm just going to flesh out the rec for Michael Luckner's album with this:-



^ Not bad for "Sunday morning when contemplation is best" as Van Morrison says on Hindford Street.

^ This is a pretty cool track imo, although whatever may sound Japanese about it has vanished by the time the trumpet comes in....

How about some Mouse on the Keys:

^ Love the intense piano playing on this, Janszoon, plus all those bass notes.

Here's something more mellow, though it does warm up towards the end:-

Not really jazz, but more along the lines of math rock flavored instrumentals, LITE is one fine noise making unit:

I was a big Kazumi Wantanabe fan in college. I have Spice of Life and Spice of Life 2 on cd and still listen to it from time to time. He had Bill Buford and Jeff Berlin as his rhythm section. The second cd also had synths. Great stuff if you like fusion.

Michel Benita Ethics - River Silver.

The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band released a live album called Road Time in the late 1970s. At least one of the songs on it features traditional Japanese instruments. It's possible some of the band's other albums did as well.