Various Artists

J Jazz 2 builds on the solid foundation of the first compilation and sees co-compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden once again pick choice sections from their own record collections. They present a deep dive into an intoxicating and beguiling range of styles: from cinematic roaring big-band (Little G by Nobuo Hara) and sparse minimal acoustic funk (Teru Teru Bozo by Teru Sakomoto), to deep spiritual modal epics (Dragon Dance by Makoto Terashita and Harold Land) and funk fusion (Mother of the Future by Electro Keyboard Orchestra).

• 01 Makoto Terashita Meets Harold Land - Dragon Dance
• 02 Kohsuke Mine Quinte - Daguri
• 03 Mabumi Yamaguchi Quartet - Distant Thunder
• 04 Hideto Sasaki & Toshiyuki Sekine QuarteT + 1 - Stop Over
• 05 Miyasaka + 5 - Animals Garden
• 06 George Kawaguchi Big Four - Vietnam
• 07 Hiroshi Matsumoto & Hideo Ishikawa Quartet - Serenade To A Dimly Lit Street
• 08 Electro Keyboard Orchestra - Mother Of The Future
• 09 Teru Sakamoto Trio - Teru-Teru Bozu (Black Keys)
• 10 Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Fallout (with Masahiko Sato)
• 11 Makoto Terashita - Dai Hosaku (Great Harvest)
• 12 Takashi Miyasaka Quintet - Straight Road
• 13 Nobuo Hara & His Sharps & Flats Orchestra - Little Giant
• 14 Akira Miyazawa - Brown Trout