Kosuke Mine – Morning Tide (LP, Universal Japan)

The memorable first leader work of Kosuke Mine who has improved his skills in the Masabumi Kikuchi group and has distinguished himself. It features a sophisticated urban sound throughout. The two songs (A? B?) both over 10 minutes long are the beauty of stillness (Little Abbi) and movement (Morning Tide). (Koki Hanawa) In the 1990s Japanese jazz gradually gained attention from enthusiasts. Around 2005 the coined word Japanese jazz was coined and Japanese jazz became a bit of a boom. In 2009 the release of the Wa Jazz Disc Guide (Koki Hanawa + Yusuke Ogawa) became a big movement and even now in 2023 when the Heisei era has changed to the Reiwa era record collectors around the world continues to receive attention from Nearly 30 years after the wave of re-evaluation Japanese jazz has become completely established as one of the subdivided music genres.