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Ginkai

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Released
  
1971

Producer
  
Masaharu Honjo

Ginkai (1977)
  
Kangetsu (1978)

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Length
  
50:04

Breath (1975)
  
Ginkai (1977)

Release date
  
31 January 2007

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Gagaku

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Recorded
  
October 15 and October 20, 1970

Artists
  
Hōzan Yamamoto, Masabumi Kikuchi

Jazz albums
  
Hino–Kikuchi Quintet, Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill, Chansons d’Édith Piaf, Experiencing Tosca, Music for Zen Meditation

Ginkai (銀界, Ginkai, means Silver World) is a 1977 album released by Hōzan Yamamoto, featuring Western jazz instrumentalists such as bassist Gary Peacock, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and drummer Hiroshi Murakami. It is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz and Japanese classical music.

Track listing

  1. Prologue (序) - 3:10
  2. Silver World (銀界) - 12:22
  3. Stone Garden of Ryōan Temple (竜安寺の石庭) - 10:08
  4. A Heavy Shower (驟雨) - 9:46
  5. Sawanose (沢之瀬) - 11:46
  6. Epilogue (終) - 2:52

References

Ginkai Wikipedia