Last week, I posted on top Japanese big bands that accompanied touring American singers in the early 1960s as well as a couple of top ones today. Your response was huge, so I decided to feature ...

For this performance, they will be playing music by Japanese jazz fusion bands T-Square and Casiopea along with other covers and originals. We're a Pay What You Can venue, ...

Super Groove Technology is largely inspired by the sounds of Japanese jazz fusion, old-school jazz and electronica to create a heavily synth-infused ’80s-inspired sound, Archer said.

In some cases it was cheaper. In other situations, countries had regulations that insisted their own musicians were hired for the job. Like Australia, Japan had top-notch big-band players and still do ...