It's fair to say that in the 1980s, Japan cared more about high-quality jazz recordings and live performances than the American market. Anyone who frequented record stores in the States then and into the 1990s surely recalls bins of impeccable Japanese reissues of American jazz albums on vinyl and CD. Back then, Japan was riding high, economically, and …
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