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Japanese Jazz Kissa and the Art of the Piano Trio: Exit to Vintage Street
“One night in a Japanese jazz kissa changed music listening for me forever.”
Every now and then, a listening session turns into something more. You lose yourself for a few minutes, or for a whole record side. You engage with the music. You float and drift amongst the notes and instruments. Time stops. Transcendent. This is what it’s all about. A better quality audio system takes this to another level, and my first experience in a jazz kissa in Japan changed everything for me.
The transcendent experience doesn’t happen all the time, but occurred a few evenings ago listening to Billy Taylor and his trio on the 1959 release, One for Fun. With Earl May on bass and Kenny Dennis on drums driving the rhythm on a tight and soulful outing. Perfect. It made me start to think about the piano trio sub-genre of jazz, and what made me fall in love with that combination.
This article originally appeared at ecoustics.com and an intro has been published here with permission.
Read the full article: https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/japanese-jazz-kissa-piano-trio/
