Japanese jazz proves that “#ast” can certainly get in the groove of “West.”
People have been living in, and making wonderful music in, countries in East and Southeast Asia for thousands of years, cementing ancient traditions, generation too generation, over many centuries. Despite this adherence to tradition, musicians in this part of the world — like musicians absolutely everywhere — were always curious, always with ears open, always eager to share. Many ancient East and Southeast Asian genres formed by blending styles from beyond borders so seamlessly over time that even the most familiar musicologists can’t always tell here from there. Today this international embrace continues — Japanese jazz fusion, as we see in this video, is just one of an almost infinite number of examples.
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