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CULT CLASSIC: TAKEO MORIYAMA-EAST PLANTS.  

Cult Classic: Takeo Moriyama-East Plants. In 1983, Japanese jazz drummer Takeo Moriyama was thirty-eight and into his third decade as a musician when he released his 1983 cult classic East Plants. It’s highly prized by collectors of J-Jazz and one of his finest albums. His story began in 1945. Takeo Moriyama was born on the ‘27th’ of January 1945, in Katsunuma, in …

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TAKEO MORIYAMA-EAST PLANTS  

Takeo Moriyama-East Plants. Label: BBE Music. Release Date: ’28th’ September 2018. Following the commercial success of BBE Music’s critically acclaimed compilation J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984, the UK-based label decided to release a new series featuring J Jazz classics. The latest instalment in the series is Takeo Moriyama’s 1983 cult classic East Plants. …

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J JAZZ: DEEP MODERN JAZZ FROM JAPAN 1969-1984.

J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984. Label: BBE. Although the internet has made the world a much smaller place, and allowed record buyers to discover the delights of music from all over the world, still there are many music fans who refuse to try new types of music. It doesn’t matter whether they’re …

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