https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/%E5%B2%A1%E7%94%B0%E5%8B%89/ Recent content in 岡田勉 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/kohsuke-mine-quintet-major-to-minor/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/kohsuke-mine-quintet-major-to-minor/ <p>Kohsuke Mine Quintet’s 1993 album <em>Major to Minor</em> is full of life, a straight-ahead jazz outing built upon solid group unity and stimulating jazz improvisation.</p> <figure><a href="L1220713-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1220713-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Mine is a living legend who started young, releasing his first album in 1970 to immediate acclaim. He cut his jazz teeth with many well-known musicians, including Joe Henderson, Mal Waldron, Sadao Watanabe, Terumasa Hino… the list is long. For a period, he was a long-time member of the fusion jazz group Native Son, after which he returned to leading his own straight-ahead groups, touring, recording, and lighting up the jazz scene in Japan and abroad.</p>