Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within

by William Minor

Part music history, part cultural meditation, part travel narrative, Jazz Journeys to Japan is the first book to address the experiences of individual players -- Japanese jazz greats such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Makoto Ozone, and Yosuke Yamashita.
William Minor navigates the converging streams of Western music and Eastern tradition, revealing through interviews with musicians, critics, and producers the unique synthesis that results...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472113453
• ISBN13: 9780472113453
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"