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Fumio Itabashi - Watarase LP

Fumio Itabashi - Watarase LP

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JAPANESE JAZZ CULT CLASSIC RELEASED IN 1982 BY DENON AND WIDELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE JAPAN FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH NEWLY REMASTERED AUDIO

Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue Fumio Itabashi's sought-after album "Watarase" hailed as one of the great Japanese jazz albums and featuring Itabashi on piano playing an inspired mix of standards and originals. Recorded in 1981 for Denon and released the following year, the album has since reached cult status among jazz connoisseurs, thanks to Itabashi's inventive piano playing and to its cult title track, a superb soulful and spiritual composition. Newly remastered by Nippon Columbia using their ORT mastering technology, the album reissue features original artwork including a 2 page insert with a new introduction by Paul bowler

- Classic Japanese Jazz LP widely available outside of Japan for the first time
- Original artwork with OBI and 2-page insert
- New Liner note by Paul Bowler
- Newly remastered by Nippon Columbia using the ORT mastering Technology