EIJI NAKAYAMA – Aya’s Samba (Repress) – LP – Vinyl [APR 10]

Description

LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl (2026 Repress).

The legendary label released a string of albums of high quality but down-to-earth music, spanning from modern jazz, avant-garde jazz to leftfield pop. Albums such as farewell my johnny / left alone and ayas samba has reached cult status among fans as some of the best works to come out of the Japanese jazz scene.

Another japanese jazz classic, Ayas Samba was a debut effort by bassist Eiji Nakayama, who played as part of Elvin Jones jazz machine and toured with Don Friedman.

This album is an important release in the Johnnys Disk catalogue, not only because it is the first ever release, but also because the owner hearing the band play was the reason why the label came to be.

Ayas Samba is a mellow jazz samba in minor key thats considered a Japanese jazz classic. Slow ballad yellow living is drenched in melancholy with emotive keys and sax notes, while the dreamy sea sea town impresses with a captivating, expressive sax solo. The 4 tracker ends with far-away road, an uptempo tune with rhythmic keys.

Tracklist:

A1 Aya’s Samba [6:32]
A2 Yellow Living [9:53]

B1 See Sea Town [9:48]
B2 Far-away Road [8:08]