Koji Ishizawa

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Japanese music journalist and author. Born in Hirosaki, Aomori. Credited with liner notes on jazz releases.

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2024, CD, Album, RE, RM, Solid Records (6), Solid Records (6)

John Patitucci Trio

2023, CD, Album, Ltd, Three Faces Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Attila Zoller & Jimmy Raney

Tommy Flanagan Trio Featuring Kenny Burrell

Another Beyond The Bluebird

2022, CD, Album, Ltd, RM, Solid Records (6), Timeless Records (3), Ultra-Vybe,

Chet Baker, Philip Catherine

There'll Never Be Another You

The Night Bathers

Joe Beck & Attila Zoller

Gijs Hendriks, Joe Diorio, Bert Van Erk, Michael Baird

Hod O'Brien / Wim Overgaauw

Delightful Duets Volume 1

Philip Catherine

Philip Catherine Plays Cole Porter

Michael Formanek

Wide Open Spaces

Larry Carlton & Paul Brown

Paul Bollenback

Original Visions

Paul Bollenback, Joey DeFrancesco, Jeff "Tain" Watts

Contemporary Jazz

Paul Bollenback

Geoffrey McCabe

Teseract Complicity

Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz

Von Freeman & Friends*

Young And Foolish

2020, CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Solid Records (6)

Giant Steps (In Memory Of John Coltrane)

George Adams, Hannibal*

George Adams, Hannibal & Friends More Sightings

Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet

John Scofield Trio

Out Like A Light

John Scofield Quartet

The Angels Of Atlanta

Soul-Jazz/Gospel/Soul

Stéphane Grappelli ~ Bucky Pizzarelli

Tommy Flanagan Trio Featuring Kenny Burrell

Beyond The Bluebird

Bob Degen Quartet

Children Of The Night

Jaco Pastorius & Rashid Ali*

Born In Georgia

Ron Miles ~ Bill Frisell ~ Brian Blade

Contemporary Jazz

Marc Copland, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler

That's For Sure

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen / Philip Catherine

Jumpin' With Al

Jumpin' At The Woodside

Sonny Greenwich

Evol-ution, Love's Reverse

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Sings Louis Jordan

Don’t Be That Way

Man With A Happy Sound

Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli

Passionate Guitars

Some Shapes To Come

Wild Bill Davis

All Right, OK, You Win

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky

All Things Beautiful

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Fusion/Disco

New Improved Funk

The John Coltrane Quintet* Featuring Eric Dolphy

So Many Things The European Tour 1961 Vol. 2

2018, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, Solid Records (6)

The Oscar Peterson Trio

2018, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, Solid Records (6)

Here's That Raney Day

Black And Blues

Golden Delicious

Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet

Live At The New School - The Complete Concert

Dawn Of A New Day

The Judy Roberts Band

The Judy Roberts Band

Waterfall Rainbow

You Don't Have To Be Black To Love The Blues

A Time For Blues

Some Groovy Fours

Zoot Sims / Bucky Pizzarelli

Zoot Sims With Bucky Pizzarelli

Relaxin' With Floyd

The Bennie Wallace Trio* & Chick Corea

Breeding Of Mind

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk/Cool Jazz

Nights In Brazil

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Where The River Goes

Simon Phillips • Greg Howe • Ernest Tibbs • Dennis Hamm

Eddie Condon In Japan

Your Mama Don't Dance

European Impressions

Journey To Love

The Mahavishnu Orchestra* With John McLaughlin

The Inner Mounting Flame

Stéphane Grappelli & The Diz Disley Trio

Live At Corby Festival Hall, May, 1975

Gypsy Jazz/Swing

David Pritchard

Post Bop/Fusion

Catching The Sun

Stan Turrentine*

Stan "The Man" Turrentine

Carlos Santana, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin*

Love Devotion Surrender

Jazz-Rock/Fusion

Gene Ludwig Trio

Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davison, Ken Davern*, Dick Wellstood, Gene Krupa

Jazz At The New School

The Night Blooming Jazzmen

Freedom Jazz Dance

Mirror Of My Mind

Fusion/Soul/Funk

Splendido Hotel

Terry Gibbs, Sal Nestico, Nat Pierce, Jake Hanna, Turk Van Lake, Charlie Andrus

Terry Gibbs, Sal Nestico, Nat Pierce, Jake Hanna, Turk Van Lake, Charlie Andrus

The Magic Band Live At Donte's

Bananas Are Not Created Equal

Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather

At Blue Note Tokyo

2016, CD, Album, Ltd, 335 Records, King International,

Ronnie Scott And His Orchestra*

Volume 1, Live At The Jazz Club

2016, CD, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, Solid Records (6)

George Mraz Trio

Plucking And Bowing

Ralph MacDonald

The Klaus Suonsaari Quintet

Reflecting Times

Contemporary Jazz

Country For Old Men

Minako Yoshida & Kazumi Watanabe

Zoot Sims - Bucky Pizzarelli

Mahavishnu Orchestra

The Lost Trident Sessions

Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Prog Rock

Kazumi Watanabe

Guitar Is Beautiful KW45

Kazumi Watanabe

Harry Verbeke / Rob Agerbeek Quartet Featuring Harry Emmery & James Martin

Kazumi Watanabe

Buddy DeFranco Quintet

Like Someone In Love

Kazumi Watanabe

Beyond The Infinite

Modal/Jazz-Rock

Kazumi Watanabe

Kazumi Watanabe

おやつ2 遠足

The Ross Tompkins Trio And Quartet*

L.A. After Dark

Kazumi Watanabe New Electric Trio

John Stubblefield

Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, James Moody

Tenor Contrasts Volume 2

2nd George Barnes Quartet With Dick Hyman And Hank Jones

Kazumi Watanabe

The Spice Of Life 2

Mundell Lowe All-Stars* With Roger Kellaway & Jimmy Rowles

California Guitar

The Paul Bley Group

Return To Forever

Romantic Warrior = 浪漫の騎士

Marion Brown Quartet

La Placita (Live In Willisau)

自業自得 Live Recordings

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers

Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine And Friends

Two Generations

Hommage à ... René Thomas

George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet*

Live At Montmartre

Inside The Plain Of The Elliptic

Mike Nock Quartet Featuring Michael Brecker, George Mraz, Al Foster

In Out And Around

Jesper Thilo Quintet Featuring Hank Jones

Jesper Thilo Quintet Featuring Hank Jones

Rodney Jones/Tommy Flanagan Quartet

My Funny Valentine

Joanne Brackeen

Joanne Brackeen & Ryo Kawasaki

Trinkets And Things

John Lee (3) . Gerry Brown - Chris Hinze, Gary Bartz And Jasper Van't Hof

JAZZPAR Quartet + 4

Hank Jones Trio With Mads Vinding & Al Foster

Hank Jones Trio With Mads Vinding & Al Foster

Live At Café Praga

Michal Urbaniak.Quartet*

Friday Night At The Village Vanguard

George Adams Quintet

Paradise Space Shuttle = パラダイス・スペース・シャトル

Eero Koivistoinen

David Liebman Quintet*

Charlie Byrd Trio

I've Got The World On A String

Jasper Van't Hof

Jaco Pastorius, Kazumi Watanabe

Word Of Mouth Band 1983 Japan Tour

2012, 2xCD, Album, Rhino Records (2),

Kazumi Watanabe

Live At Iridium

HBC (3) - Scott Henderson (2), Jeff Berlin, Dennis Chambers

2011, CD, Album, Electric Bird,

Fusion/Jazz-Rock

Julian Lage Group*

Coming To Your Senses

Fusion/Jazz-Rock

1996, CD, Album, Verve Forecast

Jazz-Rock/Fusion

John McLaughlin Trio

2023, CD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

Chick Corea Elektric Band*

Bern Jazz Festival 1986

2023, CD, RM, Unofficial, IAC Music Japan, Hi Hat

The Billy Cobham / George Duke Band

Montreux Jazz Festival 1976

2023, CD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

Lugano Jazz Festival 2019

2023, 2xCD, RM, Unofficial, Hi Hat, IAC Music Japan

Portland, Oregon 1966

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Live In New York 1973

Jazz-Rock/Fusion

2022, 2xCD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

Berliner Jazztage 1973

2022, CD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

The Brecker Brothers

Live In Tokyo 1995

2022, CD, Ltd, Unofficial, Hi Hat, Iac Music Japan

John Scofield & Pat Metheny

Live In Stuttgart Germany 1994

2022, CD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

Live In Austria '71

Pat Metheny Trio

Live At Woodstock

Estival Jazz Lugano 2010

2021, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial, Inter Art Committees, Hi Hat,

Brecker Brothers*

Estival Jazz Lugano 1993

2021, CD, Ltd, Unofficial, Inter Art Committees, Hi Hat

Sting With Gil Evans Orchestra*

Umbria Jazz Festival '87

2021, 2xCD, Ltd, Unofficial, Inter Art Committees, Hi Hat,

Di Meola*, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucía

San Francisco 1980

2021, 2xCD, Ltd, Unofficial, Inter Art Committees, Hi Hat

Chick Corea Elektric Band*

Estival Jazz Lugano 2003

2021, CD, RM, Unofficial, Hi Hat, IAC Music Japan,

Molde Jazz Festival 1972 & 1973

2021, 2xCD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

Live At Budokan 1978

2021, 2xCD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat

Keith Jarrett Trio

Estival Jazz Lugano 1986

2021, CD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat,

Chick Corea Band

Live in Tokyo 1980

Estival Jazz Lugano 2008