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East Wind was a Japanese jazz record label.

Among their most prominent artists were "The Great Jazz Trio", a group that has included Tony Williams, Elvin Jones

Elvin Jones

Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....

, Hank Jones

Hank Jones

Henry "Hank" Jones was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award...

, Richard Davis, Ron Carter

Ron Carter

Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist who has recorded numerous times on that...

Discography

EW	Artist	Title	Recorded
7001 / 8001	Masabumi Kikuchi	East Wind	74
7002	Dollar Brand	African Breeze	74
7003	Kohsuke Mine	Out Of Chaos	74
7004	Mikio Masuda	Trace	74
7005	Takehiro Honda	Salaam Salaam	74
7006 / 8006	Masahiko Togashi	Song For Myself	74
7007 / 8007	Ann Burton Ann Burton Ann Burton is the pseudonym of Johanna Rafalowicz , a Dutch jazz singer.-Discography:* Ann Burton * Blue Burton...	By Myself Alone	74
7008	Terumasa Hino Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...	Speak To Loneliness	75
7009 / 8009	Cedar Walton Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior is an American hard bop jazz pianist.-Biography:Walton grew up in Dallas, Texas. His mother was an aspiring concert pianist, and was Walton's initial teacher. She also took him to jazz performances around Dallas...	Pit Inn	74
7010	Sam Jones	Seven Minds	74
7011	Shunzo Ohno	Something's Coming	75
7012 / 8012	Art Farmer Art Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...	To Duke With Love	75
8013	Masahiko Togashi	Spiritual Nature	75
8014	Oliver Nelson Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer.-Early life and career:...	Stolen Moments	75
8015	Air Pocket Air Pocket (band) Air Pocket was a jazz fusion band based around the Fowler brothers.Their debut album was arranged by Oliver Nelson. It was released on LP in 1976 and CD in 2002, both by East Wind.-Discography:1976: Fly On 1985: Hunter...	Fly On	75
8016	Terumasa Hino Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...	Live In Concert	75
8017	Andrew Hill Andrew Hill Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...	Hommage Hommage (album) Hommage is a solo album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label. The album features six of Hill's original compositions and one interpretation of a Duke Ellington tune.-Reception:...	75
8018	Ronnie Mathews Ronnie Mathews Ronnie Mathews was a jazz pianist primarily known for his work with other musicians, including Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He acted as lead in recording from 1963 and 1978 - 1979...	Trip To The Orient	75
8019	David Friedman David Friedman (percussionist) David Friedman is an American jazz percussionist. His primary instruments are vibraphone and marimba.Friedman studied drums in the 1950s, then marimba and xylophone in the 1960s at Juilliard...	Winter Love, April Joy	75
8020	Yoshiaki Masuo	111 Sullivan Street	75
8021	Hank Jones Hank Jones Henry "Hank" Jones was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award...	Hanky Panky	75
8022	Sadao Watanabe	Pamoja	75
8023	Al Haig Al Haig Alan Warren Haig was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop.Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey...	Chelsea Bridge	75
8024	Sheila Jordan Sheila Jordan Sheila Jordan is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Jordan has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to a notable solo career....	Confirmation	75
8025	Art Farmer	Yesterday's Thoughts	75
8026	Don Friedman Don Friedman Donald Ernest Friedman , better known as Don Friedman, is a jazz pianist. On the West Coast, he performed with Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Buddy DeFranco and Ornette Coleman, among others, before moving to New York...	Hope For Tomorrow	75
8027	Ryo Kawasaki Ryo Kawasaki Ryo Kawasaki chose a career as a jazz fusion guitarist after spending some years studying as a scientist. During the 60s he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands...	Prism	75
8028	Shunzo Ohno	Bubbles	75
8029	Andrew Hill Andrew Hill Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...	Blue Black Blue Black (album) Blue Black is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 1975 and released on the Japanese East Wind label. The album features five of Hill's original compositions performed by a quartet.-Reception:...	75
8030	Reggie Lucas Reggie Lucas Reginald "Reggie" Lucas is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album.-Biography:...	Survival Themes	75
8031	Kohsuke Mine	Solid	75
8032	Andrew Hill Andrew Hill Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...	Nefertiti Nefertiti (Andrew Hill album) Nefertiti is an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label. The album features six of Hill's original compositions performed by a trio.-Reception:...	76
8033	Tsuyoshi Yamamoto	Daahoud	75
8034	Joe Lee Wilson Joe Lee Wilson Joe Lee Wilson was an American gospel-influenced jazz singer, originally from Bristow, Oklahoma. His voice is best recognized from several Archie Shepp albums recorded for Impulse! Records.-Biography:...	Hey Look At You	69
8035	Ryo Kawasaki Ryo Kawasaki Ryo Kawasaki chose a career as a jazz fusion guitarist after spending some years studying as a scientist. During the 60s he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands...	Eight Mile Road	76
8036	Junior Mance Junior Mance Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. is an American jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:...	Holy Mama	76
8037	Sadao Watanabe	I'm Old Fashioned	76
8038	Kohsuke Mine	Sunshower	76
8039	Mikio Masuda	Mickey's Mouth	76
8040	Lennie Tristano Lennie Tristano Leonard Joseph Tristano was a jazz pianist, composer and teacher of jazz improvisation. He performed in the cool jazz, bebop, post bop and avant-garde jazz genres. He remains a somewhat overlooked figure in jazz history, but his enormous originality and dazzling work as an improviser have long...	Descent Into The Maelstrom	51,53, 62,65,66
8041	Terumasa Hino Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...	Hogiuta	76
8042	Art Farmer	At Boomers	76
8043	Masabumi Kikuchi	Wishes / Kochi	76
8044	Isao Suzuki	Hip Dancin'	76
8045	Tsuyoshi Yamamoto	Life	76
8046	The Great Jazz Trio	Love For Sale	76
8047	Art Farmer	The Summer Knows	76
8048	Sadao Watanabe	Recital	76
8050	Walter Bishop, Jr. Walter Bishop, Jr. Walter Bishop, Jr. was an American bop and hard bop jazz pianist.He was the son of composer Walter Bishop, Sr.. In high school his friends included Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor...	Old Folks	76
8051	Sam Morrison	Dune	76
8052	Al Haig Al Haig Alan Warren Haig was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop.Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey...	Duke 'n' Bird	76
8053	The Great Jazz Trio	At The Village Vanguard Vol 1	77
8054	Hubert Eaves III Hubert Eaves III Hubert Eaves III is a keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. He worked on all of the hits by the influential dance act D-Train in the early 1980s. He also did session work with Mtume. Eaves was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was taught piano by his father.-References:...	Esoteric Funk Esoteric Funk Esoteric Funk is the debut and only album by keyboardist Hubert Eaves.-Reception:Released in 1977 on independent jazz label Inner City Records was recorded with help of James Mtume and Reggie Lucas.-Track listing:...	76
8055	The Great Jazz Trio	At The Village Vanguard Vol 2	77
8056	The Great Jazz Trio	Kindness, Joy, Love & Happiness	77
8057	The Great Jazz Trio with Jackie McLean Jackie McLean John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City.-Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...	New Wine, Old Bottles	78
8060	L.A. Four The L.A. Four (group) The L.A. Four was a jazz quartet that performed in Los Angeles, California, from 1974 to 1982. Its members were guitarist Laurindo Almeida, saxophonist and flutist Bud Shank, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Shelly Manne, replaced by Jeff Hamilton after 1977...	Pavane pour une infante défunte	76
8061	L.A. Four	Going Home	77
8062	The Great Jazz Trio	Milestones	78
8063	Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...	Concierto de Aranjuez	78
8064	The Great Jazz Trio	The Great Tokyo Meeting
8065	Terumasa Hino Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...	Live In Nemuro: Wheelstone
10001	Joe Sample Joe Sample Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano... , Ray Brown Ray Brown (musician) Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one... & Shelly Manne Shelly Manne Shelly Manne , born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz and fusion, as well as contributing...	The Three	75
10002	Cedar Walton	The Pentagon	76
10003	L.A. Four	= EW 8060	76
10004	L.A. Four	= EW 8061	77
10005	The Great Jazz Trio	Direct From L.A.	77

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