Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan: A Passionate Search for Self-Expression explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through their a

This volume explores the notion of “affective media” within and across different arts in Japan, with a primary focus on music, whether as standalone product

One author's personal odyssey through the jazz scene in Japan

Representing work by some of the leading scholars in the field, the chapters in this handbook survey the transformation and innovation of religious traditions a