Ginkai Explained

Ginkai
銀界
Type:studio
Artist:Hōzan Yamamoto
Cover:Yamamoto Hozan - Ginkai.jpg
Released:1971
Recorded:October 15 and October 20, 1970
Genre:Fusion/ Jazz/
Japanese classical music
Length:50:04
Label:Philips, Nihon Phonogram co., ltd.
Producer:Masaharu Honjo
Prev Title:Breath
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Kangetsu
Next Year:1978

is a 1970 album released by Hōzan Yamamoto, featuring Western jazz instrumentalists such as bassist Gary Peacock, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and drummer Hiroshi Murakami. It is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz and Japanese classical music.

Track listing

All compositions by Masabumi Kikuchi

  1. Prologue (序) - 3:10
  2. Silver World (銀界) - 12:22
  3. Stone Garden of Ryōan Temple (竜安寺の石庭) - 10:08
  4. A Heavy Shower (驟雨) - 9:46
  5. Sawanose (沢之瀬) - 11:46
  6. Epilogue (終) - 2:52

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