Hideo Shiraki has come across my radar after reading a book on jazz in Japan. In addition to recommending several interesting jazz musicians from that part of the world, it also forced me to rethink my assumptions of the derivative or imitative character of jazz from Japanese musicians. So far in my listening, Shiraki is one of the more interesting musicians who, clearly influenced by bop, managed to bring his own unique style or approach to the musical idiom.
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