Ginkai

Ginkai
銀界
Studio album by Hōzan Yamamoto
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
Hōzan Yamamoto chronology
Breath
(1975)		 Ginkai
(1977)		 Kangetsu
(1978)

Ginkai (銀界 Ginkai, means Silver World) is a 1977 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

  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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