Ginkai (銀界, Ginkai, means Silver World) 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.

Ginkai
銀界
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedOctober 15 and October 20, 1970
GenreFusion/ Jazz/
Japanese classical music
Length50:04
LabelPhilips, Nihon Phonogram co., ltd.
ProducerMasaharu Honjo
Hōzan Yamamoto chronology
Breath
(1975)
Ginkai
銀界

(1971)
Kangetsu
(1978)

Track listing

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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

Personnel

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