Friday nights, a moment of pure bliss for adults, spent leisurely with exquisite music. This enriching experience is brought to you by DJ, selector, and broadcaster Toshio Matsuura on his radio program, "TOKYO MOON." Each week, he broadcasts a curated selection of music and topics from around the globe, designed to stimulate intellectual curiosity for discerning listeners, simultaneously on interfm and London's online jazz radio, One Jazz. Here, we present the playlist from each week's broadcast.

This time, we dedicated the show to the recently departed, great musician Quincy Jones with a "This Is How I Feel About Jazz Mix." The title is a nod to Quincy's first album as a bandleader, released in 1957, "This Is How I Feel About Jazz." Its Japanese title, "What I Think Jazz Is," encapsulates his musical philosophy in its simple phrasing. It's a sentiment that resonates perfectly with the atmosphere of this program.

Throughout his nearly half-century career, he traversed a wide spectrum of genres, from jazz to funk, soul, and film scores, leaving behind countless masterpieces. This hour was a journey through his legacy, tracing his achievements with 19 tracks, reflecting on his immense contributions.

In the early 1990s, when I started United Future Organization, my aspiration was to become an artist like Quincy, creating music as a DJ. That dream is rekindled every time I encounter his work.

May he rest in peace.

Quincy Jones - Listen Up (Qwest)
Quincy Jones - Evening In Paris (ABC-Paramount)
Quincy Jones - Harlem Nocturne (Mercury)
Quincy Jones - Greensleeves And All That Jazz (Paramount)
Quincy Jones - Killer Joe (A&M)
Dizzy Gillespie - Taboo (Philips)
Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Ray Brown Orchestra - Go Down Dying (Symbolic)
Quincy Jones - They Call Me Mister Tibbs (United Artists)
Quincy Jones - Ironside (A&M)
Quincy Jones - Jazz Corner Of The Word (Qwest)
Quincy Jones - The Sidewinder (Mercury)
Quincy Jones And His Orchestra - Soul Bossa Nova (Mercury)
Quincy Jones - Mellow Madness (A&M)
Quincy Jones - Summer In The City (A&M)
Quincy Jones - I Heard That !! (A&M)
Quincy Jones - I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning (A&M)
Quincy Jones - Rock With You (Qwest)
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (Warner)
Sarah Vaughan - The Midnight Sun Will Never Set (Mercury)
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Nov 16 (Sat) SPiCK & SPAN & Hugo Fattoruso Live atPIT INN Shinjuku
Nov 16 (Sat) A Hundred Birds feat. TeN Play atDJ Bar Bridge Shinjuku
Nov 17 (Sun) 20 (Wed) 21 (Thu) Lalah Hathaway Live atBillboard Live TOKYO Roppongi

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Toshio Matsuura
Formed United Future Organization (U.F.O.) in 1990, releasing five full albums
in 32 countries, earning high acclaim.
After launching his solo career in 2002, he has been active as a DJ at clubs and festivals both domestically and internationally.
He also produces events and curates music for hotels, international brands, and Michelin-starred restaurants,
as well as other highly curated lifestyle destinations.

In 2013, he initiated the project "HEX" to disseminate contemporary jazz, releasing the album "HEX" worldwide via Blue
Note Records. In 2018, he released an album from a new project, "TOSHIO
MATSUURA GROUP," featuring emerging musicians from the UK.
In 2024, his work was re-released on analog vinyl by Brownswood Recordings in the UK.
http://www.toshiomatsuura.com

Founding member of United Future Organization (U.F.O.) which was formed in 1990.

The collective established the beginning of Japanese club culture, and released
5 full albums in 32 countries which gained high reputation in 12 years.
After leaving U.F.O. in 2002, he has continued to play as a solo dj at clubs and festivals
internationally and currently produces events and supervises music for notable fashion brands.
He also has produced many remix works of artist in a wide range of genres,
such as James Brown, Astor Piazzolla, Gotan Project, Melanie De Biasio, etc.
In 2013, he gathered talented and forward-thinking artists based in Tokyo to produce
a project called “HEX,” which presents Tokyo’s progressive form of Jazz to the world.
The debut album “HEX” was released from Blue Note Records worldwide.
Recently, his new project "Toshio Matsuura Group" gathered radical musicians from UK
and album was released from Brownswood Recordings 2018.
The album is re-released on double vinyl from Brownswood Recordings in 2024.
His radio show “TOKYO MOON” every Friday 15:00-16:00 (UK) on One Jazz.
http://www.toshiomatsuura.com
https://www.mixcloud.com/toshiomatsuura/