Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet (ONJQ) is a Japanese free jazz/experimental ensemble led by a composer, sound producer, turntablist and guitarist Otomo Yoshihide. Primarily active between 1999 and 2005, ONJQ subsequently evolved into other band formations under Yoshihide's direction, including ONJE septet, ONJT trio, and New Jazz Orchestra with 10+ members. The New Jazz Quintet produced eight full-length albums, most recently — Hat And Beard CD, recorded in November 2018 and released in June 2020 by Kyoto-based label F.M.N. Sound Factory. The ensemble came together in 1999 when Otomo Yoshihide invited two prominent jazz saxophonists, Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Tsugami Kenta, backed by Hiroaki Mizutani/Yasuhiro Yoshigaki's rhythm section, to record three compositions for his Music of Takeo Yamashita album. In July of the same year, the New Jazz Quintet debuted on-stage at Shinjuku's Pit Inn and recorded four bonus tracks for Aryan Kaganof's Shabondama Elegy soundtrack at Earth Studio in Tokyo. ONJQ toured across Europe, with stops in Italy, Netherlands, and Switzerland, and participated in Music Unlimited Festival in Wels, Austria, in November '99 (performance documented on Mottomo Otomo CD compilation). In 2001, Quintet released its debut album, Flutter, featuring special guests Sachiko M (sinewaves) and Japanoise veteran Masami Akita (EMS synth) at John Zorn's New York-based Tzadik label. The following two domestic Japanese CD releases, Live on DIW and ONJQ + OE studio collaboration with Tatsuya Oe on P-Vine Records, solidified Otomo's reputation as a band leader, prompting some critics to invent the new term "onkyō-jazz" for his Quintet. ONJQ continued touring Japan, Belgium, and Austria and traveled to the USA in October 2002, performing with Sachiko M at the Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago.