Kiyoshi Yamaya "Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76" LP

• LP
• Ten recordings from 1976
• Kiyoshi Yamaya arrangements; koto and shakuhachi

Kiyoshi Yamaya’s arrangements put traditional Japanese instruments inside a 1976 jazz-funk rhythm section. Toshiko Yonekawa plays koto and Kifu Mitsuhashi plays shakuhachi, carrying folk melodies over electric bass and drums. Across ten tracks, including “Asadoya Yunta,” “Soma Nagareyama” and “Yagi Bushi,” the instruments remain central to the arrangements rather than serving as background decoration.

“ten brilliant East meets West jazz-funk bangers from the mid-70s”

Listen: Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi - Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76

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