Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76

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Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76 by Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi Following the already classic Wamono A to Z trilogy, 180g presents an exceptional collection of jazz funk / rare groove tunes recorded in the mid-seventies at the Nippon Columbia studios by three giants of Japanese music: arranger Kiyoshi Yamaya, koto legend Toshiko Yonekawa and shakuhachi master Kifu Mitsuhashi. Born in 1932 in Tokyo, Kiyoshi Yamaya started his musical career in 1953 when he play