Compilation series dedicated to the golden era of the Japanese Jazz
scene through the years 60-70's. This volume focuses on the meeting
between jazz with iconic japanese folk songs (Min'yō) and Eastern music
including traditional japanese instruments use among shakuhachi (bamboo
flute), koto, biwa and shamisen. It features the japanese legends Tadao
Sawai (koto), Rinsyoe Kida (shamisen), Minoru Muraoka (shakuhachi),
Kisaku Katada (taiko) and the "Living National Treasure of Japan", Hozan
Yamamoto (shakuhachi), Akira Ishikawa, Kosuke Ichihara, Nobuo Hara,
Norio Maeda, Toshiaki Yokota and Toshiyuki Miyama. Compiled & mixed
by Be Hard Bop.
