Various – Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi – Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76) Japanese Fusion Music Album Compilation

Various – Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi – Wamono Groove (Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76) Japanese Fusion Music Album Compilation

Label: 180g – 180GWALP04
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: France
Released: Jan 28, 2022
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1 Kifu Mitsuhashi– Nanbu Ushioi-Uta 5:02
A2 Toshiko Yonekawa– Isohama Bon-Uta 3:14
A3 Kifu Mitsuhashi– Hohai-Bushi 3:45
A4 Toshiko Yonekawa– Otemoyan 3:02
A5 Kifu Mitsuhashi– Aizu Bandaisan 3:01
B1 Toshiko Yonekawa– Saitaro-Bushi 3:45
B2 Kifu Mitsuhashi– Soma Nagareyama 4:29
B3 Toshiko Yonekawa– Yagi-Bushi 2:53
B4 Kifu Mitsuhashi– Asadoya Yunta 3:51
B5 Toshiko Yonekawa– Konpira Fune Fune 3:24

Licensed From – Nippon Columbia
Recorded At – Nippon Columbia Studio
Mastered At – Timmion Cutting
Lacquer Cut At – Timmion Cutting
Manufactured By – 180g
Distributed By – 180g

Arranged By – Kiyoshi Yamaya
Artwork – Nicolas Kerembellec
Bass – Kimio Koizumi (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B2, B4), Kunimitsu Inaba (tracks: A4, B3, B5)
Drums – Kazuyoshi Okayama
Executive Producer – Greg Gouty, Maxime Brottes
Guitar – Kiyoshi Sugimoto (tracks: A2 to B5), Mitsuo Murakami (tracks: A1)
Koto – Toshiko Yonekawa
Lacquer Cut By – JSA
Mastered By – Jukka Sarapaa
Percussion – Hiroo Umezawa*(tracks: A5), Osamu Nakajima (tracks: A4)
Piano – Hiromu Hisatomi (tracks: A2, B1), Keisuke Egusa (tracks: A3, A5, B2, B4), Naoya Matsuoka (tracks: A1)
Proofreader – Brian Durr
Shakuhachi – Kifu Mitsuhashi
Tenor Saxophone – Jake Concepcion (tracks: B3, B5)
Trombone – Tadataka Nakazawa (tracks: B3, B5), Yoshitsugu Nishimura (tracks: B3, B5)
Trumpet – Takehisa Suzuki (tracks: B3, B5), Tetsuo Fushimi (tracks: B3, B5)
Vibraphone – Isao Kanayama (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2 to B5), Ryusei Matsuzaki (tracks: A2, B1)

Both runout strings: “1”is vertically mirrored.

A1, A3, A5, B2 taken from the album Shakuhachi: The Ballads Of The Mountain (Nippon Columbia FZ-7015)
B4 taken from the album Shakuhachi: The Ballads Of The Village (Nippon Columbia FZ-7017)
All tracks recorded in March 1976 at Nippon Columbia Studio
A2, B1, B5 taken from the album Tapestry Koto & The Occident Sea (Denon WP-7010)
A4, B3 taken from the album Tapestry Koto & The Occident Country (Denon WP-7012)

All tracks recorder in May 1976 at Nippon Columbia Studio
All tracks selected and compiled by Greg Gouty and Maxime Brottes, with the assistance of Ryohei “Nitchiku-kun” Tanaka.

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