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Kiyoshi YAMAYA/TOSHIKO YONEKAWA/KIFU MITSUHASHI
Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76 (180 gram vinyl LP)
180g Japan
Cat: 180GWALP 04. Rel: 31 Jan 22
Jazz
| Side 1 - Track 1. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Nanbu Ushioi-Uta |
| Side 1 - Track 2. Toshiko Yonekawa - Isohama Bon-Uta |
| Side 1 - Track 3. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Hohai-Bushi |
| Side 1 - Track 4. Toshiko Yonekawa - Otemoyan |
| Side 1 - Track 5. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Aizu Bandaisan |
| Side 2 - Track 1. Toshiko Yonekawa - Saitaro-Bushi |
| Side 2 - Track 2. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Soma Nagareyama |
| Side 2 - Track 3. Toshiko Yonekawa - Yagi-Bushi |
| Side 2 - Track 4. Kifu Mitsuhashi - Asadoya Yunta |
| Side 2 - Track 5. Toshiko Yonekawa - Konpira Fune Fune |
Unlike previous instalments in the 180g label's Wamono series, this isn't a compilation in the strictest sense of the term, but rather a retrospective. It showcases a range of killer jazz-funk and rare groove tunes recorded at Nippon Columbia studios in the mid 1970s by arranger Kiyoshi Yamaya, koto legend Toshiko Yonekawa and shakahuchi master Kifu Mitsuhashi. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, from the mellow, slow-burn lusciousness of 'Nanbu Ushioi-Uta' and the up-beat, guitar solo-laden brilliance of 'Hohai-Bushi', to the all-time Japanese jazz-funk classic that is 'Saitaro-Bushi' and the solo-laden brilliance of 'Asadoya Yunti', whose dazzling Fender Rhodes solos are reminiscent of the early '70s work of the late, great Billy Preston.