Japanese jazz/breakbeat, folkloric mega-rarity as hallowed the likes of DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Egon and co. Uniquely combines traditional Japanese instrumentation with Western jazz influences.Minoru Muraoka plays 'shakuhachi' - a traditional bamboo Japanese flute - joined by his band members accompanying him on the 'koto' (strings) and 'tsu-tsumi' (drum) amongst others, to create their 'Shakuhachi Jazz' sound.Includes cover versions of very well-known jazz & pop classics, coupled with two original songs. Take Five, Nogamigawa, The Positive and the Negative, And I Love Her, The House of the Rising Sun, Do Youknow the Way to San Jose, Soul Bamboo, Call Me, Scarborough Fair
