Jiro & Soul Media Inagaki Funk Party

This work marked the beginning of a of minyo crossover series created in the 1970s by Nobuo Hara and Kiyoshi Yamaya, a composer and arranger from Sharps and Flats, and was the debut of one of Japan's leading shakuhachi players, Kifu Mitsuhashi. In 2018, the MURO-selected 7-inch 'Japanese Traditional Melodies' was released, and in 2021, the LPs 'Ryukyu', 'Tsugaru Osorezan', and 'Komuso no Sekai' were reissued. The album 'Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk '76' was released by the French label 180g, and Kiyoshi Yamaya's re-evaluation has now become global.