Kifu Mitsuhashi & Kiyoshi Yamaya - 1977 - Komuso World In Shakuhachi

Kifu Mitsuhashi & Kiyoshi Yamaya

1977

Komuso World In Shakuhachi

01. Fuke Jobutsu (普化成仏) I. Yobidake Ukedake (呼竹 受竹)

02. Fuke Jobutsu (普化成仏) II. Tori (通り)

03. Fuke Jobutsu (普化成仏) III. Kado Zuke (門付)

04. Fuke Jobutsu (普化成仏) VI. Hachi Gaeshi (鉢返し)

05. Fuke Jobutsu (普化成仏) V. Yobidake Ukedake (呼竹 受竹)

06. Marobashi-Sugagaki ( 転管垣)

07. Reibo (鈴慕)

08. Mukaiji (霧海)

Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – Kiyoshi Yamaya (山屋清)

Bass – 稲葉国光 (Kunimitsu Inaba)

Drums – 岡山和義 (Kazuyoshi Okayama)

Guitar – 杉本喜代志 (Kiyoshi Sugimoto), 村上光雄 (Mitsuo Murakami)

Percussion [Latin] – 梅沢弘男

Piano – 久富ひろむ (Hiromu Hisatomi) , 江草啓介 (Keisuke Egusa), 松岡直也 (Naoya Matsuoka)

Vibraphone – 金山功 (Isao Kanayama) , 泉一男 (Izumi Kazuo)

Shakuhachi – Kifu Mitsuhashi (三橋貴風)

Born in Tokyo in 1950, Kifu Mitsuhashi studied Kinko-school shakuhachi with Sofu Sasaki and the classical honkyoku repertoire of the Fuke school with Chikugai Okamoto.

He was awarded the Prize for Excellence by the Agency for Cultural Affairs for his first recital (1980) and the Arts Festival Prize by the same agency for his 1989 solo recital. He was awarded the Osaka Cultural Festival Prize in 1981, the 10th Nakajima Kenzo Music Prize in 1992, the Arts Festival Works Prize for his CD of works by Makoto Moroi, Chikurin Kitan, and the Yokohama Cultural Encouragement Award.

He traveled to Europe as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonia in 1994, gaining high acclaim for performances in venues such as the London Festival Hall.

He has also become active as a producer, organising events at the Serbia Expo and Festival Asia. He has given 77 recitals to date overseas, and twenty in Tokyo alone. He holds the qualification of shihan (master) in the Kinko school, and runs his own group for shakuhachi performance, the Kifu Kai.

Japanese folk meets psychedelic jazz ! And the use of the bamboo flute (or shakuhachi) puts me in trance

Kifu Mitsuhashi is playing the shakuhachi, and you’ve got some tasty, heavy breaks too ! And keep in mind that it’s very very rare, even in Japan.