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Minoru Muraoka

Minoru Muraoka (村岡実, Muraoka Minoru, 1923—2 January 2014) was a Japanese shakuhachi player. He became well-known for using the shakuhachi to play jazz music, which was influential on popularizing the instrument in contemporary Japanese music.

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Japan
Born
1924
Died
February 1st, 2014
Labels
Columbia
KING
United Artists
DENON
Columbia
Last updated: March 13th, 2015·MusicBrainz

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