Japanese koto wonder Miya Masaoka teams up with bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille for a set of originals, traditional tunes, and — as indicated in the title — Monk numbers. The koto is a harp that has existed in Japan since antiquity. It and the shakuhachi flute are the only two traditional instruments of Japanese origin that co-exist in royal court music as well as command a long, richly variegated folk lineage. Masaoka is first and foremost a folk musician and an improviser; her jazz leanings inform them both.
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Monk's Mood
Aubade
evidence
'Round Midnight
Epistrophy
Snow Capped Hats
Japanese Folk Song
a shinto "midnight"
Monk's Sigh in July
A Shinto Midnight
Monk's Sign In July
TraJapanese Folk Song
Japanese Folk Song/Kojo No Tsuki
Traditional Japanese Folk Song
A Shinto 'Midnight'
Monk's Japanese Folk Song - Monk's Sigh in July
01 Traditional Japanese Folk Song
MiyaMasaokaTrio - Track 2
MiyaMasaokaTrio - Track 3
Come Sunday
Evidence)
Japanese Folk Song-Kojo No Tsuki
A Shinto -Midnight
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