Biography
Minoru Muraoka was born in 1923,and began to studying shakuhachi (=Japanese bammboo flute) officially in 1939.Later in 1959,he started to mix shakuhachi music with popular music.By playing with Herbie Mann,a famous jazz flute plaer,in 1967,Minoru playing shakuhachi was known to a lot of jazz fans.
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