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Title: Hiroshima - Hiroshima
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk and World Fusion, Los Angeles, California 8/26
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Hiroshima (N/A) | Producer: Wayne Henderson
Cultural Facts:

1. Cultural Identity: Dan Kuramoto formed Hiroshima partly to create music that represented Asian American identity, blending Japanese instruments and traditions with the jazz, R&B, and funk he heard growing up in Los Angeles.

2. Instrument Spotlight: June Kuramoto brought the traditional Japanese koto into a modern band setting, while Hiroshima also incorporated taiko drums, shakuhachi, saxophone, keyboards, and electric rhythm instruments.

3. Studio Story: The band’s first professional sessions took place at Ocean Way in Hollywood, and June Kuramoto later recalled being overwhelmed by the 32-track studio environment as engineers spent hours experimenting with microphones to properly capture the koto.