What is it with Western artists and Okinawan music?
Michael Nyman, George Winston, Henry Kaiser, Ry Cooder and Bob Brozman are just some of those who have become entranced with the vibrant sounds emanating from Japan's deep south and have played or recorded with local musicians.
The latest to have come under the island music spell and released an album is American jazz pianist Geoffrey Keezer.
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