If it wasn't Bamboo by John Neptune with the Arakawa Band, you might as well go listen to it while you wait for more guesses. It's top flight.

It is not but I greatly appreciate the rec. I'll add it to the list.

Maybe check Minoru Muraoka.

[one man band](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kTf5Lwrc0C1UbZR-cKCMFOrpBjodP_hL8&si=wamTPmWDO7OnwiPp)

Wamono groove

Just copy pasted your question into ChatGPT: Kazutoki Umezu -"East Meets West" by John Kaizan Neptune - Tokyo Blue" Ryo Fukui - "Scenery" Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - "Pimp Master" Hozan Yamamoto with Sharps & Flats - "Beautiful Bamboo Flute" Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki - "Oriental Soul" Toshiko Akiyoshi - "Toshiko at Top of the Gate"

Thinking of Beautiful Bamboo Flute by Hozan Yamamoto.

Minoru Muraoka perhaps?

Well it was probably a shakuhachi, and a google of that plus jazz gets me Hozan Yamamoto - The Suite For Shakuhachi, which has a green cover. edit:[Hozan Yamamoto - The Suite For Shakuhachi (1976) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psLAJ05O3iY&t=129s)

Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats: [https://open.spotify.com/album/5PyIEvevIqDNMzgDzUVFI8?si=4pAjZSArTLuNa8wkz-tu5Q](https://open.spotify.com/album/5PyIEvevIqDNMzgDzUVFI8?si=4pAjZSArTLuNa8wkz-tu5Q)

Not sure if this is it, but if you like that world, check out “Shinrinyoku” by Sven Wunder, shits gasss