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Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (村上 秀一, Murakami Shuichi) (January 1, 1951 – March 9, 2021) was a Japanese jazz drummer and session musician.

Murakami was born in Nishinomiya. He first learned to play French horn, but switched to classical percussion as a teenager before settling on the drum kit. He worked extensively as a sideman on jazz sessions in the 1970s and 1980s, with, among others, Sadao Watanabe, Yosuke Yamashita, Kazumi Watanabe, Masayoshi Takanaka, Jun Fukamachi, Akira Sakata, and Takashi Kako. He founded the group Ponta Box (featuring sidemen Masahiro Sayama and Masatoshi Mizuno), which recorded three albums for JVC Victor and appeared at the 1995 Montreux Jazz Festival, and has recorded several albums under his own name. He also worked as a session musician for J-pop stars for several decades.

Murakami died on March 9, 2021, after suffering thalamic bleeding at the age of 70. A year later, a tribute concert titled
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Ponta Box
Post Bop 1994
PONTA BOX Ponta Box II : Desert In The Desert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ponta Box II : Desert In The Desert
Eclectic Fusion 1995
PONTA BOX The One album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
The One
Eclectic Fusion 1997
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Modern Juzz
Post Bop 1997
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Ponta Box Meets Yoshida Minako
Vocal Jazz 1998
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The New Frontier
Eclectic Fusion 1999
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NYPB
Fusion 2001
PONTA BOX Ponta Box Meets Yoshida Minako : Gosh album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ponta Box Meets Yoshida Minako : Gosh
Vocal Jazz 2002
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Riot of Dreams
Eclectic Fusion 2004
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New Ponta Box
Post Bop 2005

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PONTA BOX Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival
Post Bop 1995

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Ponta Box The Best
Post Bop 1998

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