79-year-old drummer's six-decade journey with Okinawan jazz

Shoei Uehara, a 79-year-old drummer known for the unique "Uchina jazz" that incorporates elements of the local Ryukyu music scale and "sanshin" Japanese guitar, performs at his drums in this photo taken on Feb. 27, 2014. To this day, Uehara still makes a weekly appearance on stage at a live house in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after a six-decade journey during which he witnessed firsthand the evolution of Okinawan jazz from the U.S. postwar occupation to the present time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo