The Gentle Wind (ザ・ジェントル・ウインド) was a Japanese musical duo formed in the late 1980s by singer-songwriter Naoko Kawai and keyboardist Mickie Yoshino. Their debut album, "Tears of Nature" (1989), showcased a fusion of ambient and New Age music, blending ECM-inspired modal jazz with impressionistic neoclassical compositions. The duo collaborated with notable J-Jazz session musicians, including Tsuneo Matsumoto and Ken Watanabe, to create immersive soundscapes. In 1990, they released "Gentle Voice," an album conceived as part of a sound installation for an exhibition commemorating the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, further exploring their ambient and experimental sound. ([fondsound.com](https://www.fondsound.com/the-gentle-wind-%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89-gentle-voice-%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB/?utm_source=openai))