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The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the shakuhachi was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the fuke shakuhachi (普化尺八). [1] [2] A bamboo flute known as the kodai shakuhachi (古代尺八, ancient shakuhachi) or gagaku shakuhachi (雅楽尺八) was derived from the Chinese xiao in the Nara period and died out in the ...
Cornelius Boots (Cornelius Shinzen Boots) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. [1] Best known for founding and leading Edmund Welles, the only composing bass clarinet quartet in the world [citation needed], he now mainly plays and composes for the shakuhachi flute having retired from bass clarinet in 2015 [2]
The Classical Music Legacy of Japan, 2018; Shakuhachi:The Zen Flute (The Distant Call of the Deer) single, 2018; Music for Yoga and Reiki:Relaxation music for shakuhachi 2019; Poem of Japan:Music for Shakuhachi Single, 2019; For Luna (Variations of Neptune) Film Music for Shakuhachi flute Single, 2020; Healing Buddha Music (New Age & Chill Out ...
Masakazu Yoshizawa (吉沢 政和, September 10, 1950 – October 24, 2007) was a Japanese American flutist and musician, known for his mastery of the bamboo flute, specifically the shakuhachi. Yoshizawa also mastered several other traditional Japanese flutes, in addition to other Japanese and Western musical instruments . [ 1 ]
Hutchings's new musical interests lied primarily with the flute and similar instruments, having started with them in 2019 after acquiring his first shakuhachi. [5] Subsequent instruments Hutchings picked up include Mayan Teotihuacan drone flutes, Brazilian pifanos, Native American flutes, Slavic svirels, and South American quenas.
Schlefer was introduced to the shakuhachi in 1979, while working towards his master's degree in musicology. He attended a sankyoku ensemble of shakuhachi, koto and shamisen, and following the recital he was offered the chance to play the shakuhachi, and although he was a working professional silver flute player he was unable to produce a tone on the shakuhachi, spurring his interest and ...
John Kaizan Neptune (born November 13, 1951, in Oakland, California, United States) is an American player and builder of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is known particularly for his use of the instrument in non-traditional contexts, such as jazz and cross-cultural music.
Muraoka's music was mostly jazz, but included elements from a variety of other genres, including folk, pop, rock, psychedelia, enka, and free jazz. [6] [2] [5] [7] He first started playing jazz music with the shakuhachi in the late 1950s, and his music has been considered influential on popularizing the shakuhachi in contemporary Japanese music.