Solo Shakuhachi World A Concert and Talk

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Solo Shakuhachi World A Concert and Talk

Program Description People often ask me, "What kind of program will you play?" Below is a sampler of the music that I like to play for the Solo Shakuhachi World program. I group them

in themes like "Nature" and "World and Japan". Because I love jazz, and jazz is "a truly American art form", I reserve a special section of this program for "Shakuhachi Jazz".

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Finally, my favorite part of the program for a Japanese audience is the "audience participation" section at the end, where participants join in with me to sing songs like Furusato, Momji, Hamabe no Uta and many others.

Program Details

Nature Japanese traditional music is deeply rooted in nature. Instruments are made of bamboo, silk or wood; musical forms correspond its cycles and flow; texts refer to seasons and places of Japan.

Kaze no Uta

Chidori no Kyoku

Shika no Tone

Deep Forest

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World and Japan Shakuhachi is a fretless flute that can sing expressively melodies with dynamics and vibrato. Its lack of artificial mechanisms makes it a perfect tool for world music. Hana 1.6

Shima Uta 1.8

Itsuki Komori Uta 1.8

Mogamigawa Funa Uta 2.0

Nanbu Ushioi Uta 1.6

Soshu Yakkyoku 1.6

Spain

Danny Boy

Il Condor Pasa

Summertime

Shakuhachi Jazz The komuso monks are like bluesmen, traveling the land taking only what they need, leaving soulful music that we can blend with jazz.

In a Sentimental Mood

Fly Me to the Moon

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Black Orpheus

Take Five

Audience Participation

Bifun Blues

My Hometown (Earth is my Home)

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