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Jazz, jazz fusion, new-age, world. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument (s) shakuhachi. 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 ...
Hiroshima has sold more than four million albums worldwide. In 1990, the band was the opening act for Miles Davis, [2] and in 1988 they played with T-Square at the Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall . Hiroshima consists of Dan Kuramoto ( saxophone, flute, keyboards, shakuhachi ), June Kuramoto ( koto ), Kimo Cornwell ( Keyboards ), Dean Cortez ( Bass ...
Gorō Yamaguchi. Gorō Yamaguchi (山口 五郎; February 26, 1933 – January 3, 1999) [1] [2] was a Japanese shakuhachi player who worked in both solo and ensemble performances. He was noted for his influential recordings of traditional Japanese music and one of his pieces was selected by NASA to be included on the Voyager Golden Record and ...
t. e. A shakuhachi ( Japanese: 尺八, pronounced [ɕakɯhat͡ɕi]) is a Japanese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo. 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).
Riley Kelly Lee (born 1951) is an American -born Australian -based shakuhachi player and teacher. In 1980 he became the first non-Japanese person to attain the rank of Dai Shihan (grand master) in the shakuhachi tradition. [1] [2] He is a recipient of two of the most revered lineages of shakuhachi playing, descending from the original Zen ...
Komusō. A komusō (monk of the Fuke sect) wearing a basket hat (天蓋 tengai or tengui) and playing the shakuhachi, as depicted by J. M. W. Silver. The entrance to Myōan-ji temple in Kyoto. Myōan-ji, a subsidiary of Tōfuku-ji, was the head temple of the Fuke sect, founded by the komusō Kyochiku Zenji. Part of a series on.
Died. April 21, 2010. (2010-04-21) (aged 75) Other names. 横山 勝也. Occupation. Shakuhachi player. Katsuya Yokoyama (横山 勝也, Yokoyama Katsuya, 2 December 1934 – 21 April 2010) was a Japanese musician who played the shakuhachi, a traditional vertical bamboo flute .
Daiei. Formerly of. The New Dimensions. The Life Theaters. Spouse (s) Chiaki Muraoka [1] Minoru Muraoka (村岡実, Muraoka Minoru, 1923—2 January 2014) was a Japanese shakuhachi player. He became well-known for using the shakuhachi to play jazz music, which was influential on popularizing the instrument in contemporary Japanese music.