Seven recordings of chakra balancing music. Listening to the different recordings can help to activate, clear and balance each of the chakras.S-D1b. THE SPIRIT OF SHAKUHACHI BOX SET [I] 7 CDs $75.00
S-D1c. Vol. 1 - SOLO SHAKUHACHI MEDITATION [I] CD $13.00
S-D1d. Vol. 2 - SHAKUHACHI & CHANTING MEDITATION [I] CD $13.00
S-D1e. Vol. 3 - SHAKUHACHI & KOTO MEDITATION [I] CD $13.00
S-D1f. Vol. 4 - SHAKUHACHI DUETS MEDITATION [I] CD $13.00
S-D1g. Vol. 5 - SHAKUHACHI & VOICE MEDITATION [I] CD $13.00
S-D1h. Vol. 6 - SHAKUHACHI & HARMONICS MEDITATION [I] CD $13.00
S-D1i. Vol. 7 - THE SPIRIT OF SHAKUHACHI - Compilation [I] CD $13.00

SACRED SOUNDS TRILOGY
S-D1l. SACRED SOUND FOR THE SPA [I] CD $14.00
S-D1m. SACRED SOUND FOR THE SOUL [I] CD $14.00
S-D1n. SACRED SOUND FOR SLEEP [I] CD $14.00

S-D1r. AMBIENT WORLD [I] CD $14.00
Music for movement and meditation. Shakuhachi, Voice, Guitar, Oud, Bouzouki, Fretless Bass, Drums, Percussion & Darbuka.
S-D1a. TANOSHI - JOY [i] CD $14.00
A texture of vocals, cello, koto & percussion with a New World beat.
S-D1k. HONKYOKU with Anne Bourne & Akikazu Nakamura [I] CD $13.00
Traditional honkyoku played with voice and cello accompaniment. Shika no Tone duet with Akikazu Nakamura.
S-D1q. MIRACLES [I] CD $13.00
Shakuhachi, Voice, Guitar, Keyboards & Piano.
S-D1k. CIRCLES OF DISCOVERY [I] CD $13.00
Shakuhachi, Voice, Oud, Guitar, Drones, Marimba, Percussion, Flugelhorn, Didgeridoo, Ocarina, Bass Clarinet, Cello & Piano.Music inspired by the Labyrinth.
S-D1j. GROUPO GEKKO with Anne Bourne & Celina Carroll [I] CD $14.00
Shakuhachi is a featured part of this trio of voice and ethnic instruments playing new and original compositions.
S-D1p. DANBROOK COLLECTION [I] CD $13.00
A sampler of Debbie's favourite pieces

S-F2e. L'ART DU SHAKUHACHI [J] CD $26.00
with Izumi Mayumi (Piano)
Modern compositions for solo shakuhachi and one piece for shakuhachi and piano.
1. Kotobuki no Shirabe (Minyo)
2. Gin Yu ((Kineya Seiho)
3. Ran Gyoku (Higo Ichiro)
4. Fururu Takfue I (Izumi Koji)
5. Fururu Takfue II Pour Shakuhachi et Piano La Rencontre (Izumi Koji)
6. Lotus Fish for Shakuhachi and Go Stones (Sumi Atsuki)
7. Interference IV Pour Shakuhachi (Tamba Akira)

S-F5a. MUSIC ON THE EDGE OF SILENCE [I] CD $18.00
Shakuhachi honkyoku and original compositions.
1. Honshirabe
2. Spirit Rising - Listen
3. Sanya
4. Miyama Higurashi - Listen
5. Tamuke - Listen
6. Moon Light

MICHAEL CHIKUZEN GOULD studied shakuhachi with Taniguchi Yoshinobu and Yokoyama Katsuya in Japan. He lives and teaches shakuhachi in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
S-G2a. BOSATSU / URIGUMO / TAMUKE CD $17.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
S-G2b. TRADITION AND BEYOND: Shakuhachi & Percussion CD $17.50
Traditional and modern compositions for shakuhachi and percussion.
S-T7e.SHAKUHACHI CONCERT AT HIRAM COLLEGE CD $17.50 Temporarily Out of Stock
Live concert featuring Yoshinobu Taniguchi and Michael Chikuzen Gould performing honkyoku pieces.

ANDREAS FUYU GUTZWILLER, a native of Switzerland, is one of the foremost shakuhachi players in Europe. He studied shakuhachi in America with Araki Kodo V and in Japan with Kawase Kansuke. He is author of Shakuhachi: Aspects of History, Practice & Teaching.
S-G3a. THE TRUE SPIRIT OF EMPTINESS [I] CD $19.50
Kinko Honkyoku prepared by Miura Kindo.
S-G3b. THE EMPTINESS OF THE SKY [I] CD $19.50
Kinko Honkyoku prepared by Miura Kindo.
S-G3c. MUSIC FOR TWO SHAKUHACHI with Jurg Zurmuhle [I] CD $19.50
Shakuhachi duets.

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CHRIS HARAZDA is a shakuhachi player using hotchiku flutes in the style of Watsumido-Shuso as a vehicle for zen awakening.
S-H1a. ILLUMINATED FROM WITHIN CD $17.50
Large shakuhachi called hotchiku (52 to 100 cm long) played in the context of the Tibetan Mahamudra tradition celebrating the natural radiance of mind.
S-H1b. WHITE WAVES C $10.50
Bamboo flute meditations.

ROBERT HERR is a shakuhachi teacher living in Honolulu. He studied with Riley Lee and John Kaizan Neptune in Hawaii as well as Yokoyama Katsuya and Furuya Teruo in Japan.
S-H2a. PATHWAY CD $16.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku and original compositions.
S-H2b. PATHWAY-II CD $16.50
Original compositions. Shakuhachi with a variety of ethnic instruments including Native American flute, bamboo tubes, steel drum, banjo, guitar and kalimba.

BRUCE HUEBNER went to Japan in 1989 as a Monbushô Ministry of Education scholar, where he entered the Japanese Music Department of the Tokyo University of the Fine Arts and Music. There he studied under the Living National Treasure, Yamaguchi Gorô for nearly five years becoming the first non-Japanese to graduate from the prestigious "Geidai". After moving to the Tohhoku Region of Northern Japan in 1994, he produced solo shakuhachi recitals with guests Kawase Junsuke in 1995 and Murooka Shôkô (Yamada School Koto) in 1996. He earned his Shihan mastership in 1995 from Chikyusha. He is the founder of the Contemporary Sankyoku Ensemble and author of a three-volume teaching video in English for shakuhachi.
S-H4a SONG OF DAYBREAK [I] CD $18.00
Chamber music, honkyoku & contemporary music for shakuhachi, koto, sangen & voice.
S-H4b CANDELA-MOGAMI [I] CD $18.00
Candela is a hot new Tokyo jazz quintet featuring shakuhachi, sax & french horn.
S-H4c BRIGHT ONE, DARK ONES with Jonathan Katz [I] CD $18.00
Shakuhachi & piano duets. Original compositions.
S-H4d CANDELA-RISE ABOVE [I] CD $18.00
Candela's second album of shakuhachi-jazz fusion. All original tunes.
S-H4e MUCH CLOSER [I] DVD $30.00
A great DVD featuring Bruce Huebner (shakuhachi), Jonathan Katz (piano), Chris Silverstein (bass) & Saori Sendo (percussion) performing many of their favorite compositions along with some new pieces.

T.M. HOFFMAN
*Born 1951 in USA, 19 years Japan, 6 years India, 1 year Sri Lanka
* A.A. (Grossmont College, San Diego), B.A. (International Christian University, Tokyo), M.A. (University of Hawaii/East-West Center), Visharad 5-yr degree (Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow - Hindustani classical vocal and flute)
* trained by renowned masters in piano (Grace Mundorf Myers, USA), shakuhachi (Yamaguchi Goro, Japan), Indian classical vocal (Ganesh Prasad Mishra, India)
* Performed Japanese and Hindustani classical on shakuhachi, also Indian vocal (concerts, TV, radio in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Japan, USA, England, etc.)
* Organized visits to India (for 8 Japanese musicians) and Japan (for 3 Indian musicians) for cooperative workshops and performances
* Gave public lecture series for Tokyo gov't, Japan Foundation, various national and regional cultural facilities in Japan and India, and workshops for musicians
* Authored Raga for Shakuhachi and Koto (instruction book in Japanese), numerous
journal articles in Japan and India; translated fiction and poetry collections for prominent
Japanese authors and works for UNESCO, Japan Foundation, Japanese government
agencies; also numerous Indian song texts (Hindi-English/Japanese)
* Consultant, documenter, contributor in international musicology conferences.
* Co-founded Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association in 1989
* Produced CD for JVC World Sounds Series
* Since 1993, Lecturer in Ethnomusicology (Musashino Academia Musicae,Tokyo)
S-H5a. INTEGRAL ASIA: Indo-Japanese Classical Crossover with Keiko Nosaka, Genesh Prasad Mishra, Girdhar Prasad Mishra, Probir Mittra and Sakiko Aruga [I] CD $18.50
Classical Japanese compositions and Indian ragas performed on the shakuhachi, koto, tabla, tambura & vocals.

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TOSHIMITSU ISHIKAWA studied Kinko-ryu shakuhachi music and other classical honkyoku under Tajima Tadashi and Yokoyama Katsuya. Besides his personal work which focuses on the classical honkyoku and the music of Fukuda Rando, he also participates in the shakuhachi ensemble, Fudo (children of the wind), with Yonemura Reisho and Okada Michiaki. Besides being a member of the Orchestra Asia "Japan Ensemble" and a representative of the Osaka Hogaku Solisten, Ishikawa also presides over his own organization, Ishi no Kai, periodically holds training classes for the public, and is a permanent lecturer of the International Shakuhachi kenshukan.

S-I1a. JAPAN: SPLENDOUR OF THE SHAKUHACHI [I] CD $18.00
With Michiaki Okada & Reisho Yonemura. Kinko & Koten honkyoku.
S-I1b. TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CHAMBER MUSIC [I] CD $19.50
Nihon no Oto Ensemble, featuring Tadashi Tajima and Toshimitsu Ishikawa on shakuhachi, a play honkyoku duet and sankyoku pieces with biwa, shamisen, koto & voice.
S-I1c. IKKAN KEN-MEI (IN DEAD EARNEST) CD I $18.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
1. Yamagoe (Going Over the Mountain)
2. San An (Safe Childbirth)
3. Nezasa Shirabe (Original Tuning of the Nezasa Sect)
4.Koku (Empty Sky)
5. Koden Sugomori (Nesting of the Crane"original version")
6. Tamuke (Offerings)
7. Sagariha (Hanging Leaves)
8. San Ya (Three Valleys)
9. Hon Shirabe (Original Tuning)

S-I1d. IKKAN KEN-MEI - Vol. 2 (IN DEAD EARNEST) CD I $18.50
This CD of the classic "honkyoku" pieces that have been taught in Yokoyama Katsuya's school, would be the most suitable for your self education, as the instrument used here is the shakuhachi of the most common length, isshaku-hassun (1.8' - Key of D).
1. Sokkan
2. Takiochi
3. Tsuru no Sugomori
4. Daha
5. Sanya
6. Shingetsu
7. Azuma Jishi
8. Reibo

YOSHIKAZU IWAMOTO is a shakuhachi teacher, living in England, who studied with masters Baisen Onishi and Katsuya Yokoyama in Japan.

S-12e. FRANK DENYER: MUSIC FOR SHAKUHACHI [I] CD $19.00
Played by Yoshikazu Iwamoto with Paul Hiley and Frank Denyer (percussion)
Historic recording of four pieces for solo shakuhachi and percussion by the brillian composer Frank Denyer, performed by the virtuoso shakuhachi player Yoshikazu Iwamoto. Including the first recording of the immense solo piece "Unnamed".
1. On, on - it must be so (1977-78)
2. Quite White (1978)
3. Wheat (1977-81)
4. Unnamed (1997)
S-I2a. THE SPIRIT OF SILENCE [I] CD $25.00
Kinko honkyoku played on a longer 2.3' flute.
S-I2b. THE SPIRIT OF WIND [I] CD $25.00
Kinko honkyoku.
S-I2c.. THE SPIRIT OF DUSK [I] CD $25.00
Kinko honkyoku.
S12d. THE ISSUE AT HAND with John Tilbury & Eddie Prevost [I] [DA]
Doulbe Album featuring modern compositions for shakuhachi, piano & percussion. CD $40.00
S-Y3b. JAPAN - THE ART OF THE SHAKUHACHI [I] CD $19.50
Three honkyoku duets included on an album with Yokoyama Katsuya.

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PHIL JAMES has been composing music for thirty years and has performed his work throughout the United States. He studied shakuhachi with Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin and Yoshio Kurahashi.
S-J4a. FIRST PLACES CD $16.50
This album is about place and about music in particular places, not just the music I play, but the entire soundscape. First places because they are womb-like or generative: the depths of a cave, an empty church, the wet fecundity of a frog pond.

TOMMY JEE & NOEMI SCHIRMANN live in the coastal hills of northern California and blow shakuhachi with a love of nature and sensitivity for the Earth.
S-J1a. SHAKUHACHI RIFFLES [*] C $10.50
Shakuhachi, didjeridu, voice & whistles.
S-J1b. SHAKU-CHI [*] C $10.50
Exploration of movement in sound & natural forms.

JIN NYODO (1891-1966) one of the most famous shakuhachi players in Japanese history and is a direct descendant in the lineage of the Fuke sect. While his interpretation is the Koten Honkyoku is unique and unparalleled, Jin Nyodo's playing reflects directly back to the origins of this ancient music.
S-J2a. SHAKUHACHI HONKYOKU of JIN NYODO [I} 6 CD $245.00
In 1980 the original 39 Koten Honkyoku by Jin Nyodo was award the "Outstanding Album of the Year" award by Japanese Ministry of Education. Later on, ten more pieces were found and included in this newly-issued set of recordings, published by Jin Nyodo's son, Jin Nyosei. This 6 CD Set comes with a 128-page book (in Japanese) which includes articles on the following subjects: Historical background of the Honkyoku. Essay by Jin Nyosei about his father .Description and comments related to each Honkyoku piece. Articles written by shakuhachi scholars .Impressions of Jin Nyodo's life, character and the uniqueness of his shakuhachi playing. Also available is Jin Nyodo's unique hand-written music scores using a graphic visual format. This long-awaited 60-piece shakuhachi sheet music series has never before been published.

ROBERT JONAS is director of a small contemplative Christian retreat center near Boston called The Empty Bell. He is an active member of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. In the past, the Empty Bell has sponsored many Christian-Buddhist dialogues in the Northeastern U.S. As a Christian musician, Robert Jonas travels to Protestant, Catholic and Unitarian churches and retreat houses to play shakuhachi and to co-lead contemplative retreats with Buddhist teachers. In what must be a high point for any Sui-Zen player, in 1998 Jonas played shakuhachi (Jimbo Sanya) at a Buddhist-Christian retreat with the Dalai Lama, held beneath the Bodhi tree where Buddha was enlightened 2500 years ago.

S-J3a BLOWING BAMBOO [*] CD $13.00
Shakuhachi honkyoku played on 1.8', 2.1' 2.4' and 2.8' instruments.
S-J3b. NEW LIFE FROM RUINS [*] CD $13.00
Zen Celtic sacred songs & meditations.

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KAORU KAKIZAKAI studied shakuhachi with Seido Saito and,later with Yokoyama Katsuya. He graduated from the NHK Traditional Music Conservatory and is the winner of the prestigious Kumamoto All Japan Hogaku competition. He has recorded with Yokoyama sensei on his CDs and videos and is a popular leader of shakuhachi workshops for the International Shakuhachi Training Center (Kokusai Shakuhachi Kenshukan) in Tokyo. Currently he is research fellow at the Tokyo College of Music, full time instructor for the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan and NHK Culture Centre and President of the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-kan Chichibu School and Higashi Yamato School.
S-K7a. KOTEN SHAKUHACHI CD [J] $26.50
Honkyoku performed live on chokan (long shakuhachi) at the 3rd International Shakuhachi Festival in Tokyo.

SOZAN CHIAKI KARIYA is a Tozan-ryu shakuhachi master and teacher currently living in France.
S-K6a. JAPAN-SHAKUHACHI & KOTO with Shunya Kariya and his Koto Ensemble CD $18.50
Shakuhachi and koto perform compositions by Tozan Nakao (founder of the Tozan school) as well as minyo (folk tunes).

KOFU KIKUSUI became a legend in his own day after a lifetime of teaching and playing shakuhachi in the Kyoto area. The founder of a school of traditional music which bears his name, Kikusui is noted for the innovative shakuhachi he made from oversized pawlonia branches with bamboo roots attached to their ends.
S-K1a. JAPANESE MASTERPIECES FOR THE SHAKUHACHI C $10.50
Honkyoku played by masters of Meian, Kimpu, Tozan & Kikusui Ryus at zen temples in Kyoto. Soulful and deeply moving music. CD $18.00

KOZAN KITAHARA is a well-known shakuhachi player in Tokyo. He is a member of the Yonin no Kai Ensemble which was established in 1957 and recorded over 25 of traditional and contemporary Japanese music.
S-K2a. SANKYOKU: ENSEMBLE YONIN NO KAI [I] CD $19.50
Honkyoku and sankyoku.

MASAYUKI KOGA is an extraordinary performer, composer and teacher of both Kinko and Tozan Ryu shakuhachi. He is founder of the Japanese Music Institute in San Francisco and built the state-of-the -art Chiku-shin Sound Studio.
S-K3a. EAST WIND C $10.50
A collection of Koga's best compositions. CD $18.50
S-K3b. THE DISTANT CRY OF DEER C $10.50
Honkyoku & bass shakuhachi improvisations.
S-K3c. BEYOND TIME AND SPACE C $10.50
Original compositions.
S-K3d. HEART OF THE WIND C $10.50
Solo shakuhachi improvisations. CD $17.50
S-K3e. SEOTO: SOUND IN THE RAPIDS with Sunazaki Tomoko
Koto & shakuhachi duets. C $10.50
S-K3f. MISTY: JAPANESE MAGIC FLUTE
Koga's latest solo improvisations. C $10.50
 S-K3g. ESSENCE CD [*] $15.50
Live recording of Koto, Taiko, & Shakuhachi. "Essence" is a collaboration between the virtuoso Koto artist Michiyo Koga, Taiko master Kenny Endo, and the master Shakuhachi player Masayuki Koga.  
 S-K3h. EASTERN ENCOUNTER CD $17.50
Sitar & shakuhachi improvisations. A collaboration between the Rahul Sariputra and Masayuki Koga.

KEES KORT studied shakuhachi with Ichiro Seki. He is director of the Dutch Shakuhachi Society and a player of many traditional wind instruments.
S-K4a. EMPTY SKY with Geert Verbeke & Yanto Vanden Heuvel [I*}CD $15.00
Original compositions. Shakuhachi joined by a variety of ethnic instruments.
S-K4b. GADO GADO with Ivan Lutfi, violin [I*] CD $15.00
Gado Gado is an Indonesian dish composed of different spicy ingredients. This CD is a combination of folk melodies from different parts of Indonesia played by musicians from Sunda (West Java) on their traditional instruments accompanied by violin, guitar & shakuhachi. Profits for this CD go to Lingkungan Seni Komara Sunda, an Institute for Sundanese traditional music & dance in Cibinong.

YOSHIO KURAHASHI was born in Kyoto, Japan where he studied shakuhachi since childhood under his father, Yodo Kurahashi, founder of the Mujuan Shakuhachi School. Later on he studied under Homei Matsumura of Nara. He succeeded his father as head of the Mujuan ryu and is considered to be one of the foremost teachers of shakuhachi in Japan today. Kurahashi-sensei travels frequently to America where he conducts classes and workshops for foreign students.
S-K5a. KYOTO SPIRIT CD $16.50
Honkyoku.
S-K5b. AKI NO YUGURE (AUTUMN DUSK) CD $16.50
This recording contains simple yet profound traditional solo music as well as two beautiful Chinese folk tunes. The CD also features the wonderful Chinese pipa (lute) player Wu Man, who accompanies Kurahashi on three of the selections.

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RILEY LEE became the first non-Japanese to attain the rank of dai shihan (grand master) in the shakuhachi tradition. He is a recipient of two of the most revered lineages of shakuhachi playing, descending from the original Zen Buddhist 'priests of nothingness' of Edo Japan. His present teacher is Katsuya Yokoyama. Riley teaches shakuhachi to over fifty students in Australia, USA, and Hong Kong.

YEARNING FOR THE BELL (Reibo) - 7 CDs of classical shakuhachi honkyoku played by Riley Lee.

S-L1aa. BREATH-SIGHT -Vol. 1 [I] CD $18.50
Honkyoku recorded at the Chapel of St. Patrick's College in Sydney, Australia.
Hear Ajikan (mp3)
S-L1bb. BAMBOO GRASS-Vol. 2  [I] CD $18.50
Honkyoku from the Nesasaha (Bamboo Grass Sect), active last century in Aomori, an area of northern Japan.
Hear Sagariha (mp3)
S-L1cc. EMPTY SKY- Vol. 3 [I] CD $18.50
Honkyoku from the Watazumi Do, Chikuho Ryu & Nesasaha (Bamboo Grass Sect) lineages.
Hear Mutsu Reibo (mp3)
S-Ldd. AUTUMN FIELDS- Vol. 4 [I] CD $18.50
Chikuho Honkyoku as well as a version of San'ya (Three Valleys) from Yokoyama's lineage.
- Akita Sugagaki / Autumn Fields
- Renbo Nagashi / Stream of Intense Yearning
- Takiochi no kyoku / Cascading Waterfall
- Ryûgin kokû / Dragons Singing in the Empty Sky
- Kyûshû reibo / Yearning for the Bell (Kyûshû - district version)
- San'ya / Three Valleys (Yokoyama lineage)
- Hachi gaeshi / Returning the Bowl
- Hifumi Chô / One, two, three, Search!
Hear Ryugin Koko (mp3)
S-L1ee. DEEP NIGHT - Vol. 5 [I] CD $18.50
- Kyorei (Sprit of Nothingness)
- Shoganken reibo (Yearning for the Bell of the Pine Boulder Temple)
- Shin'ya (Deep Night)
- Suzuru (Cranes Nesting)
- Koku (Empty Sky)
Hear Suzuru (mp3)
S-L1ll. PHOENIX CRYING - Vol. 6 [I] CD $18.50
- Choshi (Searching)
- Tsuru no sugomori (Nesting of the Cranes)
- Futaiken reibo (Yearning for the Bell)
- Echigo san'ya (Three Valleys)
- Sukaku (Cranes Nesting)
- Hokyo koku (Phoenix Crying in the Empty Sky)
Hear Hokyo Koku (mp3)
S-L1mm. SEARCHING - Vol. 7 [I] CD $18.50
- Choshi (Searching)
- Koku (Empty Sky)
- Yamato Choshi (Searching)
- Murasakino reibo (Yearning for the Bell)
- San'ya (Three Valleys)
- Banji (The Character 'Ban')
- Shoganken reibo (Pine Boulder Temple Yearning for the Bell)
Hear Banji (mp3)

S-L1c. SANCTUARY: Music from a Zen Garden C $10.50 or CD $15.50
Improvisatory duets for shakuhachi & koto.
S-L1f. ORIENTAL SUNRISE C $10.50 or CD $15.50
Improvisatory duets for shakuhachi & koto.
S-L1g. SHAKUHACHI HONKYOKU C $13.50
Special Smithsonian-Folkways reissue complete with liner notes.
S-L1h. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC FOR TWO SHAKUHACHI
with Ralph Samuelson Two American masters blow honkyoku. C $10.50
S-L1i. DREAM WITHIN A DREAM with Jim Franklin C $10.50
Shakuhachi layered with electric sound.
S-L1j. BUSH CLOVER AND THE MOON with Mike Ryan C $10.50
Duets for shakuhachi & synthesizer.
S-L1k. THE EAGLE AND THE OCEAN [I] CD $18.50
Improvisatory duets for shakuhachi & electric guitar.
S-L1l. PICTURE DREAMS [I] with Satsuki Odamura CD $18.50
Duets for shakuhachi and koto.
S-L1m WILD HONEY DREAMING [I] with Matthew Doyle C $10.50 or CD $18.50
Shakuhachi & didgeridoo! A beautifully moving confluence of end-blown flutes across 40,000 years of Pacific Rim culture.
S-L1n. FOUNTAIN OF LIGHT with Jim Franklin [I] C $10.50
Improvisatory duets for shakuhachi & synthesizer. Jim Franklin is also a student of shakuhachi.
S-L1o. RAINFOREST REVERIE [I] C $10.50 or CD $18.50
Solo shakuhachi with natural sounds of a rainforest day.
S-L1p. NESTING OF THE CRANES with A. MacGregor [I] C $10.50 or CD $18.50
Classical duets for shakuhachi.
S-L1q. MOUNTAIN VALLEY [I] C $10.50 or CD $18.50
Honkyoku. Recorded in the Jenolan Caves.
S-L1r. VOICES IN THE NIGHT with Michael Atherton [I] C $10.50 or CD $18.50
Recorded in the Jenolan Caves. This album benefits the Caves Trust Research Fund for endangered species.
S-L1s. LIGHTNING MAN with Matthew Doyle [I] C $10.50
Dreamtime. Shakuhachi & didgeridoo.
S-L1t. WATER MUSIC [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi meditations recorded at one of the largest reservoirs in Australia.
S-L1u. NALU with Andy Rigby [I] C $10.50 or CD $18.50
Melodies for shakuhachi & folk harp. S. American & Celtic taste.
S-L1v. MIXED SPICE with Aneesh Pradhan (tabla) & alan Posset (sitar) [I]C $10.50
Shakuhachi in ensemble with classical Indian instruments.
S-L1w. SHOALHAVEN RISE [I] CD $18.50
With Michael Askill & Michael Atherton. Original compositions for shakuhachi and a wide variety of ethnic percussion, strings and wind instruments.
S-L1y. AN EVENING UNDER THE SUN [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi, bass and percussion in an intoxicating mix of original music influenced as much by the traditional music of Japan as it is by jazz.
S-L1z. SPRING SEA with Marshall McGuire [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi & harp. Modern, classical and western compositions.
S8ff. POSTCARDS FROM BUNDANON [I] CD $18.50
The best of Riley Lee including a new live recording with Matthew Doyle on digeridoo.
S8gg. ALONE [I] CD$18.50
Solo shakuhachi.
S8hh. MAUI MORNING with Jeff Peterson [I] CD $18.50
Original and classic Hawaiian pieces played on shakuhachi and guitar.
S8ii. TAIKO NO SEKAI [I] CD $18.50
TaikOz. A collection of live taiko recordings from 1998-99.
S8jj. TRAIN TO OKINAWA with Peter Grayling [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi and cello.
S-L1kk. FLOATING WORLD with Marshall McGuire [I] CD $18.50
Pieces by Faure, Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Boyd, etc. performed on shakuhachi & classical harp.
S-L1ll. SYNERGY-MATSURI [I] CD $17.50
Riley Lee & Satsuki Odamura (koto) perform with the Australian percussion quartet, Synergy.
S-L1nn. SHAK-KARAK LIVE [I]
Live in concert. Shakuhachi & percussion.
Hear Shichi-karak (mp3)

MARCO LIENHARD, left his native Switzerland for Japan at the age of 18 to study shakuhachi with Teruo Furuya and Yokoyama Katsuya. A member of Ondekoza, a taiko ensemble, since 1982, Marco participated in a 9,500 run around the perimeter of America giving 300 performances along the way. He current lives and teaches shakuhachi in New York City.
S-L2a. SHAKUHACHI CD $15.50
Kinko honkyoku, Japanese lullabies, folk music.
S-L2b. POEME DU BAMBOU CD $17.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku and original compositions.
S-L2c. TAIKOZA-BEGINNINGS CD $17.50
Shakuhachi & Taiko.
K2a. GRACE - MIYABI CD $17.50
Classical sankyoku with Marco Lienhard on shakuhachi.

ROBBIN LLOYD is a master of wind, strings & percussion. He has studied both shakuhachi and koto extensively in Japan and plays a variety of traditional Asian instruments. Robbin is a composer and performer in Kyoto where he has lived for many years.
S-L3a. FESTIVALS C $11.50

CLARENCE DOZAN LEDBETTER was awarded a shihan in 1995 after eight years of study with Tozan Ryu Grand Master Yamamoto Hozan. His wife, Janet Knight Ledbetter studied koto with Yuriko Makise of the Miyagi Michio Kai (Ikuta Ryu). Together they founded the international musical ensemble Circle in the Round. Clarence presently lives and teaches shakuhachi in Hillsborough, NC.
S-L4a. TRANSPARENCY CD $16.50
Original compositions for shakuhachi, koto, sitar, tabla, African percussion& Australian didjeridu.

Born in Sweden, GUNNAR JINMEI LINDER started to play the shakuhachi when he first came to Japan in 1985. Already in 1986 he was introduced to the Master late Gorô Yamaguchi (National Treasure) (1933-1999), at the time head of the "Kinko-ryû Chikumeisha" guild of shakuhachi as well as Professor of shakuhachi at the Traditional Music Conservatory of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), and continued to study with him until his death in 1999. In 1997, as the second non-Japanese ever, he graduated from the post-graduate course with an M.A. in shakuhachi. In 1998 Mr Linder received his professional name "Jinmei " together with his teaching license, shihan, from Yamaguchi-sensei.
S-L5a. WA-DREAM PICTURE [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi solo honkyoku and ensemble sankyoku.
S-L5b. WA-GINYU [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi, biwa and kotsuzumi never before heard together in classical Japanese music. This CD also features 13-string and 17-string bass koto as well as the sangen or juita shamisen and vocals.

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ANDREW MACGREGOR studied shakuhachi for many years in Sydney, Australia with Riley Lee. He traveled to Japan as uchi deshi (home student) with Tajima Tadashi.
S-M1a. MUSIC FOR GUITAR & SHAKUHACHI [I] CD $21.00
With Marian Schaap. Duets and pieces by Fukuda Rando, Miyata Kohachiro, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Chopin.
S-L1p. NESTING OF THE CRANES with Riley Lee [I] C $10.50
Classical duets for shakuhachi. CD $17.50
S-M1b. FOUR SHAKUHACHI MEDITATIONS [I] CD $21.00
Shakuhachi, vocals, harmonic singing, keyboards & cello.
S-M1c. REN-MEN with Miho Yamaji on koto [I] CD $17.50
Shakuhachi & koto duets.

ART MAXWELL has been playing jazz and classical flute for over 30 years. He has performed and studied with many great artist in both realms including the legendary saxophonist Stan Getz. At this juncture in his long career, Art has thrown himself into study, composing and performing with shakuhachi.
S-M2a. QUANTUM LEAPS with Tonal Gravity [*] CD $15.50
Jazz standards and bebop (Charlie Parker & John Coltrane) and original compositions performed on shakuhachi and silver flute.

KAZU MATSUI has played shakuhachi for many motion picture scores such as Jumanji, Legends of the Fall, Willow, Empire of the Sun, Another 48 Hours, Iceman, Red Heat, Thunderheart and others. He has produced all the albums for his wife, piano player, Keiko Matsui. When not working in the studio, Kazu teaches Educational Theories in the Toyoeiwa Woman's University in Tokyo.
S-M3a. THE WIND CD $17.50
Original compositions for shakuhachi.
S-M3b. WHEELS OF THE SUN with David Lindley CD $17.50
Shakuhachi rock and jazz.

VLASTISLAV MATOUSEK is a shakuhachi player and recording artist living in the Czech Republic. He studied composition and music theory at the faculty of music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where since 1991 he has been a lecturer on ethnomusicology. In 1996 he went to Japan on a fellowship awarded by the Japan Foundation to study shakuhachi playing with Mitsuhashi Kifu and Japanese traditional music with Professor Yamaguti Osamu. As a theoretician he is concerned with the music of extra-European cultures, exotic and folk musical instruments, rhythm and kinetics. He is also active as a music journalist, working primarily for Czech Radio in Prague. He is a composer of eccentric musical works that frequently make use of exotic instruments and electronics, and he demonstrates a preference for non-traditional expressive means and compositional procedures. As a performer - primarily on the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi, but also on other exotic and folk instruments from his own vast collection. He also performs medieval and traditional East Bohemian folk music on various instruments including the 'moldanky' bagpipes and the hurdy-gurdy. Since 1979 he has been playing meditational and orient-inspired music on various exotic instruments including ethnic percussion (tabla, dholak, Tibetan bowls etc) and ethnic flutes as a member of the ensemble Relaxace.
S-M4a. CALLIGRAPHY: For Voice & Bamboo [I] CD $15.00
Shakuhachi honkyoku and pieces inspired by Japanese poetry.

Born in Tokyo in 1950, KIFU MITSUHASHI studied Kinko­school shakuhachi with Sofu Sasaki and the classical honkyoku repertoire of the Fuke school with Chikugai Okamoto. He was awarded the Prize for Excellence by the Agency for Cultural Affairs for his first recital (1980) and the Arts Festival Prize by the same agency for his 1989 solo recital. He was awarded the Osaka Cultural Festival Prize in 1981, the 10th Nakajima Kenzo Music Prize in 1992, the Arts Festival Works Prize for his CD of works by Makoto Moroi, Chikurin Kitan, and the Yokohama Cultural Encouragement Award. He traveled to Europe as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonia in 1994, gaining high acclaim for performances in venues such as the London Festival Hall. Mitshuhashi has also become active as a producer, organising events at the Serbia Expo and Festival Asia. He has given 77 recitals to date overseas, and twenty in Tokyo alone. He holds the qualification of shihan (master) in the Kinko school, and runs his own group for shakuhachi perfomance, the Kifu Kai.
S-M 6a. THE ART OF THE SHAKUHACHI CD $18.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku. 
1. Mukaiji
2. Choshi
3. Somakusha
4. Tsuru no Sugomori
5. Hifumicho
6. Hachigaeshi
7. Muju Shin Kyoku

S-M 6b. THE ART OF THE SHAKUHACHI - VOL. 2 CD $18.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku. 
1. Echigo Reibo
2. Yamato-Joshi
3. Kyorei
4. Echigo San'ya
5. Marobashi Sugagaki
6. Taki-Ochi
7. Ajikan

GEORGE MNATSAKANOV is an artist and shakuhachi player living in Moscow, Russia. He ia a member of the ensemble "Wa-On He studied shakuhachi via correspondence with Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin. He took a long-flute master class of Koku Nishimura and attended a seminar of Ikkei Nobuhisa Hanada in Germany and also a seminar of Kohei Simidzu given at the Moscow Conservatory.
S-M5a. UROZI & MUROZI with Dmitry Kalinin [I/*] CD $15.00
Shakuhachi, xun (ancient Chinese ocarina), xiao (Chinese end-blown bamboo flute), gong & chimes.
S-M5b. KUSABIBUKI with Dmitry Kalinin [I] CD $15.00
Live recording of shakuhachi, xun (ancient Chinese ocarina), koto, taiko drums, shamisen, tuba, resonating bowls, bells and gong & chimes.

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AKIKAZU NAKAMURA is a shakuhachi teacher and jazz virtuoso. He graduated from NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) school of traditional music. as well as from Berklee College of Music in Boston with summa cum laude (majored composition and improvisation). He studied at the New England Conservatory for graduate studies of composition major and toured over thirty countries commissioned by Ministry of Foreign Affair of Japan. Nakamura-sensei teaches traditional shakuhachi in Tokyo, however, has stretch the limits of this ancient instrument in ways that few others have such as innovating the use of circular breathing for shakuhachi.
S-N3a SUN / MOON with Shin Miyashita [I] CD $18.50
Music inspired by the planets & earthly elements. Composed by Satoh Somei.
S-N3b. NEUTRAL POINT / FOREST [I] CD $18.50
Original compositions. Shakuhachi honkyoku. The band Forest includes shakuhachi, keyboards & 5-string silent bass. This album also uses koto, sitar, guitar, percussion and voice.
S-N3c. SAJI-THE WORLD OF ZEN MUSIC [I] CD $18.50 Temporarily Out of Stock
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
S-N3d. ZOOM - KOKOO with Michiyo Yagi & Miki Maruta [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi with two kotos. New music pushing past conventional boundaries.
S-N3e. SHAKUHACHI MUSIC FROM TSUGARU- THE WORLD OF ZEN MUSIC [I] CD $18.50
Nezasa-ha Kinpu-ryu honkyoku.
S-N3f. SUPER-NOVA - KOKOO with Michiyo Yagi & Miki Maruta [I] CD $18.50 Sorry. Out of Print.
Shakuhachi & two kotos playing Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and others. The boundaries are stretched and broken on this recording.
S-N3g. SHAKUHACHI MUSIC FROM KYUSHU- THE WORLD OF ZEN MUSIC - DAIBOSATSU [I] CD $18.50 Temporarily Out of Stock
Shakuhachi honkyoku played in the komuso style of Kyushu.
S-N3h. KOKOO-MOON [I] CD $11.50 Sorry. Out of Print.
Original compositions. Shakuhachi, two koto and voice.
 S-N3i. SANYA [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku. SANYA has been awarded the distinguished Prize for Excellence by the Japanese government Agency for Cultural Affairs.1. Sanya
2. Nesting of Cranes (Kokutaiji lineage)
3. Jinbo Sanya
4. Horai (Kokutaiji lineage)
5. Shitada Reibo (Echigo Myoanji lineage)
6.Shitada Sanya (Echigo Myoanji lineage)
7. Reibo (Kokutaiji lineage)
8. Sanya (Kokutaiji lineage) with monks of Kokutaiji Myoaniki. Shakuhachi and Buddhist chanting.
S-N3j. REIBO [I] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi Music from Tohoku
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
1. Nesting of Cranes
2. Reibo
3. Futaiken Sanya
4. Miyagino Sukagaki
5. Wind and Forest
6.Falling of Cherry Blossoms
7. Nesting of Cranes (Renpoken & Kizenken lineage)

S-N3k. KOKU [J] CD $18.50
Shakuhachi Music from Kyoto I
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
1. Daha
2. Koden Sugumori
3. Shingetsu
4. Shika no Tone (Taizan Branch of the Myoan School)
5. Kyorei
6. Mukaiji
7. Koku
8. Tsuru no Sugomori (Taizan Branch of the Myoan School)

JORGE NAPARSTEK is a shakuhachi player and composer living in Argentina.
S-N1a. ESPEIJISMOS [I/*] C $10.50
Shakuhachi, bansuri. alto sax with piano & synthesizer.

JOHN KAIZAN NEPTUNE is acknowledged worldwide as one of the most gifted composers and performers of shakuhachi music. In 1980, John was given the "Outstanding Album of the Year" award by Japanese Ministry of Education-the only non-Japanese ever to have received this honor. He has created a unique synthesis of shakuhachi and American jazz fusion.
S-N2a. BAMBOO [I] LP $10.00
Honored as the Outstanding Album of the Year by the Cultural Affairs Agency of the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1980. Shakuhachi/Jazz fusion.
S-N2c. DANCE FOR THE ONE-IN-SIX [I] C $10.50 / LP $10.00
Classic Neptune fusion using Japanese & Indian instruments.
S-N2d. THE CIRCLE [I] CD $18.00 / LP $20.00
John is joined by 2 musicians from India and 7 from Japan. Music composed, arranged, produced and played by Neptune.
S-N2f. TOKYOSPHERE [I] CD $18.00 / C $12.50
This group is composed of masters of traditional Japanese instruments. Music ranges from "shibui" moments of mellow to jazz with pizazz.
S-N2g. SKY SPIRIT [I] CD $18.00
Shakuhachi / Jazz fusion.
S-N2h. WORDS CAN'T GO THERE [I] / CD $16.00 C $10.50
Solo shakuhachi recorded in Neptune's dome house.
S-N2i. KITE [I] CD $18.00
Shakuhachi, guitar & string quartet recorded at St. Maria Church in Germany.
S-N2j. RIVER RHYTHM [I] CD $18.00
Neptune's recent visit to India. Shakuhachi in ensemble with traditional Indian musicians and instruments.
S-N2k. PRIME NUMBERS with Yasuko Watanabe [I] CD $16.00
Shakuhachi & koto in a unique synthesis of sound. An extraordinary album of modern interpretative pieces composed by Neptune.
S-N2l. ASIAN ROOTS -TakeDake with Neptune [I] CD $18.00
TakeDake means "Bamboo Only" which aptly describes John Neptune's new band. All of the instruments on this incredible album are made of bamboo. Most of them were made by Neptune himself.
S-N2m. SHAKUHACHI MELLOW JAZZ [I] CD $18.00
"American Honkyoku" at its best! Jazz standards along with two original compositions played on long shakuhachi - 2.4', 2.9' and 3.2'.
S-N2n. BAMBOO BORN with TakéDaké [I] CD $18.00
More original jazz composition from the All Bamboo Band.
S-N2o. PRISM with Sawako Fukuhara - koto, Ryoka Yoshihama - cello and special guest artists: Keiichi Ishibashi - bass and Christopher Hardy - percussion. [I] CD $16.00
Shakuhachi & strings.
S-N2p. STEPS IN TIME [I] CD $16.00
with Karaikudi R. Mani - Mirdangam & Konnakol (Indian Percussion), Lewis Pragasam - Drums, V.S. Narasimhan - Violin, Takao Naoi - Guitar & Andy Peterson - Bass. Shakuhachi & Indian Percussion. Recorded in Chennai, India
Steps In Time- Listen
Making Waves- Listen
S-N2q. BAMBOO MAGIC [I] CD $16.00
with
Karaikudi R. Mani - Mirdangam & Konnakol (Indian Percussion), Lewis Pragasam - Drums, V.S. Narasimhan - Violin, Takao Naoi - Guitar, Andy Peterson - Bass, Sawako Fukuhara - Koto, Prasad - Tabla, Selvaganesh - Khanjira, Giridhar Udupa - Gharam, Visalakshi Nityanand - Voice, Kai Neptune - Voice, Madras String Quartet: • V. S. Narasimhan - Violin, • Hemanthraj - Violin, • B. Jayachandran - Viola, • V. R. Sekar - Cello Recorded in Chennai, India.
Touch of Blue - Listen
Bamboo Shadow Dance - Listen
Light the Way - Listen

KOKU NISHIMURA (1915 - 2002) began playing the bamboo flute when he was 28 years old. He was taught by a Japanese Komuso monk named Kyochiku Tani. Later, Koku Nishimura became a master flutist and founded the Tani-sect. He named the special type of bamboo flute used by himself and his student "kyotaku". Nishimura-sensei became a Komuso and for a decade traveled around Japan on foot playing kyotaku. He had made of 2,000 instruments and was also a master wood carver, painter and earned black belts with very high rankings in Okinawan karate and Kendo. Koku Nishimura was the Honorary Director of the Ruo-yan Buddhist Association in China.

S-N5a. KYOTAKU CD [J] $26.50
Honkyoku performed long kyotaku flutes.

ANNE NORMAN is a shakuhachi teacher and virtuoso performer living and teaching in Melbourne, Australia. She studied shakuhachi with Nakamura Shindo, Tajima Tadashi and Yamaguchi Goro in Japan.
S-N4a. BREATH OF CREATION-Flutes of Two Worlds [I]with Greg Dikmans The flute traditions of Europe & Japan. CD $21.00
S-N4b. JOUISSANCE [I] CD $21.00
12th century chants of Hildegard and Abelard in post-modern recontextualization with voice, double bass, percussion and shakuhachi.
S-N4c. KAGOME [I] with Nadoya Music & Dance Co. CD $21.00
Shakuhachi with koto, traditional instruments and voice. Inspired by themes of an ancient Japanese children's song.
S-N4d. DRIFTWOOD [I] CD $21.00
Original composition. Shakuhachi, didgeridu along with other traditional and modern instruments.
S-N4d. GIFT with John Czechowicz [I] CD $21.00
Spontaneous improvisations with shakuhachi & guitar.

JUDO NOTOMI is a highly regarded as a shakuhachi player in Japan.
S-Y1b. SHAKUHACHI - FLÛTE TRADITIONNELLE JAPONAISE [I] CD $19.50 (TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK)
Goro Yamaguchi plays Mukaiji Reibo. Judo Notomi plays Koku Reibo
S-N6a. SEMICLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC OF JAPAN [I] CD $19.50
Includes a shakuhachi honkyoku duet with Judo and Haruhiko Notomi, a folk piece performed by Hoshi Tenshin as well as other music for koto, shamisen and voice.

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TORSTEN OLAFSSON is Denmark's foremost shakuhachi player. He is a student of the Kinko and ancient Meian Ryu temple tradition.
S-O1a. STANDING WAVES [I] C $12.50
Meian and Kinko honkyoku.

In 1985, ATSUYA OKUDA opened Zensabo - a studio for shakuhachi in Kokubunji, Tokyo - after retiring from a 20-year career playing jazz trumpet. Okuda uses jinashikan exclusively. These nobekan or one-piece instruments are made adding as little as possible to the natural bore of the bamboo just as shakuhachi were made in ancient times. Okuda plays honkyoku only, but very much in his own style, emphasizing the many tone colors jinashikan are able to express. While essentially self-taught, Okuda has intensively studied the playing of Watazumi and other great masters. His approach to shakuhachi is, at the same time, influenced by a deep knowledge of Western musical genres, such as jazz and classical, as well as traditional Japanese music. Until the Spring of 2002, Okuda refused to record his playing in the belief that only by listening to its live sound can one truly understand jinashi shakuhachi.
S-O2a. THE SOUND OF ZEN CD $17.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku performed on jinashikan. The CD was recorded in one take.

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STAN RICHARDSON studied shakuhachi with Ronnie Nygetsu Seldin. He is presently teaching in the Dallas, Texas area.
S-R1a. SHAKUHACHI MEDITATION MUSIC [D/A] C $21.00
Meian Ryu and Kinko Ryu honkyoku. CD $32.00

NED ROTHENBERG studied shakuhachi with Yokoyama Katsuya and Yamaguchi Goro in Japan and for 12 years with Ralph Samuelson in America. Primarily a composer and saxophone player, Ned has integrated a variety of world music forms into his compositions.
S-R2a. THE CRUX: Selected Solo Wind Works (1989-1992) CD $17.50
Original compositions. Shakuhachi honkyoku played on the saxophone.

PETER ROSS is a shakuhachi teacher, performer, flute maker, and recording artist currently living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  He studied shakuhachi with F.K. Nagao, Masayuki Koga, Ray Brooks, Teruo Furuya, Marco Leinhard, and Akikazu Nakamura. Since 1975, Peter has been very active as a shakuhachi performer, teacher, recording artist and flute maker. Peter brings his uniquely innovative style to the shakuhachi and plays with great feeling and creativity.  Strongly influenced by jazz, Peter uses his improvisational skills to transcend traditional shakuhachi playing styles.
S-R3a. MYSTIC CARAVAN CD $16.00
Shakuhachi, bamboo flutes & bass silver flute, viola, sarod, guitar, tabla, percussion, piano, bass & vocals
S-R3b. PRIMITIVE HEART CD $16.00
Featuring bass shakuhachi, bamboo flute and the Arabian Shakuhachi with oud, viola, brazilian berimabau and ethnic drums like the clay udu, djembe, and dunbek.
S-R3c. A JOURNEY EAST CD $16.00
A deeply meditative recording of shakuhachi and bamboo flutes played with ethnic instruments of the Middle East, India and Asia.  This eclectic combination of the flute, harmonium, violin, and tambura transcends global boundaries. 
S-R3D. BAMBOO SPIRIT CD $16.00
Bamboo Spirit is a collection of beautiful Japanese folk melodies and meditative improvisations.  Suitable for massage therapy, tai chi and yoga.

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RALPH SAMUELSON studied shakuhachi with esteemed masters Yamaguchi Goro, Araki Kodo V and Yamoto Shudo. He lives in New York and is one of the foremost teachers of in the United States.
S-S1a. OFFERINGS CD $18.50
Kinko & Meian honkyoku.
S-S1b. MUSIC OF THE SHAKUHACHI C $10.50
Kinko & Meian honkyoku.
S-L1h. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC FOR TWO SHAKUHACHI with Riley Lee Two American shakuhachi masters blow honkyoku. C $10.50

JAMES NYORAKU SCHLEFER began his musical career as a Western flautist, and studied with Samuel Baron and Patricia Spencer. specializing in twentieth century music, he earned a Master's degree in music history from Queens College. Mr. Schlefer has been playing the shakuhachi since 1978 and earned both the Jun Shi han and Shi Han licenses from Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin. He is an active performer, composer, and teacher of the shakuhachi as well as head of the Kyo-Shin-An dojo in New York City and author of the SHAKUHACHI WORKBOOK: Daily Practice Exercises for Technical Development.
S-S2a. WIND HEART C $10.50
Honkyoku and modern music for the shakuhachi. CD $16.00
S-S2b. SOLSTICE SPIRIT CD $16.00
Several honkyoku, a composition by Fukuda Rando, and two of Nyoraku's own including an extended suite for an orchestra of 18 variously-sized shakuhachi.
S-S2c. FLARE UP CD $16.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku and original modern compositions by James Schlefer and Keiho Kineya.

STEVE SCIULLI. Enhanced Japanese Shakuhachi, Bansuri, Accordion, Tin Whistle and percussions. Steve's input in the regional music and art scene has been well documented and written about over the last 20 years. He has composed and recorded music for over thirty major theatre, dance, and performance art groups. Steve has been an organizer of numerous musical events though out the Western Pennsylvania region. His playing has been heard on a number of nationally syndicated radio broadcasts. "Throughout my musical journey and quest, I have been a student of sacred musical knowledge and instruments. During my ongoing career I have always sought to use technology to find the deep spirit that breathes and lives within these instruments. It is this spirit - this deeper meaning of sound and vibration - that I have always sought
S-S11a. LIFE IN BALANCE CD $15.50
Shakuhachi & crystal quartz bowls. Using enhanced traditional Japanese and global instruments with pure Quartz Crystal Bowls, Life In Balance creates a high frequency sonic environment for an extraordinary musical experience.

ICHIRO SEKI is a shakuhachi player and composer currently living in Tokyo. He studied shakuhachi with Yokoyama Katsuya and composition with Shuko Mizuno and Yoriaki Matsudaira. He has performed around the world and well-known in Japan for his shakuhachi and koto compositions.
S-S4a. FLUTE SUMMIT [I] CD $20.00
Flautists from Japan, India, China & the Netherlands in concert.
S-S4b. CONTRASTS [I] CD $18.00
Ichiro Seki plays shakuhachi and presents his works.
1. Music from the movie,The Last Emperor
2. Music for shakuhachi quartet based in Japanese folk songs.
3. Contrasts for shakuhachi and harpsichord
4. Honkyoku: Sanya

RONNIE NYOGETSU SELDIN is founder of the Ki-Sui-An Shakuhachi Dojo in New York City with several branches on the East Coast.
S-S5a. THE HEART OF BAMBOO C $10.50
Koten & Kinko honkyoku.
S-S5b. WIND IN THE REEDS C $10.50
Koten & Kinko honkyoku.
S-S5c. KI-SUI-AN HONKYOKU Vol. 1 C $10.50
Shakuhachi, koto & shamisen in ensemble.
S-S5e. REIBO: IN MEMORY OF THE BELL CD $16.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
S-S5f. ICHI ON BUTTSU: One Sound...Enlightenment CD $16.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku and original compositions.
S-S5g. SOUND OF DISTANT DEER with Gideon Freudmann CD $16.50
Shakuhachi duets with cello. Honkyoku and new music.
S-S5h. MAKOTO SHINJITSU...with a Heart of True Sincerity CD $16.50
Original compositions, healing honkyoku &"neo-honkyoku".
S-S5i. SAMURAI SPIRIT CD $16.00
Includes the entire Nezasa-ha repertory which is rarely performed New original composition by Nyogetsu.
S-S5j. THE EMPTY BOWL CD $16.00
Eight Kinko honkyoku played in the Jin Nyodo-style.
S-S5k. KOMUSO: The Healing Art of Zen Shakuhachi CD $18.00
Healing honkyoku.
S-S5l. HEART OF ZEN: SIMPLICITY CD $18.00
Healing honkyoku.
S-S5m. KYMONO SERIES-Vol. 1 LP $17.50
Sankyoku.

TANI SENZAN studied shakuhachi under Uyeda Kado, head of the Uyeda Ryu. He received his master status in 1977 after winning the school's National Gold Medal award for three consecutive years.
S-S6a. ZEN SPIRIT C $10.50
Solo shakuhachi playing Uyeda Ryu compositions. CD $16.50
S-S6b. EVENING SNOW with Tanaka Yoko C $10.50
Shakuhachi & koto playing classical duets.

JOHN SINGER is a shakuhachi teacher, & recording artist in the Bay Area. He has studied with Kinko Ryu master Yamaguchi Goro and Inoue Shigeishi, the only living Grand Master of the Kimpu Ryu.
S-S7a. SHAKUHACHI ZEN C $10.50 / CD $16.50
Kimpu Ryu honkyoku.
S-S7b. SHAKUHACHI BELL with Karma Moffett C $10.50 / CD $16.50
Shakuhachi & Tibetan bells.
S-S7c. ENDLESS SEA: Impressions of Japan with Paul Hurst CD $16.50
Shakuhachi & concert harp recorded live.
S-S7d. NAKED VISION [*]with Carlos Nakai & Zakir Hussain C $10.50 / CD $16.50
Shakuhachi, native American flute & tabla combine in a unique blend of ancient & modern world music.
S-S7e. ZEN SHAKUHACHI DUETS with Mizuno Kohmei C $10.50 / CD $16.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku played by two masters.
S-S7f GLOBAL MOTION C $10.50 / CD $16.50
Shakuhachi in a contemporary vein.
S-S7fg ZEN MUSIC WITH ANCIENT SHAKUHACI [Double Album] CD $25.00
Shakuhachi Koten and Kinko-ryu honkyoku played on rare historical instruments.

YASUDA SHINPU is a master of the shakuhachi and the larger hotchiku flutes. He studied Meian and Koten honkyoku with the esteemed teacher Kikusui Kofu. Shinpu plays with great sensitivity some of the longest shakuhachi made.
S-S8a. MUSIC OF THE SHAKUHACHI CD $18.50
A special reissue by Smithsonian-Folkways. Now on CD. An exceptional recording of Meian honkyoku. Complete with liner notes. 

ALLEN NYOSHIN STEIR graduated from the Manhattan School with a Masters of Musci (Clarinet) in 1964. He taught instruments music in the New York City school system for 37 years. He studied the shakuhachi in New York with Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin, in Kyoto, with Yoshio Kurahashi and in Tokyo with Aoki Reibo.
In 1996 he received his Jun-ShiHan certificate and the performing name of Nyoshin, meaning "as the essence of spirit and truth," and in 1998 received his Shihan certificate. Allen has performed extensively with the New York Gaga-ku Imperial Orchestra, as both a solo artist, and a member of trio ensembles at Tenri Culture Center, playing classical Japanese music, and as a guest artist with the Inoue Ensemble.
S-S9a CASTLES IN THE SKY CD $16.50 C $10.50
Shakuhachi honkyoku.
S-S9b KOKORO KARA: From the Heart CD $16.50 C $10.50
Traditional & modern compostions for solo shakuhachi, koto & voice.

BRUCE STOLLER is a composer, pianist and shakuhachi player. He also makes a unique shakuhachi flute from the dried stems of Yucca and Sotol plants found in the Sonoran Desert.
S-S10a. SONORAN FLUTE BOY C $10.50
Japanese & American folk tunes, a Chopin prelude, a move theme and a composition dedicated to Katsuya Yokoyama. All played on the Sonoran shakuhachi.

WARD JENE STROUD is an American Indian flute player, maker and sculpture artist. He lived most his life with his father and his grandmother who was born on the "Cherokee" reservation in Oklahoma.His experience in music comes from early childhood memories of making music with his mother, a full blooded Yaqui Indian woman. The flute is an extension of his spirit voice, from that special place where his heart speaks. Ward now studies shakuhachi and has created a healing synthesis of Native American and traditional Japanese music.
S-S12a. INDIGINARY CD $15.00 / C $10.50
Shakuhachi & the Native American flute accompanied by other ethnic instruments from around the world in a unique blend of healing music.

KUNIYOSHI SUGAWARA studied Tozan shakuhachi under Meizan Tokusa, Kinko under Shodo Takahashi, Hodo Sato and Katsuya Yokoyama. He won1st prize in the shakuhachi section of the Sankyoku Contest, Hokkaido ('76). 1st prize in the Sankyoku Contest of Japan('77). Success in NHK Audition('77). 2nd prize and JML prize of Solo section, 2nd prize and jury prize of Ensemble section in Pan Music Contemporary Performance by Traditional Instruments Contest organized by the German Embassy in Japan ('80). Published the book: "Naruhodo the Shakuhachi - Introduction" (Hogaku Journal).
S-S13a. DuO2 [J] with Izumiyama Shoko (koto) CD [J] $26.00
Shakuhachi and koto duets.
1. Sekishun (Yokoyama Katsuya)
2. *Sakura Gensoukyoku [Cherry Blossom Fantasy] (Seki Ichiro)
3. Houshun (Nagasawa Katsutoshi)
4. Shion (Yamamoto Hozan)
5. Haru Urara (Kawasaki Etsuo)
6. Kaze no Uta (Sawai Tadao)
(*Sheet Music available for Sakura Gensoukyoku - Cherry Blossom Fantasy by Ichiro Seki)
S-S13b. Ugetsufu [I] with Izumiyama Shoko, Nishi Yoki, Kawamura Masako, Kuribayashi Hideaki & Tanabe Retsuzan (koto) CD [J] $18.00
Shakuhachi and koto duets.
1. Ugutsefu (Yoshimatsu Takashi)
2. Kaei (Hoki Makoto)
3. Kotoba no Yoru (Chikuma Jun)
4. Renzan (Sawai Tadao)
5. Kata-ashi Torii no Eizo (Sato Toshinao)
6. Nihon Minyo Kumikyoku Dai Ichan-ban (Fukushima Yujiro)
S-S13c. Masters of Zen [I] with Nishi Yoki, Kuribayashi Hideaki, Nakagawa K., Ikegami S., Matsuda S., Noguchi. Y. Takezawa E., Yagi M. Baba H., Yonemura R. & Hamano H.(koto)
CD [J] $18.00
Shakuhachi and koto duets.
1. Emu (Kuribayashi Hideaki)
2. Aiki (Yoshizaki Katsuhiko)
3. Hoshun (Nagasawa Katsutoshi)
4. Ame (Yamamoto Hozan)
5. Tanshi-Part 1 (Funakawa Toshio)
6. Tanshi-Part 2 (Funakawa Toshio)
7. Star Dust (Mizuno Toshihiko)
8. Kaze no Uta (Sawai Tadao)

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TADASHI TAJIMA studied shakuhachi with three outstanding teachers in Japan: Chikoho Sakai, Katsuya Yokoyama and Watazumido-Shuso who is known for his large flutes and idiosyncratic style.
S-T1a. SHINGETSU C $10.50
Kinko honkyoku repertoire.
S-I1b. TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CHAMBER MUSIC [I] CD $19.50
Nihon no Oto Ensemble, featuring Tadashi Tajima and Toshimitsu Ishikawa on shakuhachi, a play honkyoku duet and sankyoku pieces with biwa, shamisen, koto & voice.
S-T1c. TADASHI TAJIMA: Master of the Shakuhachi [I] CD $19.50
Kinko Honkyoku.

RYUDO TAKAHASH is not a professional musician, but a businessman who divides his time between his livelihood and passion for shakuhachi. He studied and received his master's license in Kinko-ryu shakuhachi from Tanaka Judo in 1970. He now presides over his own school, the Ryudo-Kai in Yamagata and is head mentor of the Garyu-Kai, a society formed to preserve the Fuke (Komuso) shakuhachi tradition. Takahashi learned the entire Fuke repertoire under renowned teacher Uramoto Sekicho and has also studied with Yokoyama Katsuya.
S-T2a. SHAKUHACHI RYUDO [I] Double Album CD $40.00
Twenty-two pieces from Fuke and Kinko honkyoku repertoire.¨

KOZAN TANIFUJI was born in Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan in 1945. In 1974, at the age of 29, he began studying Tozan-ryu shakuhachi under Kozan Takayama and then under Ginzan Suzuki. In 1991, he achieved the rank of daishihan or grandmaster and on February 14, 2004 earned the title of shin-Tozanryu chikurinken, the highest possible level in the world of shakuhachi. Mr Tanifuji belongs to a number of hogaku groups and performs many styles of music including honkyoku, shinkyoku, jiuta and modern hogaku. For 19 years, since 1977, he has instructed a junior high school wind ensemble and performed shakuhachi in the piece “Figuration for Shakuhachi and Brass” composed and conducted by Tetsunosuke Kushida of Kyoto. He also conducted “Dokan” in 2001 and “Nichiren” in 2002 composed by Michio Miyagi at the Kitami Art and Culture Hall in Hokkaido, Japan. Mr. Tanifuji has played the western-style Boehm flute since 1961. In March 2003, he began working with the shakuhachi headjoint for silver flute and gave it the name Shakulute.
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