Jazz Shakuhachi - Tokyo, Japan

[xxtheklonexx]

I never knew George Lucas played bass.

[AL93000]

Beautiful and awsome. Just one thing I think he is playing it too much like a classical silver flute. He should throw in some shakuhachi specific sounds and traditional japanese melodies(jazzed up of course). I know he did do it a little but I wanted more you know :D

[neotokyomedia]

Great! release more Jazz collaborations

[GatameOne]

The guy on the piano and the guy on the pan flute look similar.

[kaoristrong]

Cool !!!

[vivitsukino]

He's SO Brazilian ;D

[mosaphat]

HE IS NOT ASIAN!!!!!

[ExtraYugaFuga]

あ、パーカス仙道さん

[timwarneka]

Excellent!!!

[shiyakuhatikozou]

素晴らしいです！

[kkw4444]

衣装が微妙ですね。。。

[PepinoMichoacan]

2:37, omg Oo this rocks !

[jesussuperstar1]

excelent....

[SAZANAMIX1]

すごい！　全然違和感がない。

[leusherex]

ma que jazz??

es re latino esto..!

[javijazztazz]

jazz latino

[canadienne123]

My friend, an excellent shakuhachi teacher, has had the instrument for over 25 years in Japan. Then he came to Poland and after 6 months the shakuhachi crumbled :(

[Max0Inq]

Co się stało?

[PsychologyGame]

Wow that sucks. Also, that almost looks like a 'bad omen' o.o;

[palehorse864]

That does suck. I have a PVC one i'm beginning practice on, so I'm not worried about that. I don't know though if I could keep a bamboo one here. It's in Florida, so it is always humid, but inside the house there is a constant fluctuation between 74 degrees - 77 degrees on the thermostat. I'm not sure what that would do, but 74 feels like freezing on that thermostat and 77 like a sauna. Going from no humidity indoors to 100% outdoors also wouldn't be good.

[hondas2000ap1mania]

非常に面白い発送だな、音はちがうけど、フルート（クラリネット­－リコーダー）って感じ。

[rikard92]

彼はフルート奏者さんでもあるのですよ＾＾

[Mihoko731]

This great ! I love it very much.

[ocarinadiva]

I've never seen anything like this before, but I really like it.

[bambiistkrieg]

isn't that bossa nova and not jazz?? (kinda goes hand in hand but still a little difference)

[uDisConnect]

i kinda get what you mean

bossa nova is a whole new genre by itself!

but it does still have jazz in it

[manweller1]

this is nice.

[soarcs4]

excelente!

[fallenwillrise]

i love this kinda sound. so special. like a big secret

[54cumrubeats]

Fuck! WTF??!

Это блять не сякухати, а хуйня!

Сраные америкосы. Я б каждого сямисэном выебал бы!

[xxtheklonexx]

私はあなたの言って理解する方法では、伝統的なされていません

[zaxy4500]

nice!!

[aquamarine819]

ブラボー！

[Bruce88keys]

now thats down in the groove

[Veggieforce]

Im diggin jonny katz

[timdeal]

Sugoi!

[jellyninja0]

sweet dood

[cheesewizchocobo]

Very nice! :D

[Wackiavelli]

Go Bruce!

[Bruce88keys]

Oughtta sight

[derob7]

does anyone know the name of this song?

[rdangelo]

Hey, Jon is the guy who showed me how to make stir-fry when he was a grad student at Eastman and I was subletting the next apartment over. Good guy, good pie-anna player.

[CidSilverWing]

Epic win! ^^

[takakolou]

Awesome pianist!!!

[bryanbhu]

lol I didn't know shakuhachi could sound good among these instruments. What a discovery.

[cretufan]

shakuhachi.....playedcool look for utube video ...........principles of lust omenmix..

[cretufan]

isorry but this does not belong in jazz this horrible

[strawberryninja]

I think it's pretty jazzy! Maybe a little bit of latinjazz.. but hey it's sure jazzy!

[fallenwillrise]

you sorry alright.

[abcdefgbpzz]

uhhh...this is jazz. more of a latin jazz.

[poorudboer]

plz don't use shakuhachi in jazz, it ruins it's history.

[fallenwillrise]

i like how this starts out, i like that style.

[CohanDigitmatta]

awesome

[fallenwillrise]

i like it, actually. im learning more bout jazz fusion and jazz in general

[bemjamin]

i dont like it.

[catandpiddle]

thanks for the update. I played it for many years until jun shihan (tozan ryu). sorry, I found it just didn't cut it compared to the boem system flutes. scales? well, that's your opinion. I was glad to give it up frankly. tonally very limited and repetative. two songs about does it.

[bokunoniwatori]

Very nice composition,

feeling and atmospher.

I enjoyed listening shakuhachi this way.

I am sure he has mastered traditionals

then continuing in modern way, which I believe is very important for keeping the music alive.

Would like to hear more with piano player

duo. YAMADA

[NicoSensei]

There are other jazz performances on YouTube that are much better IMHO. By this I mean that it keeps some traditional feeling while being true jazz music. I am studying shakuhachi so I know one or two things about it. To me this player has amazing technique but he has completely westernized the instrument, so to me it is no more shakuhachi. But once again this is solely my opinion ;)

[NicoSensei]

Impressive technique for sure, but where's the spirit? Not my cup of tea, sounds more like a transverse flute to me.

[KnowKnot]

Those overtones, that vibrato, and that variation between notes sounds like a transverse flute? Hmmmm. I also like the "out of context with the Shakuhachi" comment. It's out of context in terms of rules and traditions maybe. What would it sound like without the preconceptions? (I'm not saying this is THE ideal performance.)

[ScottSUREFiRE]

this sounds hilariously out of shakuhachi context. not feelin it

[catandpiddle]

Good! Can't take too much of shakuhachi though... A couple of songs is about all. The sound wears thin after that. Pentatonic scale only, although some guys drill extra holes or rejig existing ones to allow more diatonic usage.

[nooner100]

catandpittle, listen to it again. it's not pentatonic, just cause it has 5 holes everyone assumes it's pentatonic. I can play 2 octaves chromatically. if you can't hear it your not a very good listener or just a very bad musician who doesn't know his scales.

[PaulMurphyJazzDrum]

very nice work...wonderful!

[futaomi]

amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing.

it actually sounds great

[BigBuddha3]

This Shakuhachi Flute what is this of Scale of this Flute? Or who can buying this Flute?

[punchiman2]

if close yr eyes and just listen, this is just the sound of flute, nothing special, i dont feel this is great

[Jasn1111]

I don't think jazz really does the shakuhaci justice. It's all about breath control and subtle nuance.

This song is more complex and looses the meaning. The bassline reminds me of Salt Peanuts by Dizzy.

[kinggimped]

Wonderful stuff, can't help feeling the rest of the band are being a little limited due to the constricting presence of the shakuhachi - though the shakuhachi itself and the way it flows with the rest of the band is fantastic. I'll hunt you guys down once I visit Tokyo! PS Saori Sendo does indeed rock, she really stood out in this video (and not just because she's female)!

[nscottrob]

Great musicianship. Saori Sendo rocks!!

[Tanuki127]

Awesome, i love shakuhachi, first time i hear it in jazz, keep it up

[touwaba]

Great, thank you !