Shakuhachi Flute Recordings

Recorded Music

Shakuhachi
Japanese Bamboo Flute

This listing of shakuhachi music includes:

Classical Shakuhachi Honkyoku. Honkyoku translates as"original music" for shakuhachi and is based upon "sui zen" or blowing zen used by early practitioners as a form of meditation.
Sankyoku. A more modern for of ensemble music of shakuhachi with koto (a 13-string harp) and shamisen (a 3-string lute).
Gaikyoku. New music for the shakuhachi.
Contemporary World Music. Jazz, improvisation and other forms of modern music incorporating shakuhachi and traditional themes.

C = cassette tape, CD = compact disk, [I] = Import, [J] = Japanese Import, [DA] = Double Album,
[*] = Using Tai Hei Shakuhachi on Recording

Aphabetical Listing of Shakuhachi Recordings

Shakuhachi Recording Artists

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Anthologies Richard Allen Robbie Hanna Anderman Bob Seigetsu Avstreih Todd Barton Jim Scott-Behrends Clive Bell Elizabeth Reian Bennett Ron Berger Christopher Yohmei Blasdel Ray Brooks Jeff Cairns Debbie Danbrook Bruno Deschenes Keisuke Doi David Duncavage Michel DuBeau Martha Fabrique Jim Franklin Teruhisa Fukuda Teruo Furuya Michael Gould Andreas Fuyu Gutzwiller Chris Harazda Robert Herr T.M. Hoffman Bruce Huebner Toshimitsu Ishikawa Yoshikazu Iwamoto	Phil James Tommy Jee Jin Nyodo Robert Jonas Kaoru Kakizakai Sozan Chiaki Kariya Kikusui Kofu Masayuki Koga Kees Kort Kozan Kitahara Yoshio Kurahashi Clarence Dozan Ledbetter Riley Lee Marco Lienhard Gunnar Jinmei Linder Kazu Matsui Vlastislav Matousek George Mnatsakanov Robin Lloyd Andrew MacGregor Art Maxwell Kohachiro Miyata Akikazu Nakamura Jorge Naparstek John Kaizan Neptune Koku Nishimura Anne Norman Judo Notomi Michiaki Okada Atsuya Okuda Torsten Olafsson Rakugaki Stan Richardson	Peter Ross Ned Rothenberg Ralph Samuelson James Nyoraku Schleffer Steve Sciulli Ichiro Seki Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin Tani Senzan Yasuda Shinpu John Singer Allen Steir Bruce Stoller Ward Jene Stroud Tadashi Tajima Wataru Kozan Tanifuji Joel Taylor Takahashi Ryudo Takashi Tokuyama Yoshinobu Taniguchi Tokyo Inter-Arts Kojiro Umezaki Watazumi Doso Roshi Goro Yamaguchi Hozan Yamamoto Katsuya Yokoyama Reisho Yonemura Masakazu Yoshizawa Alek Zandr David Zasloff Juerg Fuyuzui Zurmuehle