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Number of CDs: 2
Release Date: 01-09-1997
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: MM00301D
Barcode: 600835030120
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empty Bell | 5 | Buddha Or Satsu |
| 2 | Choshi Or Shirabe | 6 | Yoshi Ya |
| 3 | Empty Sky | 7 | Three Valleys |
| 4 | Murasaki Reibo | ||
| Disc 2 | |||
| 1 | Reed Fence | 4 | Shika No Tone |
| 2 | Shin Kyorei | 5 | Offering |
| 3 | Tsuru No Sugomori | 6 | Wind In The Pines |
Description:
Quiet Your Mind with Shakuhachi Flute Music for Meditation. Over 700 years ago in Japan, Zen masters developed honkyoku, the art of blowing Zen, using only the pure tones of the simple shakuhachi bamboo flute for accompaniment. On Shakuhachi Meditation Music, virtuoso Stan Richardson offers 13 authentic bamboo flute selections, each one a soothing contemplation meant to still the mind and awaken attention. Richardson, a former member of Japan's respected Ki-Sui-An Shakuhachi Dojo ensemble, plays these rare works in the traditional Zen style, just as they were played for centuries by wandering monks. Selections range from spare, haunting contemplations to complex tone poems. Excellent for meditation, yoga, exercise and bodywork.
Biography:
Stan Richardson has studied the Japanese flute for over twenty years and travels extensively as a practitioner and teacher of the shakuhachi flute as meditation. He has recorded with the Turtle Creek Chorale and tours regularly around the United States. He has also performed throughout Japan with members of the Ki-Sui-An Shakuhachi Dojo. Stan currently resides in Dallas, Texas, where he teaches in his own small dojo.
