On this CD, Robert A. Jonas plays several versions of Sui-Zen pieces. Jonas performs honkyoku, (pieces,passed along in oral tradition for many centuries). Jonas plays the shakuhachi an end-blown Japanese bamboo flute with five holes
CD
Track
Description
Time
Blowing Bamboo
1
Kyo Rei 2.8
6:57
2
Hon Shirabe 2.8
4:44
3
Chikugo Sashi 2.4
4:45
4
Mauai Ji 2.4
8:34
5
Azuma No Kyoku 2.1
08:28
6
Matsu Kaze 2.4
9:09
7
Marasaki Reiho 1.8
8:12
8
Sokaku Reigo 1.8
10:40
9
Daiwagaku 2.4
5:03
Robert A. Jonas has been playing the Japanese bamboo flute, the shakuhachi, since 1991. This meditative shakuhachi music comes from the Buddhist Sui-Zen ("Blowing Zen") tradition. Jonas has studied under shakuhachi masters David Duncavage, Yoshio Kurahashi sensei, Riley Lee, Ronnie Seldin, Marco Lienhard, and most recently, Michael Gould
Audio Tracks
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November 10, 2009
Reviewer: Margaret from Massachusetts, USA,
This peaceful collection of traditional shakuhachi pieces will quiet your mind and open your heart. The wind of the Spirit blows through this elegant CD.