KotoJazz 9: Islands of Japanese Gardens
When you grow up in a town like Boulder as I did, which sits at the front range of the Rocky Mountains, it’s not possible to miss out on the […]
When you grow up in a town like Boulder as I did, which sits at the front range of the Rocky Mountains, it’s not possible to miss out on the […]
“Water water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner). Famous poets the world over […]
The creativity of music happens when a performer hits upon a series of sounds that elicit inspiration in a musical piece. It is always a form of channeling energy, and […]
Today, I post two of my favorite George Winston originals– Moon and Thanksgiving. I also posted up a new Koto jazz variation I play based from my favorite Koto piece, […]
If you talked to contemporary ambient/ new age artists Lee Pui Ming, Geoffrey Castle, Riley Lee or Brian Eno, would they attribute some of their influences to Koto music? There’s […]
Koto jazz is a compilation on variations of popular traditional Japanese koto music with a western rhythm. These include Sakura Sakura, Tori No Yo Ni, Rokudan, Midare, and a score […]
Some hints of koto jazz influences can be heard in the contemporary music of George Winston (Windham Hill Records), Peter Kater (Silver Wave Records), Shadowfax (Windham Hill Records), and Andreas […]
Hatchidori Wa Hana Ka[ra] Hana [e tobu] (Hummingbird Flies from Flower to Flower) and Kabutomushi (Rhinoceros Beetle) are musical pieces that attempt to capture the energy of the natural object; […]