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is a 1977 album released by Hōzan Yamamoto
, featuring Western jazz instrumentalists such as bassist Gary Peacock
, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi
and drummer Hiroshi Murakami. It is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz
and Japanese classical music.
Hozan Yamamoto
Hōzan Yamamoto is a Japanese shakuhachi player, composer and lecturer....
, featuring Western jazz instrumentalists such as bassist Gary Peacock
Gary Peacock
Gary Peacock is an American jazz double-bassist.-Biography:After military service in Germany, in the early sixties he worked on the west coast with Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Paul Bley and Art Pepper, then moved to New York. He worked there with Bley, the Bill Evans trio , and Albert Ayler's trio...
, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi
Masabumi Kikuchi
is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer born in Tokyo, Japan, notable for working with a variety of well known jazz musicians such as Lionel Hampton, Sonny Rollins, Woody Herman, Mal Waldron, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Miles Davis, Billy Harper and Hannibal Peterson.-Select...
and drummer Hiroshi Murakami. It is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and Japanese classical music.
Track listing
- Prologue (序) - 3:10
- Silver World (銀界) - 12:22
- Stone Garden of Ryōan Temple (竜安寺の石庭) - 10:08
- A Heavy Shower (驟雨) - 9:46
- Sawanose (沢之瀬) - 11:46
- Epilogue (終) - 2:52