Hi Justin,
The first half of the album in not Minyo music at all. The album=20
doesn't have any liner notes but listening to it the instrumentation=20
is: shino bue, Kagura-bue, hiyoushigi, Tsuzumi, shime-taiko, O-daiko,=20
atarigane, wagon, hansho (?) ....the genre of music played on the first=20=
12 tracks sounds like contemporary compositions based on Kagura music,=20=
the music used in Shinto folk ceremonies as well as yoko-bue duets.=20
It's still a mystery to which ensemble is playing this. But it=20
definitely is NOT Watazumi-do, since he only played hocchiku (and other=20=
strange things as seen on the album cover that Ron exhibited) in a solo=20=
context (but I know of instances where he actually played with other=20
musicians).
The only other Watazumi student I've met other than Yokoyama sensei is=20=
a zen priest named Higashi Myogi of the Tengen-ji temple in Tokyo. He's=20=
a really nice man. Barry Weiss is studying with him now.
I believe most of the players in the Kyoto area are Tozan players. I=20
don't know how many people are teaching honkyoku in Kyoto. But=20
Kurahashi Yoshio is based there. And Mitsuhashi Kifu makes occasional=20
trips there to teach. In Osaka, there is Toshimitsu Ishikawa who=20
teaches koten honkyoku. He studied with Katsuya Yokoyama and Tadashi=20
Tajima.
Best,
Al
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On Sunday, August 8, 2004, at 03:58 AM, Justin . wrote:
> Hi Alvin,
> I think that is the first album of his I heard. The
> first half is minyo, right? And it`s really low volume
> until about half way through. The information on the
> sleeve didn`t even mention Watazumi`s name if I
> remember correctly. So, are you sure the first half
> was not him? Who was it then? It was certainly
> excellant in my view. That was the really wild stuff I
> was refering to.=81@Anyway Watazumi did play flutes
> other than Shakuhachi right, and minyo stuff right?
> =81@So how about Watazumi`s students. That`s something I
> never hear about, except for Yokoyama. But surely he
> had other students. Anyone have any connections? And
> on that topic, is anyone familiar with the scene of
> shakuhachi teachers in Kyoto? (Koten Honkyoku=81j=81B=81@
> =81@Best wishes=81@
> =81@Justin.
> =81@
>
>
> --- Alcvin Ramos <ramos@dccnet.com> wrote:
>
>> When I first heard Watazumi-doso on a CD about 10
>> years ago, I did not
>> like his sound at all. Perhaps it was very low
>> quality recording of
>> that album put out by Legacy International: The Art
>> of the Japanese
>> Bamboo Flute. Actually half that album is not even
>> Watazumi-do playing!
>
>
>
> =09
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