Re: [Shaku] The Long-Lost KPFK Tapes of Jin Nyodo

Thanks for these very special recordings.

I am in close touch with Jin Nyosei, Jin Nyodo's son, having spoken
with him just a few days ago. I will call again to see if he can
provide any additional information. I will also send him a copy of
the this KPFK broadcast.

Monty

>A while back, I was googling Jin Nyodo just to see what was out there.
>In one session I came across a reference to a KPFK radio series on
>traditional Japanese music, and it mentioned a set of performances by
>Jin Nyodo on Radio Pacifica in the early 1960s.
>
>The program was called "Evening on the Roof," and was hosted by Peter
>Yates.
>
>Particularly intriguing was that Jin had apparently played sankyoku as
>well as honkyoku.
>
>Not too long after that, Peter Hill came through LA and we had a day of
>shakuhachi lessons and general hanging out. The woman who put the day
>together was Professor Rachael Rudich, who teaches at Pomona College,
>where we held the day's activities. Later that day, I got into a
>conversation with her husband, Ron Sappington, who mentioned that,
>years before, he had salvaged a garage full of old KPFK tapes years ago
>when the radio station was cleaning house.
>
>I mentioned the Jin Nyodo stuff to him, and he dug through the tapes
>and found the lost Jin Nyodo concerts, as well as some interestingly
>related stuff - in particular, recordings of Myoan-ji temple komuso
>playing honkyoku, and some shomyo chant, both with introductions.
>
>Ed Heckerman had a working reel-to-reel tape deck which he lent to Ron.
>Ron used it to record the stuff and burn it to CDs, and sent me a set
>of disks.
>
>Those music files are now available online as MP3s at:
>
> http://shikan.org/KPFK
>
>Enjoy!
>
>p.s. if anyone has further information on these performances, please
>let me know so I can add the information to this archive.
>
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Monty H. Levenson
Tai Hei Shakuhachi Flutes
monty@shakuhachi.com
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