Re: [Shaku] CD release

Hi Shelton,

Yes, I've seen that photo. Coltrane was one of my heros growing up and I
was really intrigued by that photo when I saw it. I was a jazz sax
player for years before taking up the shakuhachi but didn't originally
think about it as a jazz instrument. But I slowly started trying to play
with some of my old jazz cronies and at some point realized that the
shakuhachi had some potential to bring something new to jazz. So a few
years ago I started working pretty hard on developing an approach to
jazz shakuhachi and the CD is the current result of that work (it helped
that I had some killer musicians supporting me on the CD).

I'm happy to answer any other questions you have, e.g. if you're
thinking about playing jazz on the shakuhachi I can tell you a few of
things I worked on for what it's worth.

Cheers,

Karl

> Hi Karl,
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> I would like to know more about your recent CD project, especially if it
> involves Jazz and the Shakuhachi! Have you ever seen that photograph
> of John Coltrane playing the Shakuhachi?
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> Shelton
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> Park Ranger Shelton Johnson
> Division of Interpretation and Education
> National Park Service
> Yosemite National Park
> P.O. Box 577
> Yosemite CA 95389
> Phone: (209)-372-0644
> Fax: (209)-372-0208
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> Hi all,
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> Sorry for the shameless self promotion but I was pretty happy with what
> the players (some of the best jazz players in the SF bay area) did on my
> recent CD project and wanted to let people know where to check it out if
> they had any interest. You can hear samples on the recordings link at
> the website in my signature below. Thanks for putting up with this spam
> (unless Bruce and/or Phil chuck it :-))
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> K
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> Karl Young
> http://karlshak.com
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