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Kite

Kite

"Shakuhachi, guitar and string quartet recorded at St. Maria Church in Germany."

John Kaizan Neptune
Kosei Publishing Company - KJKN-9200
1992

Дорожка Название Кандзи Длина Исполнитель
1  Play Button Currents 04'04 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
This piece was written and first performed for the World Energy Council held in Madrid in September 1992. The idea was to express a dynamic, energetic "current" Japan. Special thanks to Kimio Yamamoto of First Party Inc. for asking me to write this piece.
2  Play Button Sailing East 05'47 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
I wrote this tune for an album called Shogun. That project featured me more as a composer than as a player, and I was looking for an opportunity to record this Japanese-flavored tune again featuring the shakuhachi. I think the 2.4 (bass) shakuhachi works well in this mellow setting with guitar and cello.
3  Play Button Bamboo Cutter 06'31 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
Bamboo Cutter, Bamboo Princess, Moon Return

These three tunes are based on the Japanese folk tale "Kaguya Hime" (literally, "Radiant Princess"). The story in brief: An old bamboo cutter and his wife are without children and lonely. One day, while in the forest, the old man sees a piece of bamboo that is glowing, cuts it open, and finds inside a beautiful miniature princess who grows to become the child he and his wife had always dreamed of. After the Bamboo Princess becomes a young woman, she refuses many proposals of marriage. The parents wonder why, but are content to have their daughter in the house as long as possible. One day they find her crying, and she tells them she has to return to her real home, the moon. I wrote and first performed these pieces with pipe organ; they were commissioned by Izumi Takamori of Shizuoka Broadcasting System.
4  Play Button Bamboo Princess 05'20 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
See Bamboo Cutter.
5  Play Button Moon Return 06'43 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
See Bamboo Cutter.
6  Play Button Wing It 03'51 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
When I wrote this "bounce" tune, the melody flew out of the shakuhachi. There wasn't much rehearsal time, but I think the guitar and cello players were able to wing it with flying colors!
7  Play Button Between Couds 04'50 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
I set out to write a mellow Latin-flavored tune and spent more time trying to find an appropriate title than writing the piece. The title suits the mood and instrumentation-2.4 shakuhachi and classical guitar.
8  Play Button Pentasonic 04'28 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
The five basic open-hole tones of the standard shakuhachi give you D, F, G, A, and C. This is the folk scale of Japan and happens to be very close to a D minor blues. I believe the shakuhachi fits into this jazz context very well, as do the classical guitar and string quartet, though none of these instruments are typically found playing Pentasonic blues.
9  Play Button Kite 10'27 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
In this piece, originally scored for shakuhachi and violin, I try to evoke some of the moods of kite flying: the initial ascent, the actual flying-wonderment, dancing in the wind, descent into a tree, and maybe even a little African wind blowing in the last movement.
10  Play Button Two's Blues 04'56 Сякухати: John Kaizan Neptune
This blues was written specifically for this album. We did only two takes: a slow one and one with a slightly faster tempo. We went with the first take, which so often seems to be the best when recording improvisational music.