Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Is it just me or does that link go to a whole nother place all of a sudden?

Regards,

Harry.

I think, it has something to do with stability of the Russian server.. I saw it happen several times before.

Hi Chris

I didn't mean Nishimura Koku personally, as well, I found that the attack on the notes and the pacing was different than that of Nishimura's.And that I should keep listening, I'm sure you noticed something I missed.I also like the recordings

Last edited by jeff jones (2006-10-06 19:52:55)

I guess the server went down or somebody did not pay the bill. Since it was free download, I guess I can put it on public file server, like megaupload.com. Let me know what you think.
Eugene

jeff jones wrote:

I'm sure you noticed something I missed.

No, probably not. I'm sure your comments regarding different pacing and attack are perceptive and accurate.

I think I'm really caught up in this artist's use of what sounds like a very rapid, yet rather subtle, breath vibrato. It doesn't sound like yuri. I think if you moved your head _that_ fast in yuri you'd either pass out or develop extremely think neck muscles.

The only players I've heard use that similar type of approach is Nishimura and his European student Tilopa.

Or what else could I be hearing?

The first link I posted is dead. I think the Zen Center domain is not working properly. However, the original address is working OK. It does have the statement that it was posted with the permission of.
http://zenshakuhachi.narod.ru/Shakuhachi/index.html

Chris,
  I believe he is Japanese, at least his name is Japanese, also spelled Ejun Iechika. There are some pictures of him on this site:

http://ejun.by.ru/index1.html

He is of asian ethnicity but his name may be a recieved type of Zen name. Unfortunately there is no info on his school or training, so we don't know under who he studied the shakuhachi with (or it's there and just not in English) .

Josh wrote:

... studied Rinzai Zen. Lived in Gifu prefecture... and studied Myoan ryu shakuhachi. His notation did have the Fuke shu title on the booklet.

Thank you, Josh. Makes these recordings all the more interesting.

I have been fortunate in establishing email contact with Ejun Iechika.  He is currently in Japan and will be returning to the Ukraine near the beginning of the new year.

Ejun writes to confirm that his shakuhachi school is 'Fuke Myouann' and says that the 'trill' heard on his recording was done with throat vibrato.


He  studied zen in Nanzenji Monastery ,Daitokuji Monastery and Empukuji Monastery in Kyoto.

I passed along the invitation of the Shakuhachi Forum to visit ..  also giving Ejun the link to this thread.

unfortunately i cannot access any of the sites with downloadable music of his! but i am very intrigued simply by the talk of him! i did find info on a newly released cd of his, "Zen Shakuhachi-Japanese Flute-Komuso Monk;Ejun Yechika"
as soon as anybody finds out where we can order this cd, can you please let me know?!!!!!!!

thank you in advance!

Be advised: Slowest server IN the galaxy--at least at present.

eB

Yu-Jin wrote:

Note:
upper set of links (1-7) - better quality and larger file size
lower set of links (1-7) - lower quality and smaller file size

On my browser, at least, the upper set of links, when 'right-clicked' for download, produce a 40KB 'mp3' file that does nothing; the download starts, but then just produces the truncated file.

Just clicking on the upper set of links leads to some sort of Russian website, which is inscrutable to me, but appears to be a forum of somr sort.


Right-ckicking on the lower links gets a download going, but we're talking 33 minutes for one file. I have a high-speed broadband connection, so I don't see how the bottleneck is at my end. The download speed is on the order of .7KB/sec...

Not a day at the beach, that site,

eB