{"product_id":"shingetsu-new","title":"Shingetsu","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese call the spiritual practice of playing shakuhachi (bamboo flute) suizen, or \"blowing Zen,\" and this eight-song cycle by Tadashi Tajima carries all that discipline's earmarks: mindfulness, concentration, stillness. Handed down from a musical tradition developed in the 17th and 18th centuries by Zen monks, and refined into a breathy technique by the 20th-century player Watazumi, the style Tajima plays on tracks like \"Sagari Ha (Falling Leaf),\" \"Shingetsu (Heart Moon),\" and \"Tamuke (Offering)\" embraces free rhythms not unlike the Hindustani alap--long modal melody lines, and careful articulation between sound and breath. If, as its proponents insist, shakuhachi is a \"Tool of the Way,\" Tajima's exposition is as good a set of footprints on that path as you're likely to hear. --James Rotondi, ISBN13:B000003ISG ISBN10:B000003ISG Material Type:audioCD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52514415640883,"sku":"B10.34.10 F_UBD_H0001ETI","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/5086\/1363\/files\/41M5YNCVVSL.jpg?v=1760386708","url":"https:\/\/cheapbookdepot.com\/products\/shingetsu-new","provider":"Cheap Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}