About :: Music
Music for The Secular Buddhist is provided with permission by John Kaizan Neptune, and Monty Levenson of Tai Hei Shakuhachi.
John Kaizan Neptune
It was my great honor to meet John Kaizan Neptune at the International Shakuhachi Festival of 1998 at Boulder, Colorado, though only one of us is likely to remember the introduction. He is one of the world's most skilled players of the Japanese bamboo flute, and has combined that passion with a natural talent for jazz composition. The introduction piece for The Secular Buddhist is the title track from his CD "Steps In Time", available on his website, The Shakuhachi World of John Kaizan Neptune.
Tai Hei Shakuhachi
None of us would be enjoying the other music in this podcast, the traditional Honkyoku Shakuhachi pieces, if not for Monty Levenson of Tai Hei Shakuhachi. Monty's efforts in creating Japanese bamboo flutes for students and professional concert musicians alike, has resulted in a wonderful growing of the interest in this unique instrument.
Tai Hei Shakuhachi is the premier online resource for bamboo flutes, recordings, sheet music, and more. If you have an interest in finding out more about the shakuhachi, or would just like to get some hard-to-find CD's of traditional Japanese flute music, that's the place to go.
Chikuzen Shakuhachi Series
The music heard in the middle of the podcast is from the Chikuzen Shakuhachi Series, Volume 1, courtesy of Tai Hei Shakuhachi. For a specific listing of tracks played during a podcast, see the Episode page for that particular 'cast.
