Katsuya Yokoyama

Katsuya Yokoyama

male, 75 years old
is an internationally renowned player and teacher of the "shakuhachi", a traditional vertical bamboo flute of Japan. Yokoyama achieved...
Ned Rothenberg

Ned Rothenberg

male, 53 years old
Ned Rothenberg (b. Boston, Massachusetts, 1956) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments,...
John Kaizan Neptune

John Kaizan Neptune

male, 58 years old
John Kaizan Neptune (b. Oakland, California, November 13, 1951) is an American player and builder of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is...
Brian Ritchie

Brian Ritchie

male
Brian Ritchie (born 21 November, 1960) is the bass guitarist for the folk/punk/rock band Violent Femmes. His distinct sound comes from using Ernie...
Kiku Day

Kiku Day

female
Kiku (Kikutsubo 菊壺) Day, born in Tokyo 19 October, 1965, is a ji-nashi shakuhachi (地なし尺八, also called kyotaku 虚鐸 or hocchiku 法竹) player from De...
Alcvin Ramos

Alcvin Ramos

male
Alcvin Takegawa Ramos is a professional shakuhachi teacher and performer. Born in Japan, Ramos has also lived in the United States and Canada. As...
Arve Henriksen

Arve Henriksen

male, 41 years old
Arve Henriksen is a Norwegian trumpet player, renowned for his distinctive, flute-like sound on the trumpet, inspired by the sound of the Japanese...
Kaoru Kakizakai

Kaoru Kakizakai

male, 50 years old
Kaoru Kakizakai (b. Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, 1959) is an internationally renowned player and teacher of the "shakuhachi", a traditional...
Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin

Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin

male
Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin is a noted shakuhachi player. He studied in Japan and in1975 received the name Nyogetsu. By 2001 he received his...
Phil Nyokai James

Phil Nyokai James

male
Phil Nyokai James is a professional shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) teacher and performer as well as avant-garde composer. Born in New York in...