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Riley Lee was the first non-Japanese to attain the rank of dai shihan or Grand Master and now is a consummate teacher, performer and collaborator with other musicians of all genres.
Riley Lee has been playing the shakuhachi for 50 years. His repertoire spans many musical genres. This site is devoted entirely to music that can help you be mindful of your precious moments.
Shakuhachi player since 1971
Grand Master since 1980
Grandfather since 2010
“Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, and let your note be clear. Don’t try to end it. Be your note.”
Rumi
Riley's most recent, acclaimed recordings Noble Greenness, Divine Secrets, and Wisdom are now available.
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Riley Lee first went to Japan in 1970 to work at the World Expo in Osaka. He began playing the shakuhachi in 1971.
He is the recipient of two of the oldest and most venerated lineages of traditional shakuhachi, which can be traced back to the Zen Buddhist komusô, or “priests of nothingness” of the Edo period in Japan.
In 1980, he became the first non-Japanese to attain the rank of dai shihan or Grand Master.
Riley’s music is meditation. He frequently gives benefit concerts for Zen Buddhist groups worldwide. His music has been used worldwide in yoga and tai chi classes, and by massage, acupuncture, and other bodywork therapists. Many of his albums are particularly valued by mothers and mothers-to-be and by their midwives and others working in pre- and post-natal care.