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Picture Dreams Review

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Being 100% Japanese isn’t mandatory if you’re a shakuhachi player.

The instrument was actually invented in China, and occasionally, some

Americans have played it on the side–jazzman Bobby King, for example, is a hard bop/post-bop saxophonist who has played the shakuhachi as a

secondary instrument.

Maui Morning

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ISLAND EXPATRIATE Riley Lee and Maui-based Jeff Peterson introduce a fresh note in island music as they blend the familiar sound of slack-key guitar with that of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). Lee (shakuhachi) and Peterson (guitar) play as equal partners in reinterpreting popular island melodies ranging from “Kawika” to “Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u”.

Buddha’s Dream

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Riley Lee’s Buddha’s Dream reaffirms his position as one of the West’s most gifted shakuhachi flute artists – not that it needed reaffirming. The first non-Japanese shakuhachi dai shihan (grand master) returns with ten more caressing, reflective pieces, including “Bubbling Fountain”, “Spring Shower”, “Melting Snow”, and “As the Water Flows.”

Autumn Field

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Riley Lee is one of the most prolific and probably one of the best Western shakuhachi players, having recorded more than 30 CDs. This CD is the fourth of a series of seven dedicated to traditional Zen music for solo shakuhachi.

Wild Honey Dreaming

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Many musicians feel free to include the snarly sounds of the didgeridoo on their albums. Few, however, can claim to be a master of the instrument. Wild Honey Dreaming combines the efforts of two musical masters, Matthew Doyle on the didgeridoo and Riley Lee on the Japanese shakuhachi flute.

Sanctuary

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Previously released in 1991 on cassette-only under Evening Mist, Sanctuary: Music from a Zen Garden from multi-talented flutist Riley Lee is a stunning look at the musician’s dazzling skill of playing the shakuhachi. The overall sonic quality on Sanctuary is enjoyable, certainly a splendid and solid look at Lee’s impeccable and ever-changing mastery.

Learn to play

the Shakuhachi

In order to play shakuhachi honkyoku (Zen Buddhist pieces), one must make them ‘one’s own’. In order to do this, one must, paradoxically give them away.


I teach whenever and wherever possible. I am based in Sydney Australia, however I am on tour several times a year, Check my schedule.


If I am in a location near you and you don’t mind coming to me, it’s likely that I can fit in a lesson with you.

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