Riley Lee - Postcards from Bundanon: The Very Best of Riley Lee
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Canadian Music Store CD DetailsArtist: Riley LeeEdition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2001-03-06 Music Label: New World Music Soundtracks:
Music reviews of Postcards from Bundanon: The Very Best of Riley LeeMusic Review: A great sampling of the shakuhachi stylings of Riley Lee!
If music-making can be thought of as a living, breathing meditation, then it doesn't get any cleaner and purer than this. Calm, clean, clear and minimalistic, the shakuhachi playing of Riley Lee commands the attention with its simplicity, shedding the mundane cars of the day and refocusing the mind to another place and time, or--more appropriately for a Zen art--to nowhere. To nowhen. To nothing. I'm used to a rougher, breathier edge to shakuhachi music but Riley Lee's technique, while still nuanced in tone and execution, sounds smooth, rich and polished--almost buttery. It's extraordinarily soothing to listen to, whether he's playing alone or with other musicians, as he does in some of the tracks here--with guest artists playing instruments ranging from koto and folk harp to didgeridoo, Indian tabla and electronica. After studying in Japan for nine years, in 1980 Lee became the first non-Japanese to attain the rank of grand master in the shakuhachi tradition. It shows. "Postcards from Bundanon" offers a retrospective of Lee's recordings, featuring ten selections from nine previous albums, and providing written context for each. Try also Riley Lee's other work, and Richard Warner's "Quiet Heart / Spirit Wind." Compare with the shakuhachi fusion of "Meditative Flute," featuring Kifu Mitsuhashi and Toshiko Yonekawa, and Kazu Matsui's "Stone Monkey." And for a similar album featuring the Native American flute, try R. Carlos Nakkai's "The Best of Nakkai: In Beauty We Return."
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