Bamboo Soul

1. Fountain de Piazza (with Isao Nishimura-flamenco guitar)

2. Sagari Ha (Bamboo Leaves)(with Naomi Kato-harp;Miho Takekawa-tabla)

3. Mushin (InnocentHeart)

4. Seattle Sakura

5. Variations on Arirong

6. Kokori Jazz

7. Natsu Kaze (Summer Breeze)(with Isao Nishimura-flamenco guitar)

8. 1.8 Sagari Ha (Bamboo Leaves II)

9. Takezakura (Variations on Sakura)

10. Suzuru (Nesting Cranes)

11. Duo Fountain de Piazza (with Isao Nishimura-flamenco guitar)

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About the Artist
Raised in Hanover, New Hampshire, Adam Tucker started playing classical Western flute at age 7. In 1983, after hiking the 2,200-mile Appalachian trail from Georgia to Maine, he began studying the shakuhachi with Grand Master Yoshinobu Taniguchi at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Adam soon earned the title Chikushin (Bamboo Heart) and became an assistant instructor in the Kinko school of shakuhachi in Japan. In 1989, after several years' training at the Hakata Fuke Zen Temple in Itchoken, Adam received the prestigious Komuso Honsoku certificate. He has studied formal Japanese music history and performance at imperial universities in Kyushu and Tokyo as a Fulbright Fellow and a Monbusho scholar. He has also studied traditional Korean music at the University of Hawaii and at the National Korean Academy of Culture in Pundang, Korea.

Balancing his passion for Japanese art and the shakuhachi with his evolving career in medicine, Adam is one of the few Americans to have passed medical-license exams in both the US and Japan. In his frequent international performances, he continues to search out "the way of healing" through the theme Enlightenment in a single sound.

Product Description
Bamboo Soul, the debut album from shakuhachi virtuoso Adam Chikushin Tucker, is world music of the past, present, and future. Its live, instrumental performances feature upbeat, 21st-century tunes for flamenco guitar and Japanese shakuhachi (bamboo flute); 20th-century, reflective Japanese koto and Korean kayagum; new arrangements for shakuhachi, harp, and Indian tabla; and 14th-century Zen meditational shakuhachi melodies.

On Bamboo Soul, Tucker, who is also a medical doctor, fuses his unique talents in Asian and Occidental music, whole-body health care, and education to deliver the perfect relaxation soundtrack. Bamboo Soul is not synthesized, new-age elevator music, but a refreshing acoustic blast from different cultures designed to put your soul at ease. It's ideal for:

* Private contemplative moments
* Stress reduction before and after a busy day
* Driving
* Massage and meditation
* Intimate encounters
* Healing, music therapy, and other alternative health programs
Experience for yourself this organic blend of East and West in a realm where the world is at peace and time flows in enchanted moments.

Bamboo Soul,Adam Chikushin Tucker

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