Hozan Yamamoto - 2009 - Jazz Box 1967-1986

Hozan Yamamoto

2009

Jazz Box 1967-1986

Shakuhachi & Bossa Nova (1968)

01. Sanosa - 3:12

02. Kiso Bushi - 3:01

03. Hietsuki Bushi - 2:28

04. Komoro Mago Uta - 2:57

05. Kuroda Bushi - 2:41

06. Sanchuu Bushi - 3:25

07. Sado Okesa - 3:14

08. Yosakoi Bushi - 2:27

09. Itsuki no Komori Uta - 2:53

10. Seki no Gohon Matsu - 3:18

11. Sansa Shigure - 2:29

12. Kariboshi Kiri Uta - 3:20

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

Shungo Sawada - guitar

Takeru Muraoka - saxophone

You Tokuyama - piano

Yoshio Ikeda - bass

Motohiko Hino - drums

Harlem Nocturne (1969)

01. Harlem Nocturne (Hagen) - 2:55

02. Summertime (Gershwin) - 3:02

03. Autumn Leaves (Kosma) - 3:13

04. Night and Day (Porter) - 2:27

05. 'Round Midnight (Monk) - 3:40

06. Lover, Come Back to Me (Romberg) - 2:16

07. Stardust (Carmichael) - 2:59

08. Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) - 2:23

09. Love Letters (Young) - 2:43

10. Blues in the Night (Arlen) - 3:29

11. The Very Thought of You (Noble) - 2:54

12. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Romberg) - 2:25

Shakuhachi Easy Listening (1969)

01. Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney) - 3:21

02. Twenty-Ten (Cochrane-Hill) - 3:25

03. Light My Fire (Morrison-Densmore-Manzarek-Krieger) - 3:02

04. Amen (Redding) - 2:33

05. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Rose-Gamble) - 2:57

06. The Dock of the Bay (Redding-Cropper) - 3:12

07. You Keep Me Hanging On (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 3:42

08. Little Green Apples (Russell) - 3:17

09. Geraldine (Zerato) - 3:17

10. I Say a Little Prayer (Bacharach-David) - 2:39

11. A Whiter Shade of Pale (Brooker-Reed) - 3:09

12. The Fool on the Hill (Lennon-McCartney) - 2:21

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

Sadanori Nakamure - guitar

Norio Maeda - harpsichord

Tatsuro Takimoto - bass

Takeshi Inomata - drums

Yonosuke Segami - percussion

Beautiful Bamboo-Flute (1971)

01. Kokiriko Bushi - 4:06

02. Sado Okesa - 3:55

03. Tairyo Utaikomi - 3:16

04. Soma Bon Uta - 2:56

05. Komoro Mago Uta - 3:08

06. Nanbu Ushioi Uta - 3:49

07. Itsuki no Komori Uta - 4:37

08. Hietsuki Bushi - 4:07

09. Yasuki Bushi - 3:38

10. Yosakoi Bushi - 4:09

11. Kuroda Bushi - 4:26

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

Sharps & Flats - orchestra

Nobuo Hara - conductor

Recorded at Victor Studio, Tokyo on January 11-14, 1971.

Komoro Mago Uta (1974)

01. Shin Souma Bushi - 3:46

02. Kokiriko Bushi - 2:53

03. Awa Odori - 4:19

04. Itsuki no Komori Uta - 2:57

05. Nanbu Yoshare Bushi - 3:17

06. Tosa no Sunayama - 4:01

07. Komoro Mago Uta - 3:33

08. Owase Bushi - 3:03

09. Mugiya Bushi - 3:20

10. Nanbu Ushioi Uta - 3:44

11. Kagoshima Ohara Bushi - 2:52

12. Kushimoto Bushi - 4:06

Hozan, Friesen +1 (1980)

01. Morning Fair (Satoh) - 7:46

02. Skies/Set (Friesen) - 12:29

03. Inori (Prayer) (Yamamoto) - 8:58

04. Landscape (Yamamoto) - 9:23

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

David Friesen - acoustic bass, shakuhachi (#1)

Masahiko Satoh - piano, electric piano (#1)

Recorded on March 23-24, 1980.

The Shakuhachi (1981)

01. American Patrol (Gray-Whitney) - 3:24

02. In the Mood (Garland-Razaf) - 3:22

03. Little Brown Jug (Trad.) - 3:27

04. Tuxedo Junction (Dash-Hawkins-Johnson-Feyne) - 3:36

05. Moonlight Serenade (Miller-Parish) - 2:35

06. The Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel-Webster) - 3:43

07. Parker's Mood (Pleasure) - 3:43

08. Summertime (Heyward-Gershwin) - 3:49

09. Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn) - 2:47

10. Aranjuez Mon Amour (Rodrigo-Bontempelli) - 4:19

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

Shakuhachi 1979: Taizan Kawamura, Seizan Ishigaki, Suizan Sakai, Hozan Nomura, Chikuzan Nanba - shakuhachi

Osamu Kitajima, Minoru Kuribayashi - piano

Sadanori Nakamure - electric guitar, acoustic guitar

Masaaki Ito - electric bass

Hajime Ishimatsu, Koji Takeda - drums

Recorded on July 22 - September 17, 1981.

Breath (1984)

01. Breath Prologue (Togashi) - 5:12

02. Joy (Yamamoto) - 9:32

03. Bamboo Holyday (Yamamoto) - 4:52

04. Eastern Ceremony (Togashi) - 7:53

05. Encounter (Yamamoto-Togashi) - 9:31

06. Basic Flight (Yamamoto) - 5:32

07. Rainbow (Yamamoto) - 8:16

08. Breath Epilogue (Togashi) - 2:34

09. Hakone Hachiri (bonus track) - 4:13

10. Midare (bonus track) - 4:17

11. So Tired (bonus track) - 3:02

12. Rokudan Kuzushi (bonus track) - 5:19

#1-8:

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

Masahiko Togashi - percussion

Yosuke Yamashita - piano

Recorded at Nippon Columbia Studio No.1 on April 13, 1984.

#9-11:

Recorded live at "Newport's Sharps and Flats", Newport Jazz Festival in 1967.

#12:

Recorded live at "All Japan Jazz Festival '68" in 1968.

Again and Again (1985)

01. We Are (Berger) - 5:57

02. Again (Berger) - 5:50

03. Home (Berger) - 5:18

04. Fragments (Berger) - 3:08

05. Lines and Spaces (Berger) - 4:49

06. Smile (Berger) - 5:13

07. Jump for Joy (Berger) - 4:50

08. Passing Rain (Berger) - 5:46

09. Lullaby (Berger) - 7:08

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi (#1-3,5,6,8,9)

Karl Hans Berger - piano, vibraphone

Yoshio Ikeda - bass (#1,5,6,7,9)

Takeshi Watanabe - drums (#1,5,9)

Recorded at Victor Aoyama Studio, Tokyo on March 15-16, 1985.

Silky Adventure (1986)

01. Iberian Sunset (Satoh) - 8:00

02. Bamboo Shoots (Satoh) - 6:00

03. Tail Wind (Satoh) - 5:08

04. Commodore Drive (Satoh) - 6:05

05. Silky Adventure (Satoh) - 7:04

06. Funauta (Satoh) - 6:52

07. Earlham Blues (Satoh) - 5:22

08. Village West (Satoh) - 7:15

Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

Masahiko Satoh - piano

Recorded at Sound City Studios, Tokyo on August 26, 1986.

Hozankai Shakuhachi Concert (1975)

01. Haru - 7:04

02. Natsu - 8:00

03. Aki - 9:18

04. Fuyu - 8:10

Recorded on November 4, 1975.

Limited ediition 10 CD box set of shakuhachi maestro Hozan Yamamoto's extraordinary jazz output. A Living National Treasure, born in 1937, Yamamoto, head of the Hozan-kai school, caused a sensation when he made these albums. The ten jazz albums in this box set were released between 1967-1986 and include some live recordings such as 'Hakone Hachiri' 'Midare' and 'So Tired' from the 1967 Newport Jazz Festival.

Hōzan Yamamoto (山本邦山, Yamamoto Hōzan; October 6, 1937 - February 10, 2014 in Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture) was a Japanese shakuhachi player, composer and lecturer.

Yamamoto started playing the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi from the age of nine. He was initially taught by his father and then by Chozan Nakanishi. After graduating from Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Studies in 1958, he participated in UNESCO's World Folk music Festival and graduated from Seiha Music College in 1962. Together with kotoplayer Shinichi Yuize and Tony Scott he recorded the album Music for Zen Meditation and Other Joys in February 1964.

After formation with Reibo Aoki and Katsuya Yokoyama of the widely acclaimed "Shakuhachi Sanbon Kai" trio in 1966, he electrified the conservative traditional scene by applying his talents to a variety of crossover collaborations. These have led him to work with such world-renowned musicians as Ravi Shankar, Helen Merrill, Gary Peacock and Karl Berger, but also with flute colleagues Jean-Pierre Rampal and Chris Hinze.

In 1980 he was invited to the renowned Donaueschingen music festival with his trio. He recorded the music to the Samurai Reincarnation film and the album Masters of Zen: Shakuhachi & Organ (together with Wolfgang Mitterer at the organ) which he composed for his instrument. Through the 1970s and 1980s to the present he has led the shakuhachi world receiving innumerable honours, including Japanese Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Education Ministerial awards for his performances, recordings (numbering in the hundreds) and compositions. He served as lecturer at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and as head of the Hozan-kai Shakuhachi Guild.

In 2002 he became designated Living National Treasure of Japan. In 2004, he was awarded a Medal with Purple Ribbon. In 2009, he was awarded an Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.