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Jazz with an Asian flavor!

East West is:
Reiko Obata - Koto, bass koto
Jimmy Patton - Acoustic & electric guitar, guitar/synth, percussion
Louisa West - Flute, alto flute, piccolo
Bill Andrews - Acoustic bass
Russell Bizzett - Drums

Guest artists:
Kamau Kenyatta - Soprano sax
Lynn Copeland - All instruments on "Sly" except koto & flute
George Nagata - Piano
Ricky Carrido - Toca congas, Brazilian surdo, agogo
Sara Olivar - Flamenco shoes, castanets

 
 

    

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"YOU CAN PLAY KOTO" DVD
Koto instructional DVD in English - 34 mins.
Learn to play Japanese koto with this koto instruction video!

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Includes:
  • How to care for your koto
  • Parts of the koto
  • How to make & wear your picks
  • Proper playing positions
  • How to tune your koto
  • Basic koto techniques
  • How to play 2 songs: Kazoe Uta & Sakura
 
 
 
Christmas Songs for Koto music book

CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR KOTO

Arranged by Reiko Obata, 15 songs for the holiday season in Western notation with string numbers, including "Carol of the Bells," "Greensleeves," "O Tannenbaum," and "Silent Night."

Cost, including US shipping, is US $18.
Cost, including International shipping, is US $21.
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Tales Alive! Chieko and the Pine DVD
"Chieko and the Pine" DVD - a beautiful story of magic, mystery and music. In this moving Japanese folktale, Chieko lives in a remote mountain village and plays the koto. One night she is accompanied by a mysterious flute player from the forest. For many nights Chieko and Matsuo play together, but when a great pine tree is needed to rebuild the village bridge, Matsuo disappears. After finding his flute where the tree was felled, Chieko plays her koto on the new bridge...their music is once again heard throughout the village.

Features live koto performance by Reiko Obata; a talk with bonsai expert Fred Miyahara; footage of Nihon buyo, Japanese classical dance; and a Sumi-e brush painting demonstration by illustrator Takashi Ijichi.

DVD, NTSC, approx. 30 min., $14.99. Free shipping within the U.S.
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Tales Alive! Chieko and the Pine
"Chieko and the Pine" Book. The illustrations in this book were done using sumi-e ink and gansai on rice paper with Japanese sumi-e brush.

Hard cover, 32 pp., $13.95. Free shipping within the U.S.

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1991 out-of-print CD with compositions
and arrangements by Reiko Obata and
flutist/clarinetist Robert Williams.