Take Five - Yamamoto Hozan with Blue Coats Orchestra [Live]

Performed in Tokyo (Japan) 2004 Born: 1938. Designated Living National Treasure in 2002. Head of the Hozan-kai Shakuhachi Guild, performer, teacher, composer and pioneer in expanding the possibilities of the shakuhachi, Yamamoto Hozan attended the Seiha Music College graduating in 1962. 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 crossove