Now that’s what I call music!

Oh wow!!! That playing was gorgeous. What control. Loved it.

素晴らしい👍🏻

Very good

Wonderful <3

Incredible! So powerful. 10 out of 10. Xx

Amazing, thanks for uploading Ned

What key is this flute?

Beautiful! I saw you both play in Vancouver at the jazz fest back in the 90's, it had a massive impact on me. Listening here brings back that feeling. Thank-you!

good video, check out my channel! great stuff good explanation nice approach I like it very helpful Sounds good! You have talent! Very inspiring. Keep up the great work. I like your sound. Nice job. Nice Cool Very cool

Really great Ned! Thanks for sharing this.

there is something so appealing about an endless flurry of woodwind notes

Captivating. He should get together with Stetson, that'd be a pair to see since their styles are very similar.

wut

@leehazlewoodism Ouch. Steve Reich felt that one.

Wow. Like Steve Reich but interesting.

i love these guys. what's with the editing?

that was so tight!

sounds tight brotha. and dont listen to these guys that dont like it, they just dont understand it.

Amazing!

Great! Sound´s like a bagpipe from Scotland! Thanks

The fact that you can circular breath while playing overtones on the melody and baseline all at the same time makes this one of the best videos I've ever seen. It might not sound too pretty, but you have to get past that!

I spent years trying to build and play a decent shakuhachi because I could not afford one, much less enough food to transcend malnutrition whilst all my teeth rotted out. I am a terrible shakuhachi player. I battle monsters everyday and night in the Hollywood ghetto, sometimes I take a walk around Yamashiro restaurant in the hills playing terrible shakuhachi. Count your blessings. You're pretty good.

This was great; thanks for posting it. I was able to get a copy of your Leo CD "Amulet" with Sainkho Namtchylak recently after reading about it in your article in one of Zorn's Arcana books. Amulet is an amazing recording that I really enjoy and treasure. Leo should re-release "Amulet", because it is now out-of-print,; although, I look forward to the day when my Leo CD has sold out.

I like the shakuhachi, it has such a mysterious sound unlike any other instrument I've heard.

@chungazrevenge well yes im more drawn to a melody structure that gives me some kind of emotional response ie miles davis but no one would accuse him of not having been experimental in his field! this reminds me a bit of captain beefhearts troutmask replica, which i love.

This instrument designed to be natural :)

But to each his/her own.

Wow, I have the exact opposite reaction.

Ned Rothenberg is equally at home no matter what instrument he decides to express himself through. This is such a beautiful and mystical piece. If you like this, I recommend checking out his CD called Ghost Stories. Very cool.

I love it. Wonderful tonal colors being displayed by all. Very cool.

WTF? this is crazy. awesome. respect. if could play like that. (:

@eelRolyat As a flute player and fanatic it kills me when i can't see a player's fingers! XD

great!!!!

i think its a difficult play nicely done

Incredibly powerful...

NO WAY!!! CIRCULAR BREATHING!!! I'm so jealous you have no idea.

Interesting!

Very good wabi-sabi.

BUY THE CD !!!!!!! .....it is utter bliss wrapped in cardboard!!!

oh this is really beautiful, gracias

its made by Kinya Sogawa! oh hes really good! hes funny too!

I know, right? Is it even possible?

im open to experimental music but this leaves me cold.technically brilliant im sure but it seems a dead end to me.

Also if you circular breath while playing a wind instrument your tone begins to sound like shit. Although the tone he was trying to achieve in this video was intended to sound like an oboe or something of that variety so nothing lost.

ALTO!

tenor or alto?

I (not just me) get to play with Evan Parker in January, should be cool. Very experimental stuff..

how long have you been playing?

The circular breathing.