Gagaku and Beyond

by Herbie Mann

Gagaku and Beyond cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 September 1976
  • Label: Finnadar
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:57
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The restless American flautist travels to Japan to record a highly ambitious cross-cultural dialogue. The session pairs traditional Japanese court music and ancient Buddhist chants with improvisational jazz frameworks, creating a deeply meditative and hypnotic East-meets-West synthesis.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, improvisation, rhythmic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Shomyo (Monk's Chant) (14:22)
  2. Mauve over Blues (12:59)
  3. Kurodabushi (Sake Drinking Song) (5:24)
  4. Etenraku (8:49)
  5. Gagaku and Beyond (7:20)

Credits

  • Don Brautigam - artwork [cover art]
  • The Family Of Mann - band
  • Tony Levin - bass
  • Junsen Kitani - chanter
  • Junsho Matsumoto - chanter
  • Kenei Muramatsu - chanter
  • Ryusho Tsurutaka - chanter
  • Steve Gadd - drums

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