DESCRIPTION:
Composed by Frank Denyer. Performed by Kiku Day.

This is a short excerpt of "Woman With Jinashi Shakuhachi." It was composed for Taimu Shakuhachi made by Ken LaCosse.

A complete CD recording will be available soon.

Frank Denyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Denyer

"Denyer is a composer of uncompromising originality, a major figure"—The Wire

Denyer has been described by David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet as a "fantastically interesting composer," and by musicologist Wilfrid Mellers as a composer whose music "resembles no-one else's...there can be no doubt that it matters."


Kiku Day
http://www.bigappleshak.com/bas/bio-day.shtml

Kiku Day is a shakuhachi player who focuses on the potential use of jinashi shakuhachi today (an older type of shakuhachi).


 Several composers from different parts of the world have written for her: Takahashi Yūji, Roxanna Panufnik, Frank Denyer, Vytautas Germanavicius, and Yumi Hara Cawkwell. 
 She has performed with performers such as Fred Frith, Joanna MacGregor, Mats Gustafsson and Joëlle Léandre, and as a soloist with Odense Symphony Orchestra and with the Nonsuch Choir.