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Forest Knolls musician gets gritty on his Japanese flute

by Samantha Kimmey October 22, 2015

cornelius_boots — MUSIC: Musician and music teacher Cornelius Boots started playing the shakuhachi (above), a Japanese flute with origins in Zen monasteries, over a decade ago. In 2008, he picked up a recently invented version called the taimu shakuhachi, which has a deeper, rougher sound. David Briggs

A sinuous melody built of dark, airy phrases and the harsh echo of breath emerges from Cornelius Boots’ taimu shakuhachi, a Japanese flute. It . . .

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