Ami Takahashi Japanese Music

Sambaso Traditional
A tune usually played with karakuri, Japanese traditional puppet
show. When played with utaite (vocalists), the last three high
notes, called hayashi-dome-takane, serve as a cue to the vocalists,
designating the end of the flute solo. This selection includes
much repetition, demonstrating a major difference between
Japanese traditional music and Western music.

Improvisation Ami Tnkahashi
An improvisational tune based on matsuribayashi,
Japanese festival tunes.

Ami Takahashi is a student of the Berklee College of Music
and a native of Inuyama, Japan. She is performing on a nokan, a
flute used for nogaku (Japanese traditional play) and matsuri
(Japanese traditional festival.) This instrument became popular
during the sixteenth century Muromachi Period with the
completion of the Nogaku form. The flute is made from shinodake
(a kind of bamboo) and has seven holes. The nokan has a special
feature, the nodo, which does not appear on other Japanese flutes.
Thenodo, located between the mouthpiece and the flute’s highest
hole, gives the nokan its distinctive sound.

The Boston Jazz Flute Ensemble

Matt Marvuglio Flute
Chair, Woodwind Department, Berklee
Wendy Rolfe Flute
Associate Professor of Music, Berklee
Hiro Honshuko Flute
Jazz Ensemble Faculty, New England Conservatory
Jerry Seeco Flute
Assistant Professor of Music, Berklee
Jim Wallace Flute
Alumnus, Berklee and Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
Bruce Bennett Piano
Tony Marvuglio Guitar
John Pierce Bass
John Hazilla Drums
Turn Around Ornett Coleman
Freeway Ralph Moore
Episode on a Village Dance Donald Brown
Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie

All selections arranged by Jerry Seeco