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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis
Daijifu Daijifu CD Renkei Hashimoto Pagma Verlag
2020 Zen Shakuhachi (Itchoken Style)
Daiyon FUDO - Kineya Seiho Daiyon FUDO - Kineya Seiho CD Ishikawa Toshimitsu Kyoto Records KYCH-2003 1994
Dance for the One in Six Dance for the One in Six CD Neptune, John Kaizan Kosei Publishing Company KJKN-9100 1992 Classic Neptune fusion using Japanese and Indian instruments.
Dancing Whales (Dreaming Shakuhachi Music) Dancing Whales (Dreaming Shakuhachi Music) DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2021 Single: “Emotional music composition for Piano, Orchestra and Shakuhachi" Rodrigo Rodríguez with the song of the Whales, Orchestra and Piano and Shakuhachi.
Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume Danse Rituelle du Fue, Liebestraume LP Mitsuhashi Kifu Denon WX-7512 1977
Deep Night - Yearning for the Bell Volume 5 Deep Night - Yearning for the Bell Volume 5 CD Lee, Riley Kōho Tall Poppies TP151 2000 Volume 5 of the 7 volume "Yearning for the Bell" series.
Deep Pool Deep Pool CD Falconer, Elizabeth Koto World KW003 2000 Music inspired by an Art Exhibition
Deeper Deeper CD Sciulli, Steve



Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 1 Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 1 CD Various Toshiba TA-9306 1971
Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 2 Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 2 CD Various Toshiba TA-9307 1971
Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 3 Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 3 CD Various Toshiba TA-9308 1971
Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 4 Developments of Japanese Traditional Music Works Interpreted by Yonin no Kai - Vol 4 CD Various Toshiba TA-9309 1971
Devil's Flute (soundtrack) 悪魔が来りて笛を吹く (Akuma ga kitarite fue wo fuku) Devil's Flute (soundtrack) 悪魔が来りて笛を吹く (Akuma ga kitarite fue wo fuku) LP Yamamoto Hōzan (reissue) Mr. Bongo MRBLP234 2021 Soundtrack for the 1979 Japanese movie Akuma ga kitarite fue wo fuku (titled Devil's Flute in the US) from director Saitō Kōsei. (NOTE: this edition is a 2021 reissue on LP)
Digital 45 Digital 45 LP Neptune, John Kaizan Daiichi-kateidenki Audio Members Club DOR-0114 1982
Discotheque Fantasy Discotheque Fantasy LP Neptune, John Kaizan Teichiku PP-1503 1977

Dispersions CD Taylor, Joel


A set of quirky, supple explorations in the experimental electronic music/noise tradition: inside the outside, nuance piles up, complexities disperse.
Distant Cry of Deer, The Distant Cry of Deer, The AC Koga Masayuki Fortuna Records
1981 Honkyoku and bass shakuhachi improvisations.

Dream of the Butterfly AC Scott-Behrends, Jim


Solo shakuhachi.
Dream Picture Dream Picture CD Linder, Gunnar Jinmei



Dream within a Dream Dream within a Dream AC Lee, Riley Kōho Antiquity Records C-253 1990 Shakuhachi layered with electric sound. Pieces composed by Riley Lee and Jim Franklin. Jim Franklin on synthesizers.
Dreams - Shakuhachi & Pipe Organ Dreams - Shakuhachi & Pipe Organ CD Lohbeck, Armin Kyûmei iMusician Digital B019961RTS 2015 Shakuhachi and Pipe Organ performed with Friedhelm Flamme
Driftwood Driftwood CD Norman, Anne AMN Productions AMN 001 1996 Original composition. Shakuhachi, didgeridu along with other traditional and modern instruments.
Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto Duos for Shakuhachi and Koto LP Yokoyama Katsuya RCA RCL-8041 1981

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