Joseph Danza
Born 1955
Shakuhachi & Composer
prayerdrum@yahoo.ca
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Pepe is part of a new generation of musicians bent on breaking geographical, spiritual and musical boundaries through a deep study and understanding of traditional forms both Eastern and Western. Having lived, studied, and performed in South America, USA, Europe, the Asia, Japan, Africa and Indonesia, Pepe has a wide cross-cultural versatility. He plays percussion, winds and strings from his collection of more than three hundred instruments from around the world. He is especially focused on Afro Latin drumming traditions and Japanese Zen Shakuhachi flute, as well as exploring Sound Healing. His spiritual quest encompasses extensive experience with the Gurdjieff system, Sufism, Taoism, Yoga and Buddhism, including studies in India with the Dalai Lama. In the course of his twenty year career in Canada he has been nominated for countless awards as a performer, composer and producer, including winning the 2009 Jessie Award for Theatre Musical Composition. He says of his experience with Shakuhachi: "I heard the Shakuhachi for the first time in 1978, while living in Washington DC, and was instantly hooked! Soon enough I began studying with Master Player/Ethnomusicologist Karl Signel. After years of wandering the planet, studying, performing and practicing different traditional music and instruments (Sitar and Bansuri in India, Brazilian Percussion, African Djembe, Guitar in South America and Spain, etc.), as well as Jazz and Rock/Pop music, I finally landed in Japan, where I lived for three years dedicated intensively to the study of Shakuhachi, with Sensei Tanaka Komei, and John Kaizan Neptune. I also deepened my study and practice of Buddhism, started in North America and continued in India, with extended stays in Zen Temples."
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Entrainment Music intended for the practice of Entrainment Yoga, a form of Yoga co-created by Shakti Mhi and Pepe Danza. |