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ZEN WATERFALL for Piano and Shakuhachi (Japanese Bamboo Flute)is one of the composer’s earliest recordings.
In 1977, Paul Lloyd Warner was living on the Island of Maui in Hawaii. At that time, he was playing a Grotrian piano, a hand made instrument from Germany. He was given state-of-the-art tape recorders to record his early piano music.
One day a friend came over to the studio and introduced Paul to Eliot Joshu, an American who was studying in Japan with the great Shakuhachi master, Katsuya Yokoyama. Eliot was visiting Maui for a few weeks, on vacation from his intense studies.
Eliot started playing one of his instruments and Paul sat down to the piano to improvise along with him. The music they improvised together was so beautiful that Paul invited Eliot to improvise a recording with him later that night. That night the two artists performed incredible music together. The result of their collaboration eventually became a classic: ZEN WATERFALL. This album was re-mastered for the digital age and has a rich modern sound. Top of Page
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