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Tsugaru Shamisen [Import]

Chikuzan TakahashiAudio CD
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  • Audio CD (September 30, 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: JVC Victor
  • ASIN: B00001ZTY3
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,451 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great music!, September 19, 1999
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This review is from: Tsugaru Shamisen (Audio CD)
Takahashi Chikuzan, the great player of the shamisen (a Japanese three-string banjo-like instrument) died last year, but his energetic, virtuosic music lives on. As a young man Chikuzan was a beggar, traveling the back roads of his home area (Tsugaru, the far north of Japan), but after the war he became something of a star, symbolizing Japanese folk music as a whole. This CD gives a fair sampling of Chikuzan's art. If you want to know more about the music get Gerald Groemer's new book, "The Spirit of Tsugaru," which even contains a translation of Chikuzan's autobiography.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars In the Mood For My Trip to Japan, July 5, 2001
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G. Bryan "Neal Fosdick" (Jeffersonville, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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I am about to visit Japan for three weeks, so wanted to get in the right mood. After reading about Chikuzan Takahashi in Alan Booth's book, LOOKING FOR THE LOST, I decided to order this recording. I'm happy I did. Although it took some time for my Western ears to get use to the sound of the shamisen (a 3-stringed banjo-like instrument) it soon had me fascinated. Takahashi produced complex, spellbinding magic with those three strings. He was a virtuoso of this instrument. I'm glad I opened my mind and ears to this strange and beautiful music!
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