2017 / Japan Foundation to present Shakuhachi program by John Kaizan Neputune at Little Tokyo jazz club, June 5

The Japan Foundation presents “Jazzin’ Up: Shakuhachi Interpretations by John Kaizan Neputune” program on Monday, June 5, from 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Bluewhale, 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka Street, Suite 301 (Little Tokyo), Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Admissions are $10

John Kaizan Neptune brings to the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) a new and dynamic sound and feeling entirely his own.

A California-born American, Neptune received his master’s certificate in the Tozan School of Shakuhachi in 1977, at which time he was awarded the name “Kaizan” (“Sea Mountain”).

He is the author of the book SHAKUHACHI, and has performed and recorded in many countries around the world.

His second album, BAMBOO, was named Outstanding Record of the Year by the Cultural Affairs Agency of the Japanese Ministry of Education; subsequent albums (24 to date) and his concerts throughout Japan, Asia, Australia, America, and Europe have made his original music, from traditional Japanese to contemporary jazz, widely know and loved by people of all ages.

Neptune, who is acknowledged to be among the top masters of the instrument in Japan, now lives in Kamogawa, Chiba-ken, where he continues to make, write for and experiment with the instrument he had adopted as his own.