| Album Cover | Media Title | Media Type | Artist | Media Label | Catalog Number | Date | Synopsis |
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Amigos | CD | Yamamoto Hōzan | Kyoto Records | KYCH-3003 | 1998 | |
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Asian Roots - Takedake with Neptune | CD | Neptune, John Kaizan | Nippon Columbia (Denon) | COCY-80766 | 1998 | TakeDake means "Bamboo Only" which aptly describes John Neptune's new band. All of the instruments on this incredible album are made of bamboo. Most of them were made by Neptune himself. |
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At Times of Quiet | CD | Tanabe Shōzan | Kyoto Records | KYCH-2013 | 1998 | |
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Empty Sky - Yearning for the Bell Volume 3 | CD | Lee, Riley Kōho | Tall Poppies | TP118 | 1998 | Volume 3 of the 7 volume "Yearning for the Bell" series. |
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Huellas | CD | Curti, Horacio | Buenos Aires | 1998 | HuellasJazz Big Band. Los Saxópatas. 17 musicians.Horacio Curti – soprano sax. Buenos Aires, 1998 | |
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Jin Nyodo No Shakuhachi 01 | CD | Jin Nyodo | Teichiku | XL-70134 | 1998 | In 1980 the original 39 Koten Honkyoku by Jin Nyodo was award the "Outstanding Album of the Year" award by Japanese Ministry of Education. Later on, ten more pieces were found and included in this newly-issued set of recordings, published by Jin Nyodo's son, Jin Nyosei. |
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Jin Nyodo No Shakuhachi 02 | CD | Jin Nyodo | Teichiku | XL-70135 | 1998 | |
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Jin Nyodo No Shakuhachi 03 | CD | Jin Nyodo | Teichiku | XL-70136 | 1998 | |
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Jin Nyodo No Shakuhachi 04 | CD | Jin Nyodo | Teichiku | XL-70137 | 1998 | |
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Jin Nyodo No Shakuhachi 05 | CD | Jin Nyodo | Teichiku | XL-70138 | 1998 | |
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Jin Nyodo No Shakuhachi 06 | CD | Jin Nyodo | Teichiku | XL-70139 | 1998 | |
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Komm ins Offene, Freund! - Holderlin | CD | Ishikawa Toshimitsu | Opera Club Office | 1998 | ||
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Koto and Shamisen - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 09 | CD | Various | Victor Japan | VZCG-146 | 1998 | |
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Kyotaku | CD | Nishimura Koku | BIEM | Kyotaku 98 | 1998 | Zen Buddist melodies. Remastered from a tape recording made in 1964. |
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Makoto Shinjitsu - with a heart of true sincerity | CD | Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin | Lyrichord Discs Inc. | LYRCD 7443 | 1998 | Original compositions, healing honkyoku and "neo-honkyoku". A collection of serene solo pieces from Shakuhachi master Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin. This is the follow up to "Ichi On Buttsu", viewed as landmark achievement in Shakuhachi performance. Nyogetsu Seldin is one of the most widely sought Shakuhachi masters in the world today, and on Makoto Shinjitsu, the absolute mastery he exhibits is immediately apparent. |
| Masters of Zen - Shakuhachi And Organ | CD | Yamamoto Hōzan | Productions Sunset - France | PS 65199 | 1998 | Thirty years have passed since Hozan Yamamoto's appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival. He joins Wolfgang Mitterer in this latest offering. | |
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Nihon no Hibiki | CD | Yokoyama Katsuya | Ongaku no Tomo Sha Corp., Japan | OCD-0922 | 1998 | |
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Solstice Spirit | CD | Schlefer, James Nyoraku 如楽 | Sparkling Beatnik Records | SBR 0001 | 1998 | Several honkyoku, a composition by Fukuda Rando, and two of Nyoraku's own including an extended suite for an orchestra of 18 variously-sized shakuhachi. |
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Sound of Distant Deer | CD | Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin | Gadfly Records | Gadfly 506 | 1998 | This CD is a collection of songs combining shakuhachi and cello, in solos and duets, both traditional and modern. Nyogetsu plays shakuhachi with cellist Gideon Freudmann. There are four pieces composed for this CD using duets of these two instruments. There are also 3 improvisations between the two performers that they call "Cellohachi". |
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Spring Sea | CD | Lee, Riley Kōho | ABC Classics | 465-757-2 | 1998 | Beguiling melodies for shakuhachi and concert harp. |
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