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Sacred Journey Of Ku-Kai
''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai'' is a series of peace-themed albums by new age artist Kitarō, inspired by the classic Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 sacred temples on Japan's island of Shikoku (see Shikoku Pilgrimage). Each album in the series has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. ''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 1'' (2003) ''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 2'' (2005) Charts ''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 3'' (2007) ''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 4'' (2010) ''Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 5'' (2017) Awards and nominations Personnel * Kitaro - Producer, Composer, Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards, Photography *Gary Barlough - Producer (V.1), Engineer (V.2) *Allen Sides - Engineer (V.1) *Doug Sax - Mastering (V.1, 2, 3) *Joe Chiccarelli - Engineer (V.2) *Robert Hadley - Mastering (V.2) *Randy Miller - Orchestration (V.3), Arranger (V.3) *Steven Miller - Engineer (V.3) *Ian Ulibarri - Engineer (V.3) *Timothy Beach - Engineer (V.4) *Tim Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kūkai
Kūkai (; 27 July 774 – 22 April 835Kūkai was born in 774, the 5th year of the Hōki era; his exact date of birth was designated as the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the Japanese lunar calendar, some 400 years later, by the Shingon sect (Hakeda, 1972 p. 14). Accordingly, Kūkai's birthday is commemorated on June 15 in modern times. This lunar date converts to 27 July 774 in the Julian calendar, and, being an anniversary date, is not affected by the switch to the Gregorian calendar in 1582. Similarly, the recorded date of death is the second year of the Jōwa era, on the 21st day of the third lunar month (Hakeda, 1972 p. 59), i.e. 22 April 835.), born Saeki no Mao (佐伯 眞魚), posthumously called , was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism. He travelled to China, where he studied Tangmi (Chinese Vajrayana Buddhism) under the monk Huiguo. Upon returning to Japan, he founded Shingon—the Japanese branch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Koga
Masayuki Koga (born in Omuta City, Japan) is a shakuhachi player and former member of the Ensemble Nipponia. He studied Kinko shakuhachi with Kiichi Koga, his father, and Tozan Ryu shakuhachi with Kazan Saka, and teaches both schools. His students include Richard Marriott. He is the general director of the Japanese Music Institute of America, located in San Francisco and Berkeley, which he founded in 1981. Since 1995, the Institute has taught shakuhachi, koto, and taiko are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese, the term refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various Japanese drums called and to the form of ensemble drumming m .... References External links Japanese Music Institute of America, ''Shakuhachi.com'' Masayuki Koga, ''Discogs'' Shakuhachi History in the U.S.A., ''JMIA.org''. Shakuhachi players Living people People from Ōmuta, Fukuoka Japanese emigrants to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pesco
Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Korean mother (an author).Waugh, LisaPaul Pesco – Musician Extraordinaire, rockworldmagazine.com, August 18, 2011 (accessed January 31, 2016). The family lived for a time in Germany during Paul's youth before returning to New York. He graduated from Northport High School in 1977. As of November 2012, Pesco resides in Millbrook, New York, where he maintains a home recording studio.Paul Pesco Sits Down with AMS – Paul Pesco AMS Interview @YouTube.com Retrieved April 1, 2014. Beginning on the piano, Pesco would gradually build up a working prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Call (album)
''Final Call'' is an album by Japanese New Age recording artist Kitaro, released by Domo Records on September 10, 2013. The album is a tribute to Kitaro's lifelong reverence of Nature, and a musical call to action to encourage everyone to take better care of how we treat our planet. Commenting on ''Final Call'', Kitaro said, "I have always felt we all must respect the providence of the Universe. Unfortunately, through the course of time and the growth of civilization, many living creatures that we now know will become extinct. If we don't alter how we treat each other and our planet Earth, many habitats and portions of this earth may become devastated and eventually disappear." In December 2013, ''Final Call'' was nominated by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences for Best New Age Album, becoming Kitaro's 15th Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impressions Of The West Lake
''Impressions of the West Lake'' is an album by Japanese new age musician Kitarō, released in April 2009. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Best New Age Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Track listing Awards Personnel *Kitaro - Producer, Composer, Arranger, Engineer, Mixing *Randy Miller - Arranger *Ian Ulibarri - Assistant Engineer *Steven Miller - Mixing *Doug Sax - Mastering *Jane Zhang - Vocals on the track, “Impressions Of The West Lake” ;Additional Personnel *Eiichi Naito - Executive Producer, Management *Dino Malito - A&R, Management *Howard Sapper - Business & Legal Affairs *Joseph DeMeo - Marketing *Hitoshi Saito - Marketing *Atsuko Mizuta - Marketing *Kio Griffith - Art Direction, Design References External linksKitaro official site {{Authority control 2009 albums Kitarō albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitarō
, born (February 4, 1953), is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic music, electronic-instrumental music, instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for ''Thinking of You (Kitarō album), Thinking of You'' (1999), with a record 16 nominations in the same category. He received a Golden Globe Award for the original score to ''Heaven & Earth (soundtrack), Heaven & Earth'' (1993). Early life: 1954–76 Masanori Takahashi was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, and is a graduate of Sahid University. Kitarō, which is his boyhood name meaning "man of love and joy", a practicing Buddhism, Buddhist himself, was born in a family of Shinto-Buddhist farmers. After graduating his parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. In an effort to maneuver him towards their vision, they m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiritual Garden
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Amuleto (formerly Arts Vision and I'm Enterprise). She debuted as a voice actress in 1997, releasing her debut single "Yūki o Kudasai" on March 26, 1997. Her role as Nanoha Takamachi in the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series contributed to a rise in her popularity, as several of her singles ("Little Wish: Lyrical Step", " Spiritual Garden", "Hoshizora no Spica", "Beautiful Amulet") were used as the ending themes for the franchise's anime adaptations. Besides ''Nanoha'', she voices the title characters Haruka Minazuki / Red Angel in ''Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel'', Ringo Kinoshita in ''No-Rin'', Yamada in ''B Gata H Kei'' and Kaoru Tsunashi in ''I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying''. Other major voice roles in anime include Ruru/Ruru Amour/Cure Amour in ''Hugtto! PreCure'', Elizabeth Midford in ''Black Butler'', Jibril in ''No Game No Life'', Finis in '' Lost Song'' Michiru in ''Air'', Kanako Kurusu in ''Oreimo'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
