Postcards from Bundanon: Very Best of Riley Lee

Track Listings
 
1. Morning Rain-Sparkling Light
2. Voices of the Night
3. Ancestral Beings
4. Spirits Dance
5. Sacramental Lullaby
6. El Sueno/The Dream
7. Felucca to Zanzibar
8. Prayer for Children
9. Shimmer
10. Suzuru/Cranes Nesting

Editorial Reviews
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Bundanon is an artists' retreat/nature preserve found south of Sydney, established by the late Australian painter Arthur Boyd. Shakuhachi (a flute made of bamboo root) player Riley Lee, a Texas native, spent part of the 1990s as an artist in residence at the center while he recorded music and performed in his adopted home country. Postcards from Bundanon, a compilation of works from eight recordings made during the decade, commemorates his stay and Boyd's memory. Listeners charmed by the ethereal, meditative tones Lee coaxes from his flute on such gems as Oriental Sunrise and Sanctuary: Music from a Zen Garden will find Postcards to be a more diverse affair, mixing solo works with collaborations with assorted instrumentalists (harp, tablas, koto, bass, didjeridoo, et al.). Lee explores a broader expressive range here, at times introducing trace elements of classical ("Sacramental Lullaby") and jazz textures (heard in the unusually inviting "Shimmer") into his slowly evolving soundscapes. While still gentle in spirit, Postcards offers a touch more musicality and mystery, and a little less bliss, than the two recordings mentioned previously, though Lee again demonstrates an astonishing command of this ancient, rudimentary instrument. The evocative "Morning Rain: Sparkling Light," for example, is as lovely a piece as Lee has ever recorded. --Terry Wood

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Postcards from Bundanon: Very Best of Riley Lee

Postcards from Bundanon: Very Best of Riley Lee
Postcards from Bundanon: Very Best of Riley Lee
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A great sampling of the shakuhachi stylings of Riley Lee!
  • Sampler
  • Wonderful, blissful, Magical instrument and player..
 Postcards from Bundanon: Very Best of Riley Lee
Riley Lee
Manufacturer: New World Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005AKCQ
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

  1. Morning Rain-Sparkling Light
  2. Voices of the Night
  3. Ancestral Beings
  4. Spirits Dance
  5. Sacramental Lullaby
  6. El Sueno/The Dream
  7. Felucca to Zanzibar
  8. Prayer for Children
  9. Shimmer
  10. Suzuru/Cranes Nesting

Amazon.com

Bundanon is an artists' retreat/nature preserve found south of Sydney, established by the late Australian painter Arthur Boyd. Shakuhachi (a flute made of bamboo root) player Riley Lee, a Texas native, spent part of the 1990s as an artist in residence at the center while he recorded music and performed in his adopted home country. Postcards from Bundanon, a compilation of works from eight recordings made during the decade, commemorates his stay and Boyd's memory. Listeners charmed by the ethereal, meditative tones Lee coaxes from his flute on such gems as Oriental Sunrise and Sanctuary: Music from a Zen Garden will find Postcards to be a more diverse affair, mixing solo works with collaborations with assorted instrumentalists (harp, tablas, koto, bass, didjeridoo, et al.). Lee explores a broader expressive range here, at times introducing trace elements of classical ("Sacramental Lullaby") and jazz textures (heard in the unusually inviting "Shimmer") into his slowly evolving soundscapes. While still gentle in spirit, Postcards offers a touch more musicality and mystery, and a little less bliss, than the two recordings mentioned previously, though Lee again demonstrates an astonishing command of this ancient, rudimentary instrument. The evocative "Morning Rain: Sparkling Light," for example, is as lovely a piece as Lee has ever recorded. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A great sampling of the shakuhachi stylings of Riley Lee!.......2006-10-02

If music-making can be thought of as a living, breathing meditation, then it doesn't get any cleaner and purer than this. Calm, clean, clear and minimalistic, the shakuhachi playing of Riley Lee commands the attention with its simplicity, shedding the mundane cars of the day and refocusing the mind to another place and time, or--more appropriately for a Zen art--to nowhere. To nowhen. To nothing. I'm used to a rougher, breathier edge to shakuhachi music but Riley Lee's technique, while still nuanced in tone and execution, sounds smooth, rich and polished--almost buttery. It's extraordinarily soothing to listen to, whether he's playing alone or with other musicians, as he does in some of the tracks here--with guest artists playing instruments ranging from koto and folk harp to didgeridoo, Indian tabla and electronica. After studying in Japan for nine years, in 1980 Lee became the first non-Japanese to attain the rank of grand master in the shakuhachi tradition. It shows. "Postcards from Bundanon" offers a retrospective of Lee's recordings, featuring ten selections from nine previous albums, and providing written context for each. Try also Riley Lee's other work, and Richard Warner's "Quiet Heart / Spirit Wind." Compare with the shakuhachi fusion of "Meditative Flute," featuring Kifu Mitsuhashi and Toshiko Yonekawa, and Kazu Matsui's "Stone Monkey." And for a similar album featuring the Native American flute, try R. Carlos Nakkai's "The Best of Nakkai: In Beauty We Return."

5 out of 5 stars Sampler.......2005-01-24

If you're not into Riley Lee's shakuhachi yet, this would an excellent album to find out whether you like him. There are takes from eight of his discs. If you're a fan and own virtually every disc he ever made, this would be surplusage. If you're just a fan, like me -- it's a wonderful recording.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful, blissful, Magical instrument and player.........2002-01-04

I had the wonderful experience of attending Riley's Breathing Workshop at The Woodford folk festival in Australia. He is an inspiring teacher, and the shakuhachi is a wonderfully haunting instrument. This album is a good 'intro' to the music of Riley Lee, and shows the breadth of compatability this instument has with other instruments - ie, didgeridoo....

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