Solo Bass Shakuhachi Flute – Intentional Recitals

Primeval Nature Blues & Hymns

Upcoming Concerts

October 24, 2026

Workshop & Masterclass

at Berkeley Buddhist Temple
9:30-12 pm Workshop | 2-5 pm Masterclass
~~registration is closed~~

Hermit Jazz – Solo Bass Shakuhachi Concert

w/ special guests Kevin Chen & Koh Yamakawa
at Noria Winery in Berkeley
7 pm  |  Details and Tickets HERE or below

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October 25, 2026 – SF Music Day – 5pm

San Francisco War Memorial Building
Time: my set is at 5:00 pm in the Green Room
link to the event is HERE

Previous Hermit Jazz Concerts

Sunday, September 20, 2026 – 7:00 pm
Philadelphia Ethical Society – Philadelphia, PA
$25 – part of Philly Fringe 2026 – EVENT LINK

Sunday, April 26, 2026 – 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Curtis Institute of Music, Bok Board Room – Philadelphia, PA
$45 – reserved seating only, limited capacity

Event Link [or use embedded ticket site below:]

Returning to the Root. I am re-conceiving and recalibrating the solo recital. Featuring original compositions plus a Coltrane arrangement, this is a limited-seating, intentional presentation of the soul-shifting tone of a rare low-pitched, root-end bamboo flute. At the crossroads of solo recital, porch blues, spiritualist séance and cave ritual, we will shift to an elemental perception and participate in a breath-powered odyssey that is both rustic and virtuosic – earthy and ethereal. It will engage subtle-perception and transmit the range of vital energies that saturate primeval nature.

Limited to 15 reserved attendees, we will be experiencing this elemental nature music up close in a historic space, the Bok Board Room (pictured above) at the Curtis Institute of Music in Rittenhouse Square in downtown Philadelphia, PA. This April, I am celebrating 25 years of studying, practicing and conjuring a new voice for this ancient instrument.