Music for Zen Meditation

Music for Zen Meditation
Studio album by Tony Scott
Released 1964
Recorded February 1964
Genre Jazz, new-age
Length 44:28
Label Verve
Producer Richard Seidel
Tony Scott chronology
Music for Zen Meditation
(1964)
Tony Scott
(1967)
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Allmusic[1]

Music for Zen Meditation is a 1964 album by jazz clarinetist Tony Scott [2]

The album is considered to be the first new-age record.[3] Music for Zen Meditation is mostly improvised by Scott, Shinichi Yuize (koto) and Hōzan Yamamoto (shakuhachi).

Sampling

The fourth track entitled "After the Snow, the Fragrance" has been sampled by electronic artist Four Tet. The track containing the sample is entitled "Parks" and appears on Four Tet's 2001 release, Pause.

Track listing

  1. "Is All Not One?" (Tony Scott, Hōzan Yamamoto, Shinichi Yuize) – 3:15
  2. "The Murmuring Sound of the Mountain Stream" (Scott, Yuize) – 8:05
  3. "A Quivering Leaf, Ask the Winds" (Yamamoto)– 2:30
  4. "After the Snow, the Fragrance" (Scott, Yuize) – 7:00
  5. "To Drift Like Clouds" (Yamamoto, Yuize) – 1:38
  6. "Za-Zen (Meditation)" (Scott, Yamamoto) – 2:05
  7. "Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Sutra (Sutra Chant)" (Scott, Yuize) – 7:10
  8. "Sanzen (Moment of Truth)" (Scott, Yuize) – 6:45
  9. "Satori (Enlightenment)" (Scott, Yuize) – 5:25

See also

Performance

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Music for Zen Meditation at AllMusic
  3. "Roots of Space". Hearts of Space. Season 7. Episode 200. 1989-07-14.


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