Arriving broke in Japan in 1971 after a round-the-world backpacking journey, Riley Lee planned to stay only long enough to earn his fare home. But when he remembered a bamboo flute his Chinese father had once given him and went looking for a Japanese Shakuhachi flute, he found not just a flute but a teacher. By the time he returned to the States, seven years later, the flute was the focal point of his life and has remained so ever since. This CD contains the finest cuts from his nearly 40 recordings.