Riley Lee was the first non-Japanese shaku-hachi flute performer to be recognized as a dai shihan (grand master) of the shakuhachi tradition. His fluid sound and warm tone are the results of years of ...

Riley Lee was the first non-Japanese shaku-hachi flute performer to be recognized as a dai shihan (grand master) of the shakuhachi tradition. His fluid sound and warm tone are the results of years of ...

Riley Lee was the first non-Japanese shaku-hachi flute performer to be recognized as a dai shihan (grand master) of the shakuhachi tradition. His fluid sound and warm tone are the results of years of ...

Practiced for centuries by Buddhist priests in Japan, playing the shakuhachi flute during meditation is called suizen, or blowing Zen. Riley Lee was honored in 1980 as the first non-Japanese in a long...

Practiced for centuries by Buddhist priests in Japan, playing the shakuhachi flute during meditation is called suizen, or blowing Zen. Riley Lee was honored in 1980 as the first non-Japanese in a long...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the Japanese monks who play the Shakahuchi, a simple flute with five finger holes, the aim is to turn inward from the clutter and commotion outside - much like the aim of India's Hatha Yoga. Wh...