Toshi Tsuchitori's lyrics & chords

Toshi Tsuchitori (土取利行) was born in Kagawa, Japan in 1950. He was an avant-garde / free jazz percussionist in the 1970s, but more recently he is working with ancient Japanese music. From the 1980s to 2002, he recorded four works that explore ancient Japanese instruments: “Dōtaku: Ancient Japanese Bronze Bells from Yayoi Period (b.c. 400 - a.d. 250)”, “Sanukaito: Stone Sounds of the Paleolithic Era in Japan”, “Jōmonko: Pottery Drums of Jōmon Period (b.c. 3000 - b.c. 2500)” and “The Sounds of Prehistoric Painted Cave: Pl...read more