Shakuhachi Music Video “Green Swampy Water“ Blues by Cornelius Boots 竹の尺八 (Andy Westhoff: director)

Avant-garde Nature Music by Cornelius Boots, video by Andrew Lloyd Westhoff, animation by Chris Conlin. From the album Bamboo Rising (Shakuhachi Unleashed Vol. II) “Green Swampy Water“ written & performed by Cornelius Boots on a root-end Taimu jinashi shakuhachi flute made by Ken Mujitsu LaCosse and a 1.8 jinashi shakuhachi made by Jon Kypros. The first *ever* music video from shakuhachi master and woodwind visionary Cornelius Boots, “Green Swampy Water” is an elemental exploration of wind, water and wood. Composed and performed by Boots, director Andy Westhoff undertook the task of unearthing and presenting images and narrative from within this solo rascal-sage realm of breath-powered prowess. “Music is itself in itself; it is not a symbol or pointer to anything else. Nature is Life, all life breathes, breathing bamboo makes sound and sound is shaped into music. Nature, life, breath, music—soulful, earthy, expre