American Taiko: Reinterpreting Japanese Drumming
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: On The Move / 4.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2017 July 03
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0703_OTM_Story_Circle_0003
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Theo Gonzalez (presenter); PJ Hirabayashi; Roy Hirabayashi; Theo Gonzalez; Christylez Bacon ;NEA Heritage Fellows PJ and Roy Hirabayashi are the creative director and co-founder emeriti of the performing ensemble San Jose Taiko. They are among the pioneering leaders who reinterpreted Japanese taiko drumming into a dynamic and particularly American artistic expression that draws upon specific community experiences as well as multiple sources of musical inspiration.