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Masakazu Yoshizawa, a musician best known for his mastery of traditional Japanese flutes who was featured on the Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack, has died of stomach cancer. He was 57.
A scholar of ancient and modern Japanese traditional music, Yoshizawa had already been hired to act as a drummer in Geisha when he was asked to play the shakuhachi - a bamboo flute - and other Japanese instruments for the 2005 film's soundtrack, composed by John Williams.See the full content of this document
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Flautist Revived Bamboo Sound
When he moved from his native Japan to...
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