Pan Flute Jazz Musicians

nekha · April 10th, 2008, 09:52 AM

Does anybody know any Pan Flute, Sikus or Zampoña Jazz Musician? I would love to listen to jazz music played with any kind of Pan Flute.

lone_wolf · April 10th, 2008, 09:55 AM

I'll bet the field's wide open. Get yourself a pan flute, learn a scale or two, and you'll be the world's best jazz pan flute player. Get back, Zamfir!

Phil Kelly · April 10th, 2008, 12:11 PM

I'll be interested to know if you can locate any chromatic pan flutes.

( slightly off topic, the concept of Zamfir ripping through Giant Steps brings a smile to my normally dour visage )

nekha · April 10th, 2008, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Kelly

I'll be interested to know if you can locate any chromatic pan flutes.

Check here:

http://www.bolivianstuff.com/advance...tegories_id=43

If you click and don't see any result on that page, then click on the England Flag located up left, and 12 or 13 sikus should appear.
Those are all kind of chromatic Zampoñas, Sikus or Pan flutes.

But anyways.. THIS is the ONE I love most:

http://avellaneda.olx.com.ar/sikus-c...cos-iid-602857

Its tubes are arranged like a piano..

Vic J · April 10th, 2008, 03:27 PM

I just got back from Wash DC....Played a concert with Deepak Ram who plays an Indian Flute called a "Bansuri"...We made a recording called "Steps" He is an incredible player..Check em' out..You might enjoy this style of flute...

tpt1 · April 10th, 2008, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekha

Check here:

http://www.bolivianstuff.com/advance...tegories_id=43

If you click and don't see any result on that page, then click on the England Flag located up left, and 12 or 13 sikus should appear.
Those are all kind of chromatic Zampoñas, Sikus or Pan flutes.

But anyways.. THIS is the ONE I love most:

http://avellaneda.olx.com.ar/sikus-c...cos-iid-602857

Its tubes are arranged like a piano..

Great information nekha. Yeah, you see a lot of these instruments throughout South America. I have one (and a very nice rain stick, too) that I picked up in Ecuador.

I don't seem to see as many Andean musicians on the streets and subways of New York as I used to for some reason.

I've never heard jazz played on pan flutes, either.

Bill Robinson · April 10th, 2008, 05:18 PM

Thanks for the link, nekha.
Vic J: that sounds like a GREAT gig. I hope I get to hear the recording.

Phil Kelly · April 10th, 2008, 06:35 PM

I stand corrected on the chromatic pan flute issue!

interesting looking stuff!

lone_wolf · April 11th, 2008, 08:08 AM

I didn't realize chromatic pan flutes were available commercially either. I could build my own from the bamboo growing on my property, but I might just order one of those, so I can be the world's master of the jazz pan flute!

nekha · April 11th, 2008, 04:36 PM

My girlfriend gave me a diatonic pan flute she owned, it sounds great. It's a south american stylem, it has 15 bamboo tubes, 8 up and 7 down.. i hope i learn to play it pretty soon so i can change to the chromatic one and start with jazz tunes!
By the way, these are books that teach you how to play Sikus (south american pan flute).. the thing is, they're written in spanish.. but anyways.. you can just play the tunes included on it. Both books are made for the diatonic Sikus which has 7 tubes up and 6 down:

http://rapidshare.com/files/11726962...MPO_A.rar.html

http://www.mediafire.com/?7uedzrx1xg4

If you are interested and have any question about the book (since they are both in spanish) just ask me and I'll be glad to answer you.

Bill Robinson · April 13th, 2008, 05:37 AM

I was driving down the street one day, playing my harmonica, and I stuck it out the window and noticed that I got a sound.
It might be interesting to mount several pan-flutes on one's vehicle, at the correct angle, and get sound when the optimum speed is reached.
This would be a nice retaliation for all the trunk-mounted subwoofers out there.

brilliantcorners · January 24th, 2011, 04:39 AM

Since it is easy to get two notes a halftone apart from a single tube, I tried playing jazz on diatonic panpipes for 13 years, before converting them to wholetone. This made all those artificial scales (chromatic, wholetone, diminished, augmented, fourths etc) like child's play. All major scales (and their modes) take only one of two forms, and you don't even need to know what key you are in to follow the music. You can try out the concept with your mouse on http://improvise.free.fr/nai/nai.html

I have made some jazz panpipe videos on Youtube using this username which you can check out.

Currently I am developing a plastic wholetone panflute with 3D technology to get the right diameters for best sound projection. Interested? Get in touch!

dsschicago · January 24th, 2011, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vic J

I just got back from Wash DC....Played a concert with Deepak Ram who plays an Indian Flute called a "Bansuri"...We made a recording called "Steps" He is an incredible player..Check em' out..You might enjoy this style of flute...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Robinson

Thanks for the link, nekha.
Vic J: that sounds like a GREAT gig. I hope I get to hear the recording.

Here's some samples on Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/Steps-Deepak-Ram/dp/B0014C4DDS

Quote:

Originally Posted by brilliantcorners

Since it is easy to get two notes a halftone apart from a single tube, I tried playing jazz on diatonic panpipes for 13 years, before converting them to wholetone. This made all those artificial scales (chromatic, wholetone, diminished, augmented, fourths etc) like child's play. All major scales (and their modes) take only one of two forms, and you don't even need to know what key you are in to follow the music. You can try out the concept with your mouse on http://improvise.free.fr/nai/nai.html

I have made some jazz panpipe videos on Youtube using this username which you can check out.

Currently I am developing a plastic wholetone panflute with 3D technology to get the right diameters for best sound projection. Interested? Get in touch!

Welcome aboard the site, BC. Your project sounds pretty cool.

jazzman1945 · January 24th, 2011, 07:15 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4_1kRLknzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV4iu...eature=related

brilliantcorners · December 17th, 2012, 04:31 AM

After many prototypes I have finally arrived at some models that sound great, as well as being washable! Check them out on http://www.tuutflutes.com . There is also a video page (latest is Jimmy Rowles's "Peacocks" on panpipes) and an explanation of the wholetone concept (with an illustration by John Coltrane.) In fact in tribute to JC I am working on what I consider one of rthe crowning pieces of 20th century music, "Expression" on my 4-octave "Jazz Ballad" model. Although individually machined by CNC machines, these flutes work out about half the price of a luthier made model, and arrive by Fedex within a matter of days from China to your door!

April 10th, 2008, 09:52 AM	#1
nekha Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 39	Pan Flute Jazz Musicians Does anybody know any Pan Flute, Sikus or Zampoña Jazz Musician? I would love to listen to jazz music played with any kind of Pan Flute.

April 10th, 2008, 12:11 PM	#3
Phil Kelly Compose /Arranger / Jazz Prod. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bellingham WA Posts: 5,065	I'll be interested to know if you can locate any chromatic pan flutes. ( slightly off topic, the concept of Zamfir ripping through Giant Steps brings a smile to my normally dour visage ) __________________ Swing ..or I'll kill you ( Bill Potts ) RIP

April 10th, 2008, 05:18 PM	#7
Bill Robinson Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 644	Thanks for the link, nekha. Vic J: that sounds like a GREAT gig. I hope I get to hear the recording. __________________ "Once I smoked a fine cigar in a park on a sunny summer afternoon, no one around except the squirrels, when a strange woman began marching toward me. She glared like some savage librarian and ordered me in no uncertain terms to put my stogie out. I refused." ñ John Kass in The Chicago Tribune "Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before..." -Alfred Lord Tennyson

April 10th, 2008, 06:35 PM	#8
Phil Kelly Compose /Arranger / Jazz Prod. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bellingham WA Posts: 5,065	I stand corrected on the chromatic pan flute issue! interesting looking stuff! __________________ Swing ..or I'll kill you ( Bill Potts ) RIP

April 13th, 2008, 05:37 AM	#11
Bill Robinson Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 644	I was driving down the street one day, playing my harmonica, and I stuck it out the window and noticed that I got a sound. It might be interesting to mount several pan-flutes on one's vehicle, at the correct angle, and get sound when the optimum speed is reached. This would be a nice retaliation for all the trunk-mounted subwoofers out there. __________________ "Once I smoked a fine cigar in a park on a sunny summer afternoon, no one around except the squirrels, when a strange woman began marching toward me. She glared like some savage librarian and ordered me in no uncertain terms to put my stogie out. I refused." ñ John Kass in The Chicago Tribune "Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before..." -Alfred Lord Tennyson

April 10th, 2008, 09:55 AM	#2
lone_wolf Guitarist and keyboard player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Media, PA Posts: 1,261	I'll bet the field's wide open. Get yourself a pan flute, learn a scale or two, and you'll be the world's best jazz pan flute player. Get back, Zamfir!

April 10th, 2008, 03:27 PM	#5
Vic J Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,548	I just got back from Wash DC....Played a concert with Deepak Ram who plays an Indian Flute called a "Bansuri"...We made a recording called "Steps" He is an incredible player..Check em' out..You might enjoy this style of flute...

April 11th, 2008, 08:08 AM	#9
lone_wolf Guitarist and keyboard player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Media, PA Posts: 1,261	I didn't realize chromatic pan flutes were available commercially either. I could build my own from the bamboo growing on my property, but I might just order one of those, so I can be the world's master of the jazz pan flute!

April 11th, 2008, 04:36 PM	#10
nekha Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 39	My girlfriend gave me a diatonic pan flute she owned, it sounds great. It's a south american stylem, it has 15 bamboo tubes, 8 up and 7 down.. i hope i learn to play it pretty soon so i can change to the chromatic one and start with jazz tunes! By the way, these are books that teach you how to play Sikus (south american pan flute).. the thing is, they're written in spanish.. but anyways.. you can just play the tunes included on it. Both books are made for the diatonic Sikus which has 7 tubes up and 6 down: http://rapidshare.com/files/11726962...MPO_A.rar.html http://www.mediafire.com/?7uedzrx1xg4 If you are interested and have any question about the book (since they are both in spanish) just ask me and I'll be glad to answer you.

January 24th, 2011, 04:39 AM	#12
brilliantcorners Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	jazz panpipes Since it is easy to get two notes a halftone apart from a single tube, I tried playing jazz on diatonic panpipes for 13 years, before converting them to wholetone. This made all those artificial scales (chromatic, wholetone, diminished, augmented, fourths etc) like child's play. All major scales (and their modes) take only one of two forms, and you don't even need to know what key you are in to follow the music. You can try out the concept with your mouse on http://improvise.free.fr/nai/nai.html I have made some jazz panpipe videos on Youtube using this username which you can check out. Currently I am developing a plastic wholetone panflute with 3D technology to get the right diameters for best sound projection. Interested? Get in touch!

January 24th, 2011, 07:15 AM	#14
jazzman1945 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Israel Posts: 1,580	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4_1kRLknzI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV4iu...eature=related __________________ http://www.jazzideas.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We shouldn't wait for favors from the Theory, take them from it is our goal!

December 17th, 2012, 04:31 AM	#15
brilliantcorners Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	Jazz panpipes have arrived!! After many prototypes I have finally arrived at some models that sound great, as well as being washable! Check them out on http://www.tuutflutes.com . There is also a video page (latest is Jimmy Rowles's "Peacocks" on panpipes) and an explanation of the wholetone concept (with an illustration by John Coltrane.) In fact in tribute to JC I am working on what I consider one of rthe crowning pieces of 20th century music, "Expression" on my 4-octave "Jazz Ballad" model. Although individually machined by CNC machines, these flutes work out about half the price of a luthier made model, and arrive by Fedex within a matter of days from China to your door!

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