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12 1/2 Geishas Must Be Right by Paul Mark And His Orchestra And The Geishas, released on Sounds of Hawaii in 1963. Ambient Exotica wrote: ...Recorded in Honolulu.., the stupendous amount of 14 tracks offers a different take on Japanese Folk songs and classics than Mark’s preceding instrumental LP East To West (1961). Whereas that album is created by a septet and features a truly unique and superb mélange of slick Hammond organ chords, bongo blebs, mystical koto twangs and shamisen backings, 12½ Geishas Must Be Right shares much more similarities with classically symphonic structures. A few twists are nevertheless woven in for good measure. In its center is a choir of three geishas who either provide the lead vocals on the respective material or sing together in a cheerful way. http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev243_paulmark_geishas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnIC26v5Ay4&list=RDxnIC26v5Ay4&start_radio=1 #PaulMark #Hawaii #SpaceAgePop #Exotica #AmbientExotica #Music #JapaneseMusic

Japan’s musical traditions do not exist in isolation. Many of their early foundations developed through sustained contact with cultural currents from China and Korea. In an essay I published last summer, I looked at these transregional connections and the historical processes that shaped Japanese music up to 794 CE, before the consolidation of court-centered musical systems. Rather than treating musical traditions as fixed or purely national categories, the text focuses on transmission, adaptation, and the limits of retrospective classification. The essay discusses early forms of musical exchange, the movement of instruments, modes, and practices, and the broader cultural and political conditions under which these influences were absorbed and transformed. It also reflects on how later historiography tends to simplify or homogenize these processes, often overlooking their layered and contingent nature. If you are interested in early Japanese music, East Asian cultural history, or the question of how traditions take form through contact rather than isolation, you may find the essay useful. https://tomkolbe.com/2025/08/11/before-the-court-korean-and-chinese-currents-in-japanese-music-up-to-794-ce/ #MusicHistory #JapaneseMusic #EastAsianHistory #CulturalExchange #MusicResearch

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