Mostly improvised by clarinettist Scott, backed by Hozan Yamamoto and Shinichi Yuize — on the Japanese instruments shakuhachi and koto — this 1964 album is a precursor to later movements in ambient and  new age music, from in and out of the jazz world.

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Music For Zen Meditation (1964)

Tracklist:
A1. Is All Not One? – 3:15
A2. The Murmuring Sound of the Mountain Stream – 8:05
A3. Quivering Leaf, Ask the Winds – 2:30
A4. After the Snow, the Fragrance – 7:00
A5. To Drift Like Clouds – 1:38
B1. Za-Zen (Meditation) – 2:05
B2. Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Sutra (Sutra Chant) – 7:10
B3. Sanzen (Moment of Truth) – 6:45
B4. Satori (Enlightenment) – 5:25

Tony Scott (clarinet) / Shinichi Yuize (koto) / Hōzan Yamamoto (shakuhachi)