Music

I very much enjoyed sorting through my posts about books. Thought it would be fun to do the same thing for music. But, then I was struck by the lack of any obvious connection between "music" and "thus i have seen". Music is heard, not seen. And then I found these words from Zen Master Tung-shan Liang-chieh:

If you listen with the ears, it is incomprehensible.
If you hear sounds with the eyes, it is truly knowable.

-The Record of Tung-shan

So, here you go. Thus I have seen:

This is a clip of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin live at the 2006 Berlin Jazz Festival. The Swiss pianist and his talented quintet play an entrancing brand of minimalist, ethnic jazz that has been termed "Zen funk". The song featured in the clip, "Module 33", is from Stoa.  Yes, he is palm muting the piano. [NOTE: Additional videos and music clips for Nik Bärtsch can be found here].

[NOTE: Originally posted August 19, 2010].