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| − | George Abe has collaborated in virtually all of Great Leap's projects over the years. A founding member of [[Kinnara Taiko]], he is known as a ''bon daiko'' player and as a specialist in the ''yokobue'' (transverse flute) and ''shakuhachi'' (vertical flute). Born in 1944 at Manzanar, he is deeply committed to Japanese American and Asian American creative arts and community building. | + | '''George Abe''' has collaborated in virtually all of Great Leap's projects over the years. A founding member of [[Kinnara Taiko]], he is known as a ''bon daiko'' player and as a specialist in the ''yokobue'' (transverse flute) and ''shakuhachi'' (vertical flute). Born in 1944 at Manzanar, he is deeply committed to Japanese American and Asian American creative arts and community building. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.festival.si.edu/blog/2016/george-abe-ripples-of-japanese-internment/ George Abe: Ripples of Japanese Internment, profile for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2016] | * [http://www.festival.si.edu/blog/2016/george-abe-ripples-of-japanese-internment/ George Abe: Ripples of Japanese Internment, profile for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2016] | ||
* [http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/interviews/profiles/97/ Oral history at Discover Nikkei, 2004] | * [http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/interviews/profiles/97/ Oral history at Discover Nikkei, 2004] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:45, 10 March 2018
George Abe has collaborated in virtually all of Great Leap's projects over the years. A founding member of Kinnara Taiko, he is known as a bon daiko player and as a specialist in the yokobue (transverse flute) and shakuhachi (vertical flute). Born in 1944 at Manzanar, he is deeply committed to Japanese American and Asian American creative arts and community building.
