Jazz Drummer Learns Japanese Taiko Drumming

Taiko drumming is an art form that balances music, dance, and athletics into a dynamic demonstration of Japanese culture.

In this episode, our host, Arthur Buckner, visits TaikoArts Midwest to learn how to play taiko, and Linda Diaz speaks with Tiffany Tamaribuchi, an O-Daiko player who is known not only for her powerful playing style, but also as an advocate for female empowerment in the artform.

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[PointLobo]

as a jazz drummer who played in a taiko group in college (and studied ethnomusicology!) I related wayyy too hard to this! thank you for making this video and touching on its importance in the 1970s Asian American movement. oh and if you really want to get deep into some fascinating inter-cultural history, check out the story of East LA Taiko

[Lyander]

Not the kind of content I've come to expect of the channel, but I mean that in the most flattering way possible

[coulton-davisjazz]

I taught Tiffany when she was in high school through Poets in the Schools, and then I took some Taiko from her many years later. I am very proud of her. Hi Tiffany!

[riccardometilli]

this kind of comparison between western and eastern music just feels so interesting to me, love this type of content

[ItamarMedeiros]

Jenn talks about how this art form — because of the physical energy required — has been traditionally associated with male; and how it translates to a different kind of form when female players start drumming! That’s the beauty of music: the universality of it! In Brazil, we have a native drumming art form called Maracatu, and now we have female only ensembles, and the same transformation is happening! Beautiful!

[LindaDiaz]

this episode was so special to make 🥰 so glad to see so many of y'all resonating with it!

[tone]

I love all your videos, but this one was especially great. That look of sheer joy on LA's face around 7:45 really speaks to the visceral power of the music.

[Shamanreein]

What a unique channel to find out about, I'm glad I found this channel

[yung_bonsai]

My man brought the fire kicks in a box. Midwest winters are no jokes for sneakerheads. Really weird cross over of some of my favorite things. Sneakers, jazz and japanese culture.

[walterskent]

This is seriously one of my favorite channels on YouTube. I love y'all's voice, perspective, and how you approach every subject with a curiosity. You seek to understand and represent rather than posting simply for the view count. Keep it up!

[JeredtheShy]

Okay, that's awesome, that fact that a Japanese jazz musician, heavily influenced by black America, is who is responsible for modern taiko, making it, technically, jazz music. That's some cool history stuff

[catarinabarbosa]

love watching people from different musical backgrounds come together and just jam, there's something so human so beautiful about it

[jshu-_-]

We don't see akot of it but the parts where they play together has so much energy and joy, I can really feel it. Wish they'd add a longer video of it too

[andersonic]

This ended too soon! I wanted to hear the Jazz Taiko spectacular.

[Beryllahawk]

Wonderful! Taiko has fascinated me for a long time, and this was just so much fun to watch. Especially the sheer joy of it -- the joy of learning and discovering for Arthur, the joy of teaching and discussing, the joy of finding so much meaning in the cultural and musical connections. Makes my heart feel full <3

[mattnieri]

3:36 she's doing some of the best dance/drum moves I've ever seen.

[solfeji]

no way, they made taiko no tatsujin into a real thing

[pomodorino]

Thanks so much for sharing your explorations!
I've discovered the Wagakki music in the 90s thanks to animes (Ghost in the shell "Making a cyborg" still gives me the chills) and every now and then I still listen to some traditional and traditional/modern mix of Japanese music.
Great video as always!

[cactustactics]

There's a Japanese band that did a live version of a song, but with five drummers (Tricot doing Niwa if you wanna see!). They each took a turn doing a solo, with their own style - but one of them was a taiko drummer, playing like this but on a drum kit. It's really fun to watch him go with those big fluid movements with a big grin on his face, honestly just a joy to watch - I got that vibe on this video when everyone was like "AW YEAH"

[porqpai]

This was so DOPE! Beautiful work guys!