Bangkok Blue's Music The recordings of Blue Johnson are a creative combination of Jazz & World Music "Healing music, charged with love, compassion & spiritual blessings"   bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com .......................................... ...................................................................Siamese Twins...............................................................................................Tribal Roots bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com Siamese Twins was written for the 27 week, award-winning Thailand television docudrama series depicting the life and history of Eng & Chang, the world's original Siamese Twins. It is a Minimalistic- Jazz - New Age - World Music attempt at blending the sampled and synthesized sounds of modern electronic instruments together with the ancient acoustic classical instruments of old Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. Written, arranged, performed and recorded by Blue Johnson, Siamese Twins was inspired by old Thai and Cambodian folk and classical songs. The music is a combination of Moods connected to Modes - East connected to West - Old connected to New - Physical connected to Spiritual..... thus symbolizing the cross-cultural lives and physically connected bodies of the twins who immigrated from Thailand (then called Siam) in the early 1800's and eventually settled in America. Siamese Twins received a Best Score Award nomination from Thailand's highly respected Golden TV Awards, and the video series has been accepted as an educational tool in Thailand's school systems. The television series won the Best Docudrama Award and was produced by Kantana TV and Film Studios in Bangkok, Thailand. This CD features several of Blue's musician friends: Michael Paulo on saxes, Clifford Coulter on synthesizer and David Garfield on keys and the Thai-Cambodian Ensemble on traditional classical acoustic instruments. bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com Tribal roots is lovingly referred to as being "Triple A" World Music (Asian-African-American). Also written, arranged, performed and recorded by Blue Johnson, Tribal Roots features Blue's son, Ming (then, 14 years old) on drums and keyboards. Together, father and son co-wrote and arranged two songs on this CD and it also features along with Blue & Ming, an all-star cast of their musician friends: Michael Paulo on saxes, June Kuramoto (from the famed jazz group, Hiroshima) on koto, David Garfield on keys, Karen Hwa-Chee Han on Chinese Er-Hu, and Clifford Coulter on synthesizer. This CD is meant to musically represent Ming Johnson's Thai-Chinese, African-American ancestry and family heritage. Ming's roots come from two of the oldest and most primitive races on the planet, thus the title: Tribal Roots, which also refers to the many multi-cultural influences heard within the music. This CD also features "Song for Sensei", dedicated to the late Shorinji Kempo Master and Zen Buddhist priest, Rev. Toshio Kuramoto (Blue & Ming's martial arts teacher). The CD also contains Blue's instrumental arrangement of the World Shorinji Kempo theme song, "Deep Within Each Man"..   bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com ........................ ....................June Kuramoto...................................................................................Ming Johnson..................................................................................Karen Hwa-Chee Han bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com ........................ ........................David Garfield................................................................................Clifford Coulter..................................................................................Michael Paulo   bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com .............. Blue's music and recording studio have been spiritually blessed by Thai Buddhist monk, Prakoo Tong Bai, Rachaburi, Thailand bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com bangkokblue.com   [ Home ] [ The Photos ] [ The Book ] [ The Musician Friends ] [ The Concert Photos ] [ The Music Management ] [ The Graphics ] To order CD's please e-mail me.