Album lore

With Bated Breath is a singular offering from Zac Zinger, self-released in October 2023. This one-track artifact unfolds over its runtime with a meditative focus, foregrounding the shakuhachi—a traditional Japanese bamboo flute—woven into a jazz framework. The recording captures Zinger’s deft control over breath and timbre, aligning the instrument’s plaintive tones with subtle rhythmic undercurrents.Though modest in circulation, with just over 6,000 Last.fm listeners, the piece stands as a quiet signal of cross-cultural dialogue within contemporary jazz. The album’s restraint and clarity invite attentive listening, privileging texture and silence as much as melody. As a recent entry to the catalog, it offers a fresh perspective on the shakuhachi’s lineage beyond its usual contexts.

Album lore

With Bated Breath is a singular offering from Zac Zinger, self-released in October 2023. This one-track artifact unfolds over its runtime with a meditative focus, foregrounding the shakuhachi—a traditional Japanese bamboo flute—woven into a jazz framework. The recording captures Zinger’s deft control over breath and timbre, aligning the instrument’s plaintive tones with subtle rhythmic undercurrents.Though modest in circulation, with just over 6,000 Last.fm listeners, the piece stands as a quiet signal of cross-cultural dialogue within contemporary jazz. The album’s restraint and clarity invite attentive listening, privileging texture and silence as much as melody. As a recent entry to the catalog, it offers a fresh perspective on the shakuhachi’s lineage beyond its usual contexts.