Cornelius Boots
Cornelius Boots (Cornelius Shinzen Boots) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. Best known for founding and leading Edmund Welles, the only composing bass clarinet quartet in the world, he now mainly plays and composes for the shakuhachi flute having retired from bass clarinet in 2015.
He received his shakuhachi master teaching’s license (Shihan) from Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould in 2013. He has recorded five albums and performs internationally. He played on stage during Sony's E3 2018 conference, prior to the reveal of Ghost of Tsushima, a samurai-based video game.
Boots mostly plays taimu shakuhachi, which are long, wide-bore flutes noted for their deep tones.
Wood Prophecy
- 2023-09-21T00:00:00.000000Z
Holy Flute
- 2017-05-21T00:00:00.000000Z
Thrive
- 2016-11-18T00:00:00.000000Z
Many Moons
- 2007-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Free Bird
- 2013-01-12T00:00:00.000000Z
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