He is the supreme mechanic of his instrument, and he produces what is surely the most glorious tone that ever came out of a flute: big, round, cool, white, radiant as a September moon.

The wing bone of a griffon vulture with five precisely drilled holes in it is the oldest known musical instrument, a 35,000-year-old relic of an early human society that drank beer, played flute ...

Lyamba plays the nose flute, an ancient instrument he says comes from Morogoro ... By running workshops he’s sharing ideas about African music, but that’s not the only means of preserving ...

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz ... taking advantage of a cadenza at the end to express his ideas even further. At that time there were relatively few “dedicated ...

Lyamba plays the nose flute, an ancient instrument he says comes from Morogoro ... By running workshops he’s sharing ideas about African music, but that’s not the only means of preserving ...