On ‘Music for Zen Meditation’
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Tony Scott’s groundbreaking spiritual jazz album, Tricycle looks back at Zen’s enduring influence on modern music.
Stephan Kunze
Stephan Kunze is a writer, journalist, and book author, as well as a student of Zen Buddhist teachings. Kunze’s published works include 2021’s Zen Style, a book on practical philosophy inspired by spirituality and mindfulness published by Arkana/Penguin Random House, as well as the popular Zen Sounds Substack newsletter. Currently, Kunze serves as a commissioning editor at Everything Jazz, an online record store operated by Universal Music Group, and as an editorial consultant for Deutsche Grammophon. Kunze lives with his family in a tiny village in the rural Northeast of Germany.
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