Niigata Jazz Street Festival
August 12, 2008
I was profiled on the blog “Bean’s trio and friends”:
(English and 日本語)
More pictures of the performance here: http://trisa.exblog.jp/blog.asp?iid=6&acv=&dif=&opt=2&srl=7378165&dte=2008%2D08%2D08+08%3A38%3A00%2E000
(Japanese only/日本語だけ)
The Jazz Street Festival in Niigata City was held July 19-20 and I performed twice on the 20th; once with pianist Yuichi Sato, singer Keiko Fumita, saxophonist Nagasawa Yoshihiro and drummer Ataka Minoru, and again with piano and singer alone.
Butoh and Bass
August 11, 2008
I’m currently working with Hisako Horikawa to put on something this year and it looks like I’ll be able to perform with her in November at a show she has coming up in a town called Maki. I will be playing free improvisation along with a saxphonist from Niigata.
Here are videos of her on YouTube; I’ve only seen her dance live once for about 5 minutes, so these videos were an important find for me.
With Tristan Honsinger of ICP Orchestra in Amsterdam
Solo in Barcelona
Hisako was originally a vocal improviser, which is why she sometimes sings during her dances. She told me she studied vocal improvisation with Takehisa Kosugi, and went on and on about him before I realized she was talking about the brilliant violinist-composer who works for Merce Cunningham Company I had seen perform back in Ann Arbor a few years ago.
She studied butoh with Tanaka Min, and like him she enjoys dancing in nature, carrying the audience with her as she performs. The place where we will perform in Maki has a bamboo forest which I can play in too, if I want. I’m looking very forward to it.
I Heart Bass
August 11, 2008
Recently I’ve been spending way too much time on Etsy browsing adorable handmade items and convincing myself that I need them. Today I decided to look up bass-related items. I was saddened to see how many more listings there were for bass the fish, but I still found some awesome items.
Pure Music Sterling Bass Clef Pendant from ccj2
I Love the Bass Player T-Shirt from PickChick
Bassist Original Print by Fiddlebones
I Heart Stand Up Bass Earrings from lizardgirl
Bass Player Stained Glass Panel by divafern
