Improvised Music from Japan / Otomo Yoshihide / Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra

Concert History

2007

August 3: ONJQ (Otomo Yoshihide [conductor, guitar], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Axel Döner (trumpet), Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]); and Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [conductor, guitar], Kahimi Karie [voice], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Axel Döner (trumpet), Sachiko M (sinewaves), Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

August 4: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [conductor, guitar], Kahimi Karie [voice], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Axel Döner (trumpet), Sachiko M (sinewaves), Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], and Taku Unami [computer]) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

October 12: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [conductor, guitar], Kahimi Karie [voice], Sachiko M (sinewaves), Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Taku Unami [computer], Seiichi Yamamoto (guitar), and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) at Star Pine's Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo.

October 13: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [conductor, guitar], Kahimi Karie [voice], Sachiko M (sinewaves), Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Taku Unami [computer], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]), and guests Itaru Oki (trumpet) and Oto Asobi no Kai at Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto.

October 14: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [conductor, guitar], Kahimi Karie [voice], Sachiko M (sinewaves), Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Taku Unami [computer], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) at Tokuzo, Nagoya.

December 21: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (ONJO), d.v.d., Norimichi Hirakawa, and Tetsuya Umeda at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Aomi, Tokyo.


2006

January 21: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer with objects], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and a guest Naruyoshi Kikuchi [sax]) at Shinjuku New Year Jazz Festival 2006, Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo.

February 8: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer with objects], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

February 9: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer with objects], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and guests) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

February 11: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer with objects], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) at Tokuzo, Nagoya.

February 12: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer with objects], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) at Kanbaikan Hardy Hall, Doshisha University, Kyoto.

March 17: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], Yoshiaki Kondo [PA], and guests Kayoko Ishu (vocal) and Margareth Kammerer (vocal)] at MaersMusik 2006, Berlin, Germany.

March 18: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], Yoshiaki Kondo [PA], and guests Kayoko Ishu (vocal) and Axel Dörner (trumpet)] at MaersMusik 2006, Berlin, Germany.

September16: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer with objects], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]), with a guest Kayoko Ishu (vocal) at Asahi Art Square, Asakusa, Tokyo.

November 5: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) in Geneva, Switzerland.

November 9: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) in Tours, France.

November 11: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

November 12: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar, conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [live sound engineering]) in Zagreb, Croatia.

December 24: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quartet (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Kenta Tsugami [sax], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) and a guest Atsuhiro Ito (optron) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.


2005

January 19: Otomo Yoshide's New Jazz Ensemble Plays Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Axel Dörner [trumpet], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax], Alfred Harth [reeds], Matts Gustafsson [tenor sax, bariton sax]. Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

January 22: Otomo Yoshide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Axel Dörner [trumpet], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax], Alfred Harth [reeds], Matts Gustafsson [tenor sax, bariton sax]. Taisei Aoki (trombone), Ko Ishikawa (sho), Cor Fuhler (piano), Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) and special guests (Kahimi Karie [vocal], etc.), at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

January 23: Otomo Yoshide's New Jazz Orchestra (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Axel Dörner [trumpet], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax], Alfred Harth [reeds], Matts Gustafsson [tenor sax, bariton sax]. Taisei Aoki (trombone), Ko Ishikawa (sho), Cor Fuhler (piano), Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) and special guests (Kahimi Karie [vocal], etc.) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

March 3: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble featuring Kahimi Karie (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax], Alfred Harth [reeds], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Kahimi Karie [vocal]) at NHK FM 505 Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo.

March 15: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax], Alfred Harth [reeds], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) at Banlieues Bleues Festival, Paris, France.

March 17: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent, Belgium.

Mach 18: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Jazz a Vauban, Brest, France.

March 19: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Centre Culturel, Douarnenez, France.

March 20: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at A.M.R., Geneva, Switzerland.

March 22: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

May 15: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax], Alfred Harth [reeds], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Kahimi Karie [vocal]) at Kunstencentrum Luchtbal, Antwerp, Belgium.

May 17: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at La Palma Club, Rome, Italy.

May 18: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Musicus Concentus, Florence, Italy.

May 19: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Venice, Italy.

May 25: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Wist, Graz, Austria.

May 27: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Musique Action, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.

May 28: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at St. Etienne, France.

May 29: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at Le Weekend, Stirling, UK.

May 30: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble at LMC, London, UK.

June 25: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar conductor], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone, etc.], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer, etc.], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) at Koto-ku Morishita Bunka Center, Morishita, Tokyo.

August 20: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [sax], Alfred Harth [sax], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet]) at Rising Sun Rock Festival 2005 in Ezo, Otaru.

December 10: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra ([Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Kahimi Karie [vocal], Kenta Tsugami [alto sax, soprano sax], Alfred Harth [tenor sax, bass clarinet], Masahiko Okura [alto sax, bass clarinet, tubes], Taisei Aoki [trombone], Ko Ishikawa [sho], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Taku Unami [computer, etc.], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums, trumpet], and Yoshiaki Kondo [sound engineer]) at Duo Music Exchange, Shibuya, Tokyo.


2004

February 6: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet: Otomo, Harth, Kikuchi, Tsugami, Mizutani, and Yoshigaki at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

February 7: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet: Otomo, Harth, Tsugami, Mizutani, and Yoshigaki; and guests Kumiko Takara (vibraphone), Sachiko M (sinewaves), and Kanji Nakao (trombone, etc.) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

July 17: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Big Band: Otomo, Harth, Tsugami, Mizutani, Yoshigaki, Masayasu Tsuboguchi (french horn), Ko Ishikawa (sho), Kumiko Takara (vibraphone), Sachiko M (sinewaves), and Kahimi Karie (vocal) at Kyoto University, Kyoto.

July 29: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensamble: Otomo, Harth, Tsugami, Mizutani, Yoshigaki, Sachiko M (sinewaves), and Phew (vocal) at Era New Horizons Film Festival, Cieszyn, Poland

July 31: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensamble: Otomo, Harth, Tsugami, Mizutani, Yoshigaki, Sachiko M (sinewaves), and Phew (vocal) at Festival MIMI, Marseille, France.

August 6: Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet: Otomo, Tsugami, Mizutani, Yoshigaki, and Mats Gustafsson (sax) at Jazz em Agosto Festival, Lisbon, Portugal.

October 10 (Sun., 12:00 p.m.): Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Alfred Harth [sax], Kenta Tsugami [sax], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums]) at Yokohama Jazz Promenade, Yokohama.

October 11 (Mon.): Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble (Otomo Yoshihide [guitar], Alfred Harth [sax], Kenta Tsugami [sax], Sachiko M [sinewaves], Kumiko Takara [vibraphone], Hiroaki Mizutani [bass], and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki [drums]) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo.

November 26 (Fri., 7:20 p.m.): Silent movie Keisatsukan with music by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble Film Special, including Otomo Yoshide (composition, guitar, etc.), Tatsuro Kondo (harmonica, keyboards), Kenta Tsugami (sax), Taisei Aoki (trombone, etc.), Kumiko Takara (vibraphone, percussion), Hirohiko Otsubo (contrabass), and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums, trumpet) at Yurakucho Asahi Hall, Tokyo.


Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

2003

January 11: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

June 28: with Tatsuya Oe at CAY, Omotesando, Tokyo

July 15: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo


Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

2002

March 17: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

June 15: at Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto

June 16: at Jazz in Lovely, Nagoya

August 20: with Hiroshi Minami (piano) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

September 11: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

September 12: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

October 26: with Sachiko M (sinewaves) at Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, U.S.


Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

2001

February 11: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

September 4: with guests: Phew (vocal), Sachiko M (sinewaves) and Tatsuki Masuko (electronics) at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

September 30: at Club Asia P in Shibuya, Tokyo

December 3: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

December 12: in Brussels, Belgium

December 14: at Porgy & Bess in Vienna, Austria

December 15: at Jazzgalerie in Nickelsdorf, Austria


Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

2000

February 13: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo


July 25: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo


August 22: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo


September 6: at the Qingdao Jazz Festival, China


September 9: at Amidasama, Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Yoshinori Okuno (alto sax) replaced Naruyoshi Kikuchi, who was absent due to illness.


September 10: in Urakawa, Hokkaido

Yoshinori Okuno (alto sax) replaced Naruyoshi Kikuchi, who was absent due to illness.


September 11: at Bessie Hall, Sapporo

Naruyoshi Kikuchi returned and Yoshinori Okuno (alto sax) was added to make a sextet.


September 12: at Kushiro Geijutsukan Art Hall, Kushiro


Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

1999

July 13: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo


October 4: at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo


November 7: in Music Unlimited, Wels, Austria.


November 8: in Venice.


November 9: in Bologna.

November 10: in Zulich.

November 11: in Utrecht.


Last updated: November 15, 2007