Jazz Art Sengawa 2014

Jazz Art Sengawa, one of the most celebrated events for jazz and improvisation in Japan, is held on September 5-7 this year. The venue is Sengawa Theatre at Chofu, Tokyo. Its producers are Makigami Koichi, Sakamoto Hiromichi, and Fujiwara Kiyoto.



September 5, Friday


Art Parade

Opening Ceremony

An Evening of Improvised Music



September 6, Saturday


13:00-15:00
"eyes"

Ito Kimu (voice, dance)
Honaga Yoko (dance)
Sugadairo (piano)
Yamamoto Tatsuhisa (drums, electronics)
Sakamoto Hiromichi (cello, musicalsaw, electronics)

directed by Sakamoto Hiromichi


16:30-18:00
"ears"

Senwara with Uchihashi Kazuhisa
Senwara - Rully Shabara (vocals), Wukir Suryadi (bambuwukir, bamboo flute)
Uchihashi Kazuhisa (guitar, daxophone)

Hikashu with Oki Itaru
Hikashu - Makigami Koichi (vocal, cornet, theremin), Mita Freeman (guitar), Sakaide Masami (bass), Shimizu Kazuto (piano, synthesizer, bass clarinet), Sato Masaharu (drums)
Oki Itaru (trumpet)

directed by Makigami Koichi


19:30-21:00
"nose"

Sakata Akira (saxophone)
Andrea Centazzo (drums, percussion)
Fujiwara Kiyoto (bass)

directed by Fujiwara Kiyoto



September 7, Sunday


13:30-15:00
"hands"

Hirata Yasuko (vocal)
Takenaka Shunji (guitar)
Ishii Akira (piano)
Yamasaki Hiroshi (drums)
Fujiwara Kiyoto (bass)
Soon kim (saxophone)
Kodo Kenkyukai (taiko drums)
Ino Nobuyoshi (bass)
Endo Sada (bass)
Kato Hisashi (bass)

directed by Fujiwara Kiyoto


16:30-18:00
"mouth"

Yanagiya Koharu (vocal, shamisen)
Pearl Alexander (bass)
Makigami Koichi (voice, theremin)

R.U.B. - Ned Rothenberg (saxophone, shakuhachi), Samm Bennett (drums, percussion), Uchihashi Kazuhisa (guitar, daxophone)

directed by Makigami Koichi


19:30-21:00
"legs"

Tomokawa Kazuki (vocal, guitar)
Yamamoto Seiichi (electric guitar)
Sakamoto Hiromichi (cello, musicalsaw, electronics)

Pet Bottle Ningen - Dave Scanlon (guitar), Yoshida Nonoko (saxophone), Dave Miller (drums)

directed by Sakamoto Hiromichi


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September 6-7, 2014
Jazz Art Sengawa
@ Sengawa Gekijo
Chofu, Tokyo

Sengawa Gekijo (Theatre), Chofu, Tokyo