Jazz Art Sengawa 2015 announced

The 8th Jazz Art Sengawa, one of the most prominent events for improvised and creative music in Japan, is held on September 9 and 10 this year. The venue is Sengawa Theatre which is located in Chofu of west Tokyo.

Jazz Art Sengawa is an artist-led event and its producers are Makigami Koichi (voice performer, multi-instrumentalist), Fujiwara Kiyoto (double-bass player and music educator), and Sakamoto Hiromichi (cellist and improviser).

The line-up is as follows.


September 9 Saturday

13:30-15:00
NOTALIN'S (Endo Michiro, Ishizuka Toshiaki, Sakamoto Hiromichi)
Meguro Yosuke
Ten Ten Ko
directed by Sakamoto Hiromichi

16:30-18:00
Oki Itaru - Ayumi Tanaka
Fujiwara Kiyoto - Yaji Michiyo
directed by Fujiwara Kiyoto

19:30-21:00
N/Y (Niigaki Takashi, Yoshida Ryuichi)
Hikashu with Koketsu Masayo
directed by Makigami Koichi


September 10 Sunday

13:30-15:00
Art Hirahara - Murakami Hiroshi - Fujiwara Kiyoto
Ota Keisuke - Miyazaki Hirofumi - Tomikawa Masatsugu
directed by Fujiwara Kiyoto

16:30-18:00
Carmen Maki, Kawakami Mieko - songs and poetry
accompanied by Saito Tetsuya, Suzuki Masato, Senju Muneomi, Sakamoto Hiromichi
directed by Sakamoto Hiromichi

19:30-21:00
Pre-Cambria Clarinet Quartet
[Shimizu Kazuto, Umezu Kazutoki, Tada Yoko, Kondo Tatsuro]
Time is A Blind Guide
　[Haakon Åse、Lucy Railton、Kit Downes、Conor Chaplin、Thomas Strønen]
directed by Makigami Koichi


Jazz Art Sengawa on YouTube

Jazz Art Sengawa on Sengawa Gekijo website

Jazz Art Sengawa on Facebook


September 9 and 10, 2015
Jazz Art Sengawa
@ Sengawa Theatre
Chofu, Tokyo
Tickets available at the box office of the venue on June 27, 2015.

Sengawa Theatre, Chofu, Tokyo