What we do

JAZZ ART SENGAWA 2020

  • Organization : JAZZ ART Executive Comittee
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single
  • Art Forms : Music

Outline

‘JAZZ ART SENGAWA’ is a festival that deals with music from various roots, including jazz, rock, and traditional Japanese music, with “improvisation” as the keyword. In addition to music, dance and poetry will also be featured.
In 2020, six live performances were held at the Sengawa Theater, and a free performance was held using the mobile live house ‘CLUB JAZZ Byobu’.

Main Live  16/9/2020 – 20/9/2020 (6 lives)
Koichi Makigami (vo, tp, thermin, shakuhachi), Hiromichi Sakamoto (vc), Kiyoto Fujiwara (cb), Yoichiro Kita (tp), Tatsuya Nakamura (ds), Naofumi Takimoto (tb,tuba), Ken Kurihara (sax), Dairo Suga (p), Yasuki Fukushima (Tanka poetry reeding), Masato Nagahata (p), Toshiaki Ishizuka (ds), Freeman Mita (g), Masami Sakaide (b), Kazuto Shimzu (p, synth, b-cl), Masaharu Sato (ds, perc), Kazutoki Umezu (sax,cl), Michiyo Yagi (21-string koto, 17- and 18-string bass kotos, 13-string koto, electronics), Tamaya Honda (ds), Akira Ishii (p), Tomohiro Ishii (vn), Hiroshi Yoshino (b), Kazumi Ikeanaga (ds)

CLUB JAZZ BYOBU  9/19/2020, 9/20/2020
Koharu Yanagiya (shamisen), Udai Shika (cello), Keigo Iwami (b), Yukiko NIshii (accordion), Rutsuko Kumasaka (accordion), Ryoraro Miyasaka (perc), Ryuichi Yoshida (b-sax), Daisuke Takaoka (tuba), Ryusaku Ikezawa (perc), Takumi Matsumura (fl)

Profile

JAZZ ART Executive Committee
The JAZZ ART Executive Committee was established in April 2019 by artists and production staff concerned to take over the management of the “JAZZ ART SENGAWA” which has been held annually since 2008 as a project sponsored by the SENGAWA Theater in Chofu City. The aim is to continue to contribute to the stated goal of “Nurturing deep-pocketed regional communities that accept diverse values” in close cooperation with the residents of the Sengawa area. It is internationally recognized as a festival representing Japanese experimental and improvised music, and since fiscal year 2018 it has been dispatching artists to ‘Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville’, a experimental music festival in Quebec, Canada.

Contact

JAZZ ART Executive Committee
Fax: +81-(0)465-63-0578
E-mail: jazzartsengawa2019@gmail.com

Venues

Sengawa Theater (Chofu City, Tokyo)