April Schedule

April 5th (Thurs) Sleep No More, NYC
April 12th(Thurs) Taira Mamiko , Tomi Jazz, NYC 9pm
April 13th(Fri)Jonathan Tuzo , Anyway Cafe, NYC 9pm
April 18th(Wed) Miki Hirose, Terraza Cafe, Queens 9:30pm
April 23th(Mon) Sleep No More, NYC
April 30th(Mon)Sleep No More, NYC

March Schedule

March

1(Thurs) Mamiko Taira@ Bar Thalia, 9pm
2(Feb)Sleep No More @NYC
7(Wed)Sleep No MOre@NYC
13(Tues)Akemi Yamada@Somethin' Jazz, NYC, 8pm
14(Wed)Michelle Walker@Smoke, 7pm
16(Fri)Jonathan Tuzo@Anyway Cafe NYC, 9pm
23(Fri)Sleep No More@NYC
24(Sat)Joe Baione @Wilmington
30(Fri)Sleep No More @ NYC

February's Schedule

Feb. 3 (Fri) Sleep No More @NYC
Feb.9(Thurs)Sleep No More @NYC
Feb.15(Wed)Sleep No More @NYC
Feb. 16(Thurs)Sleep No More @NYC
Feb. 17(Fri)Sleep No More @NYC
Feb.20(Mon)Megumi Habuka, 8pm@Klimat Lounge, NYC
Feb. 22(Wed)Mamiko Taira, 9pm@Tomi Jazz, NYC
Feb.25(Sat)Imani Uzuri@Joe's Pub, 7pm
Feb. 27(Mon)Sleep No More @NYC
Feb. 28(Tues)Sleep No More @NYC
Feb. 29(Wed)Sleep No More @NYC

January's Schedule

Jan.6th (Fri) Jonathan Tuzo@Anyway Cafe, NYC, 9pm
Jan.14th(Sat)Sleep No More , NYC,
Jan.17th(Tues)Mamiko Taira@TBA, NYC,9pm
Jan.18th(Wed)Ari Silverstein@Don't Tell Mama's, NYC 8pm
Jan.23rd(Mon)Sleep No More, NYC
Jan.24th(Tues) Seung-Hee Han, Cornelia St. Cafe , NYC 9pm
Jan.25th(Wed)Sleep No More, NYC
Jan. 26th(Thurs)Sleep No More, NYC

December 2011's schedule

Dec.1 (Thurs) SOMI@Jamaica Performance Arts Center , Queens, NY
Dec.2(Fri) Linzey Jones and friends@Billie's Black, NYC
Dec.5 (Mon) Sleep No More, NYC
Dec.7(Wed) Joris Tepee @ Sofia's , NYC
Dec.8 (Thurs) Nippon Song Holiday Concert with Mamiko Taira@Victor Borge Hall, NYC
Dec.13 (Tues) Miki Hirose@TBA, NYC
Dec.14(Wed)Mamiko Taira@Tomi Jazz, NYC
Dec.15(Thurs)Michelle Walker@Anyway Cafe , Brooklyn
Dec.16(Fri)Jeniffer Ledesna@Anyway Cafe, NYC
Dec.22(Thurs)Pete Zimmer@Smalls, NYC
Dec.23(Fri)Jonathan Tuzo@Anyway Cafe, Manhattan, NYC
Dec.24(Sat)Steve Wipple@TBA
Dec.26(Mon)Sleep No More, NYC
Dec.28(Wed)Sleep No More, NYC

Summer 2010

For me, being in the USA itself is a challenging and learning experience.
But going outside the USA carries my learning curve extra edgy.
This Summer 2010, thanks to SOMI, I went to
Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Bahrain and Holland.

Music is about your personal experience.
Experience is about who you meet, what you see, what you feel.
The trip I had this summer definitely made my life richer.
Hopefully my music I'll create will be deeper too.

(Photos)
1. SOMI at Amsterdam
2.with Dianne Reeves at Monterey Jazz Festival, CA
3.Amsterdam
4. Chillin' at Fasion Hotel in Amsterdam
5. at 2 Seas studio with prince H.H. Shelkh Abdulla bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Bahrain

Eastern Africa tour--JAfro Live

Wow, I haven't written anything since May.
Well, I'm doing fine.
I just came back from 2- week- SOMI's Eastern Africa tour.

This is my 3rd time Africa experience.
(SOMI took me Niger , Rwanda and Uganda before.)
This time, she took me Rwanda , Uganda and Kenya!.
Cool weather, dry air, Safari, bed netting, curry, fish, Tusker beer....

More or less , this Africa experience will help me conceptualizing my new project JAfro.
We've been rehearsing secretly but on September we got some opportunity
to perform in front of people.

Sep. 1 st @ Shrine 7pm
Sep. 22th @ Miles' Cafe 7:30pm

JAfro is
Toru Dodo-piano, Yasushi Nakamura-bass &
Keita Ogawa-perc.

Hope to see you there.