Melody Noir - Patrick Watson
Rendez-Vous Dans L’Espace - Telex
The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
Let’s Start The Dance (Remix) - Hamilton Bohannon, feat. Caroline Crawford
Singin’ The Blues - Allen Toussaint
Dilletantes - You Am I
The Sky Is Crying - Gary BB Coleman
Under The Big Black Sun - X
Destination Venus - Man Or Astroman?
Dead And Lovely - Tom Waits
Stella By Starlight - Miles Davis
Life On Mars? (David Bowie) - Aurora
Shifo, pf, Morita-san, b, Pamela MacCarthy, vo
11-3-2018
This past Saturday, was my performance at Ganbarou…
Shifo-san, supported me on piano,
(she is a singer/ songwriter herself...)
Morita-san on bass.
There was a good turn out; it’s a nice little "live" spot,
very conveniently located, for me...
I had the beginnings of a nasty sore throat/ cold,
I have never had this kind of voice disruption before,
my vocals were slightly different from what they usually are.
I was “stage-singing” a lot; singing from the diaphragm, without a microphone,
as this was the only way I could get a good tone.
It was a nice night, and a good experience!
Morita, Pamela MacCarthy, & Shifo at Ganbarou
11-3-2018
Recently, I was saddened to read about the passing of a great trumpet & flügelhorn player,
Roy Hargrove...
I met Roy years ago at Tokyo’s Live Jazz Club “Body & Soul".
After my gig there that night, there was a jam session
with some of the guys in town, visiting from the nearby “Blue Note”.
Roy and I played a tune together...
He had such emotion in his trumpet playing, it made a lasting impression on me.
Rest in peace, Roy...
“ Divine/Trust ”
Roy Hargrove, flügelhorn
Justin Robinson, alto sax, flute
Gerald Clayton, piano
Danton Boller, bass
Montez Coleman, drums
Proud To Fall - Ian McCullough
Les Deux Guitares - Opa Tsupa
I’m Old Fashioned - John Coltrane
How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps (Jocelyn Pook / William Shakespeare) -
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor (Giovanni Bottesini) -
Rinat Ibragimov, db, Catherine Edwards, pf
Ghosts - James Vincent McMorrow
A Pillow Of Winds - Pink Floyd
Egyptian Fantasy - Allen Toussaint
I'm Sleeping Under A Dead Tree - Films
Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 (Frédéric Chopin) - Vadim Chaimovich
Don’t You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Hungry Ghosts - Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana
Halloween - Dream Syndicate
Transylvanian Concubine (Manson Mix) - Rasputina
Blind Trust- Cabernet Nocturne
Goëtia - Peter Gundry
Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns
Party Out Of Bounds - The B-52’s
What's Inside A Girl - The Cramps
Ive Got An Idea - Nina Sublatti
Blue Drag - Allen Toussaint
Red Lips - GTA, feat. Sam Bruno (Skrillex Remix)
Grass - Aphex Twin
Halloween Parade - Lou Reed
Constant Fear - Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
Das A Riot - Bush Tetras
The Ghost In You - Duncan Sheik
Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
