Sumire Kuribayashi & Friends – Concert presented by Yokohama Calling

Join us for this very special debut concert for an evening of exceptional music making.

 

Featuring

from Japan:
Sumire Kuribayashi (piano)
Hideaki Kanazawa (double bass)
from UK:
Jason Yarde (saxophones)
Mark Mondesir (drums)

 

Programme:
NIJUSO – Hideaki Kanazawa and Sumire Kuribayashi. Nijuso, meaning duet, make their debut UK performance, playing tunes from their repertoire that are intimate and explorative, tender and compelling, that carry the listener on new journeys through familiar landscapes. 

 

Jason Yarde and Mark Mondesir will expand the colour palette and dynamics, adding saxophones and drums in duo, trio and quartet formats. The programme will feature compositions by all four musicians. This will be the first concert ever performed by these four musicians together. Expect contrast, spontaneity, beauty, supreme musicianship and a big show of heart.

 

About the musicians:
Sumire Kuribayashi is an ascending star on the jazz scene in Japan. She is a highly skillful composer and pianist with a lyrical, dynamic style and a compelling storyteller approach. As a bandleader, Sumire has released four albums to great critical acclaim. Sumire’s achievements to date and the command of her musical language belie her association with the young generation of jazzers in Japan.

 

Hideaki Kanazawa is a master double bassist and a giant of the Japanese jazz scene. With over four decades of contribution at the highest level, he is very highly regarded and respected. Hideaki has worked with many of the most famous jazz artists from Japan and beyond, including Sadao Watanabe, Terumasa Hino, Hank Jones, George Otsuka, Duke Jordan, Yasuko Agawa, and many others.

 

Jason Yarde is a composer, bandleader, arranger, producer and saxophonist at the height of his powers. As a player he has worked with Sam Rivers, Hermeto Pascoal, McCoy Tyner, Manu Dibango and Roy Ayers. Jason has composed for film, TV and dance and has arranged for the Kronos Quartet, Manu Dibango and Hugh Masekela in collaboration with Jazz Jamaica All Stars and with the London Symphony Orchestra.

 

Mark Mondesir is one of the world’s most in-demand drummers, renowned for his musicality, versatility and his uncanny ability to reimagine time on the fly. Mark has worked across many music genres with artists as diverse as Counrtney Pine, Julian Joseph, John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, McCoy Tyner, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Bryan Ferry, David Sylvian, John Scofield, Joe Zawinul and Jethro Tull.

 

Yokohama Calling is a producer presenting high-quality Japanese artists in unique cross-cultural events.

 

Our mission is to promote cross-cultural understanding through the universal power of music and arts. We bring people together and create opportunities to experience harmony and beauty, and to realise a common identity within humanity.
 
Yokohama Calling is a not-for-profit organisation.

 

 

Admission: £15 - £18