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10.
29. 2007 |
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JazzToday
2007
It's a date! Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes
perform live 4 November at Shibuya Club Quattro
Yasuaki
Shimizu & Saxophonettes, who redefined sonic space at
their concerts in Tokyo and Osaka in June and July, are set
to perform again—this time on the last night of the
live jazz event of the season: JazzToday 2007. A good chance
to savor selections from Pentatonica in a club environment—an
experience different to a concert hall…guaranteed!
See photos @ Performance 2007: JazzToday
2007
Performances by:
ORQUESTA NUDGE! NUDGE! / quartz-head (a.k.a. DAISUKE FUJIWARA)
talk 05 /
YASUAKI SHIMIZU & SAXOPHONETTES
Sunday, 4 November,
6pm
Shibuya Club Quattro
Planning/production: East Works Entertainment
JazzToday 2007: www.jazztoday.jp
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27.
7. 2007 |
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Pentatonica
New album on sale 25 April
Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes swan dive into the magical, enigmatically
nostalgic and decidedly sensuous realm of the pentatonic scale.
It began two years ago with
Shimizu’s self-imposed confinement in the Dolomites to compose.
In 2006, he then assembled his band, spent a year or so between
rehearsal and recording, and finally his original compositions
are ready for all to hear. Fifteen tracks including "Dolomiti
Spring," a balletic composition brimming with the optimism
of a new season; "Yoitokosassa," inspired by the primal
energy of Asian folk rhythms; and the arrangement of the traditional
Ethiopian song "Tèw Semagn Hagèré," with
lyrics and a rare vocal performance by Shimizu in the role of a
mystic storyteller.
For detailed information see Recordings
Release: 25 April 2007
Victor Entertainment VICL-62359
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Cello
Suites
Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes Cello
Suites 1.2.3 and Cello Suites 4.5.6 reissued
as double album on 25 April
The music
of Bach, as a spiraling, buoyant, physical sensation
. . . the saxophone . . . and six very different spaces
to record in. Shimizu's tenor saxophone renditions of
Bach's complete cello suites, previously available as
the separate titles Cello Suites 1.2.3 and Cello
Suites 4.5.6, will be reissued as a two-disc set
to coincide with the release of the new album Pentatonica.
A full 36 tracks with liner notes by Remei Masuya to
celebrate the occasion.
Release: 25 April 2007
Victor Entertainment VICP-63779-63780
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Yasuaki
Shimizu & Saxophonettes
Tickets now on sale for concerts
celebrating the release of the new album, Pentatonica.
Hand-in-hand with Bach, Shimizu sets his new five-tone
puzzles adrift in real time.
The new Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes
lineup made its first public appearance last fall, just before
recording Pentatonica in a warmup session at Super Deluxe,
Tokyo. So well attended was the event that one scheduled concert
suddenly became two! This marks the group's first appearance since
then. The program will interweave selections from Pentatonica with
Bach interpretations for saxophone, and feature the dance of special
guest Masako Yasumoto.
See photos @ Performance 2007: Yasuaki
Shimizu & Saxophonettes
Yasuaki Shimizu (tenor sax)
Ryoko Egawa, Hirokazu Hayashida (tenor sax)
Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryota Higashi (baritone sax)
Masako Yasumoto (dance)
Tokyo Wednesday,
27 June 7pm
Sogetsu
Hall
Osaka Tuesday,
3 July 7pm
The Phoenix Hall
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25.
6. 2007 |
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Borat
Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
"What an education! Lampoonery
with 1000 times the bite of a Michael Moore movie. From total
idiocy fundamental points do surface. Miss this and miss out
big!" (YS)
Borat (2006 USA)
Directed by Barry Charles |
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18.
4. 2007 |
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Mathematica
2
Song from Pentatonica features
as theme music for hit NHK TV series
The song "Yoitokosassa" from
the new album Pentatonica has been adopted as theme music for the
second season of the popular NHK Educational TV series, Mathematica
2. The series will also feature new pentatonic pieces composed
by Shimizu and performed by Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes.
NHK Educational TV: Mathematica 2
Mondays (starting 2 April) 7:15-7:30pm
in April, July, October and January (2008)
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13.
2. 2007 |
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The Times They Are A-Changin'
On a wee break from mixing, this
oldie-but-goodie somehow struck a chord. (YS)
"The Times They Are A-Changin' " (Bob Dylan)
performed by A Whisper in the
Noise
on the movie soundtrack album Lady in the Water |
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Who's Camus Anyway? (Camus Nante Shiranai)
Makes Kinema Junpo's top ten
The longstanding Japanese cinema
magazine, Kinema Junpo, has been doling out annual movie awards longer
than the American Academy! Along with the awards each year, it also
announces the Kinema
Junpo Best Ten. For this the lists' 80th year,
Who's Camus Anyway? (directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi; soundtrack by
our very own YS) took the number ten spot among KJ's top ten Japanese
films for 2006.
Kinema Junpo
Special issue No. 1477
on sale 5 February |
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On
WOWOW TV
Already on DVD, Who's
Camus Anyway? will soon be broadcast on WOWOW TV
Schedule broadcasts
WOWOW2 Tuesday, 27 February, 12 noon
WOWOW3 Wednesday, 28 March, 10:30am
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8.
2. 2007 |
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Music for
Food
@Restaurant 1929: Food and Contemporary
Art - Part 3
For two plus glorious weeks
BankART 1929 has become Restaurant 1929 as it hosts the third
installment of the Food
and Contemporary Art show. To set the mood for this
smorgasbord of original works by great variety of artists,
Shimizu created "Music for Food"—his contribution
to the extravaganza...
2-18 February, 11:30am-7pm
BankART 1929 Yokohama
Further information: BankART
1929
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