JULY 2016 : Live shows by Samm Bennett and his various ensembles
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here, hoping to see you at one or more of these upcoming shows in Tokyo. Support live MUSIC! Come on out for some MUSIC! We're talking live MUSIC!
SAT 10/1 : DUO and TRIO with Masahico Shimaji and Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa
in "New Moon Meeting #18"
at Bar Isshee, Sendagi, Tokyo, near Sendagi Station (Chiyoda line)
open 19:30 / start 20:00 (2 sets) - entry : 500 yen table charge + 1 drink, plus PASS THE HAT for music
Some of you may know Masahico Shimaji as the bassist Mechanical Bear, the groove-oriented improvising band we're in, along with violinist Chris Koh. New Moon Meeting is Masahico's monthly event at Bar Isshee, in which he invites two different players for duos and trios. Though I've worked quite a bit with "Masa" as he's known to friends, this will be the first time I've played with keyboardist Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa. I'm told he's got a swirling, psychedelic approach, which sounds like a fine thing to me! Come on over and hear us!
Bar Isshee website -- Bar Isshee Facebook -- Google map to Bar Isshee
Facebook Event Page for New Moon Meeting #18
FRI 10/7 : TRIO w/ Mashico Shimaji & Cal Lyall
at Bonobo, Harajuku, Tokyo
one set only, at midnight! part of an all-night event "Whole Lotta Shaking Going On"
event start: 22:00 - entry: 1500円 + drink
one set only, at midnight! part of an all-night event "Whole Lotta Shaking Going On"
event start: 22:00 - entry: 1500円 + drink
Really looking forward to this show with my Mechanical Bear bandmate Masahico Shimaji and my Communists From Outer Space bandmate Cal Lyall. We'll be bringing out the jams, y'all, in the midnight hour! Lots of other stuff going on there before and after us, so come on out!
In addition to our trio, live music by: 森田潤
and
DORCELSIUS from France (experimental / electro-psych-noise)
plus
DJs...
Info at Bonobo's FB page HERE
In addition to our trio, live music by: 森田潤
and
DORCELSIUS from France (experimental / electro-psych-noise)
plus
DJs...
Info at Bonobo's FB page HERE
SAT 10/8 : The METAPHORS
at Big River (Higashi Nakano, Tokyo) 東京都中野区東中野4-2-27
open: 19:45 / start: 20:15 (3 sets!) - entry: 1000yen drink minimum (500yen X2)
pass the hat for musicians
The Metaphors is the trio of Shimizu Hiroshi (various percussion), Marcos Fernandes (frame drum, talking drum, other percussion) and Samm Bennett (diddley bow, electronic percussion, vocal). If you don't know the band, you certainly should, so check here!
This will be the Metaphors' 5002nd appearance at Big River, a cozy little jazz bar just a stone's
throw from Higashi Nakano station on the JR Sobu line. Old school flavor, nice and intimate, located on a little bar street called Moon Road.
This will be the Metaphors' 5002nd appearance at Big River, a cozy little jazz bar just a stone's
throw from Higashi Nakano station on the JR Sobu line. Old school flavor, nice and intimate, located on a little bar street called Moon Road.
Big River website -- Google map to Big River -- Big River website map (with handy aerial view!)
FRI 10/14 : The METAPHORS plus other acts
at Shichoushitsu 2, Yokohama - 横浜市中区黄金町2-7 • 045-251-3979 - near Koganecho Station
19:00 open / 19:30 start - adv. ¥1500+1drink / door ¥2000+1drink
The Metaphors is the trio of Shimizu Hiroshi (various percussion), Marcos Fernandes (frame drum, talking drum, other percussion) and Samm Bennett (diddley bow, electronic percussion, vocal). If you don't know the band, you certainly should, so check here!
Here's the event flyer in Japanese:
SAT 10/15 : SOLO + Sami Elu solo + DUOS
at Beer Pub The Grafton, Gotanda, Tokyo
18:00 open / 19:00 start (music 'til 22:00)
free entry! pass the hat for musicians
18:00 open / 19:00 start (music 'til 22:00)
free entry! pass the hat for musicians
Looking forward to playing this new place for me, and as a beer fan, I'm happy to say it is a bona fide craft beer pub. I'll do a solo set, songs on diddley bow and whatnot, and the amazing and very creative Sami Elu will also do a solo set (featuring his lovely and unique self-made instrument, the Chopstick Piano). We'll also do some duos to round out the evening. And it's in Gotanda, which is a fairly unusual locale for live events. Always something new!
FB event page
Grafton Beer Pub FB page
Check out Sami Elu's Chopstick Piano in the video below for a taste of what he'll be doing:
SAT 10/22 : KING CAKE BABY "duo version"
at FCCJ (Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan), Yurakucho, Tokyo
Yurakucho Denki North Building 20F / Yurakucho 1-7-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0006
18:30 ~ 21:00 - FREE entry - NOTE: No need to be an FCCJ member to attend!
Yurakucho Denki North Building 20F / Yurakucho 1-7-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0006
18:30 ~ 21:00 - FREE entry - NOTE: No need to be an FCCJ member to attend!
Time to get a little New Orleans flavor, y'all, with King Cake Baby. This time around it's the stripped-down DUO version of the band, that is, yours truly on drums and vocal and the masterful Matt G on piano. Come on up to the 20th floor and get down!
FCCJ map and directions page
Below: at-a-glance: Google map to FCCJ. Need more detail? Go to Google map to FCCJ
Below: at-a-glance: Google map to FCCJ. Need more detail? Go to Google map to FCCJ
SUN 10/23 : with DRUMWORD (Samm Bennett & Jordan Smith)
at Toppers, Chiba City
open 19:30 / start 20:30
1000 yen entry
open 19:30 / start 20:30
1000 yen entry
I'm happy to be accompanying once again the masterful poet/rapper Jordan Smith, this time around in our new duo formation DRUMWORD. We're first up on the bill (2 other bands follow) at Toppers in Chiba City.