April 2012 LIVE PERFORMANCES by SAMM BENNETT & his various GROUPS & COLLABORATORS
Samm has shows in Tokyo on:
FRI 6
SAT 7
TUE 10
THU 12
SAT 14
SUN 22
FRI 27
and
SUN 29 scroll down for details....
FRI 6
SAT 7
TUE 10
THU 12
SAT 14
SUN 22
FRI 27
and
SUN 29 scroll down for details....
Friday 4/6 : Smoke Benders (trio!)
at Bar Isshee バー・イッシー (Shibuya)
東京都渋谷区宇田川町33-13
TEL: 080-3289-6913
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
bar charge: 500 yen, plus 1 drink
music charge: pass the hat! pay as you're able!
The wonderfully intimate Bar Isshee once again is host to the Smoke Benders, as they explore the worlds of spontaneous
funk and intuitive New Orleans second-line groove, filtered through a fine lens of split-second improvisational propulsion
into the upper reaches of stratospheric soul.
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee
at Bar Isshee バー・イッシー (Shibuya)
東京都渋谷区宇田川町33-13
TEL: 080-3289-6913
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
bar charge: 500 yen, plus 1 drink
music charge: pass the hat! pay as you're able!
The wonderfully intimate Bar Isshee once again is host to the Smoke Benders, as they explore the worlds of spontaneous
funk and intuitive New Orleans second-line groove, filtered through a fine lens of split-second improvisational propulsion
into the upper reaches of stratospheric soul.
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee
Saturday 4/7 : with Steve Gardner and the Jericho Road Show
as part of the Yokohama Jug Band Festival
at Thumbs Up (Yokohama)
start: 20:00
Yokohama Jug Band Festival website
Thumbs Up website
as part of the Yokohama Jug Band Festival
at Thumbs Up (Yokohama)
start: 20:00
Yokohama Jug Band Festival website
Thumbs Up website
Tuesday 4/10 : Smoke Benders duo
plus special guest Takashi Seo
at Apollo (Shimokitazawa)
世田谷区北沢2-9-22EIKOビルB1
PHONE: 090-2906-8082
The Apollo is a wonderful little venue where the bar master's genuine love of music emanates
from every corner of the room! The perfect spot for the Smoke Benders duo (Samm on vocal
and miscellaneous instrumentsa and Daysuke Takaoka on tuba) to meet bassist extraordinaire
Takashi Seo for some exploratory groove goodness!
open: 20:00 / start 21:00 Bar charge: 500 yen plus one drink Music charge: pass the hat, pay as you're able! Apollo website Google map to Apollo Smoke Benders page here at Polarity records |
Thursday 4/12 : Smoke Benders duo
plus special guests Takashi Seo and Sakurai Yoshiki at Sabaco (Waseda) TEL/FAX (03)-5272-7385 open 19:00 - start 20:00 2000 yen entry (includes 1 drink) Special quartet version of Smoke Benders, with Samm, Daysuke, guest bassist Takashi Seo and guitarist Sakurai Yoshiki (from Lonesome Strings). We're happy to have Sakurai-san back to join us once again after the pumping quartet session we did with him last month at the Barrelhouse in Ikebukuro. And note: Sabaco has one of the sweetest sound systems around: big fat bass, but not too loud. Oh yes indeed, lovers of quality aural experience, this place you'll dig! Directions: take exit 3B from the Waseda metro station (Tozai line), and turn right out of the station exit. Go to the next big intersection, turn left (there's a huge red temple gate there, and a koban - you should walk on the same side of the street as the koban) It's just up the hill from there, on your right, across from Waseda University campus. It's about a three-minute walk from the station. |
Saturday 4/14 : the Metaphors
at Bar Isshee バー・イッシー (Shibuya)
東京都渋谷区宇田川町33-13
TEL: 080-3289-6913
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
bar charge: 500 yen, plus 1 drink
music charge: pass the hat! pay as you're able!
This chugging and clattering percussion band, featuring Marcos Fernandes and Hiroshi Shimizu on all manner of strike-able, scrape-able and shakeable objects is a must-see for those who like it percussive! Crazy rhythm and hues!
Learn more about the Metaphors here.
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee
at Bar Isshee バー・イッシー (Shibuya)
東京都渋谷区宇田川町33-13
TEL: 080-3289-6913
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
bar charge: 500 yen, plus 1 drink
music charge: pass the hat! pay as you're able!
This chugging and clattering percussion band, featuring Marcos Fernandes and Hiroshi Shimizu on all manner of strike-able, scrape-able and shakeable objects is a must-see for those who like it percussive! Crazy rhythm and hues!
Learn more about the Metaphors here.
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee
Sunday 4/22 : the Metaphors
at Spiral • スパイラル (Kamakura)
鎌倉市小町1-6-17 鎌倉マークビル 6F
TEL: 0467-22-2285
19:00 open / 20:00 start • ¥1000+drink
A rare chance for you Kamakura friends and neighbors to get Metaphorical! Come on down!
Learn more about the the Metaphors here.
Spiral website -- Google map to Spiral
at Spiral • スパイラル (Kamakura)
鎌倉市小町1-6-17 鎌倉マークビル 6F
TEL: 0467-22-2285
19:00 open / 20:00 start • ¥1000+drink
A rare chance for you Kamakura friends and neighbors to get Metaphorical! Come on down!
Learn more about the the Metaphors here.
Spiral website -- Google map to Spiral
Friday 4/27 : Big System
at Moon Stomp (Koenji)
2-22-6 Koenji-kita / B103
TEL: 03-3310-6996
open 19:30 / start 20:00
entry: 2000 yen (incudes 1 drink)
It's Ghanaian percussionist Nii Tete and Samm's duo, ready for another night of propulsive rhythm and song. If you like the idea of deep African sound vibration and polyrhythmic shake-em-up plus southern-fried, neo-primitivist field holler and old time ballad, this is the band for you! Come help Big System explore new and uncharted regions of musico-cultural discourse.
Learn more about Big System here, and check out the videos here.
Moon Stomp website -- Moon Stomp website MAP -- Google map to Moon Stomp
at Moon Stomp (Koenji)
2-22-6 Koenji-kita / B103
TEL: 03-3310-6996
open 19:30 / start 20:00
entry: 2000 yen (incudes 1 drink)
It's Ghanaian percussionist Nii Tete and Samm's duo, ready for another night of propulsive rhythm and song. If you like the idea of deep African sound vibration and polyrhythmic shake-em-up plus southern-fried, neo-primitivist field holler and old time ballad, this is the band for you! Come help Big System explore new and uncharted regions of musico-cultural discourse.
Learn more about Big System here, and check out the videos here.
Moon Stomp website -- Moon Stomp website MAP -- Google map to Moon Stomp
Sunday 4/29 : with Steve Gardner and Bill Steber
at Hobgoblin (Shibuya)
3/F, Ichiban Building,
1-3-11 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku,
TEL: 03-6415-4244
music from 19:00 to 22:00 - FREE admission!
This is Steve Gardner's usual last-Sunday-of-the-month solo show at Hobgoblin, but it's a special trio night: Samm will be thumping the tubs, laying down the beat, and all the way from sunny Nashville, Tennessee it's special guest Bill Steber. Bill plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, musical saw and lord knows what else. Sings a mean tune, too. Should be tons of fun.
Hobgoblin website --- Google map to Hobgoblin --- Steve Gardner website --- event page at Live Blues World
at Hobgoblin (Shibuya)
3/F, Ichiban Building,
1-3-11 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku,
TEL: 03-6415-4244
music from 19:00 to 22:00 - FREE admission!
This is Steve Gardner's usual last-Sunday-of-the-month solo show at Hobgoblin, but it's a special trio night: Samm will be thumping the tubs, laying down the beat, and all the way from sunny Nashville, Tennessee it's special guest Bill Steber. Bill plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, musical saw and lord knows what else. Sings a mean tune, too. Should be tons of fun.
Hobgoblin website --- Google map to Hobgoblin --- Steve Gardner website --- event page at Live Blues World
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Check out Bill Steber's musical saw solo in this clip! |