Samm Bennett : Tokyo Live Schedule for September 2024
Full details on all shows coming soon!
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here, extending a warm invitation to join one or more of these upcoming live music events. Support live music! It's good for you!
SAT 9/7 : with Kuwahata (percussion) at Lighthouse (Kokubunji)
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Had a great time with drummer Kuwahata Ryougo at our first gig together, last month at What the Dickens. For our second live meeting, we're happy to be at the lively and friendly Lighthouse in Kokubunji. Free entry there as always, and we'll pass the hat for your kind donations toward the music. I'll be singing a buncha covers and originals, with Kuwahata-san laying down the crucial beats. Come to Lighthouse, where the food is really tasty (no lie!) and the beer selection is excellent.
Google map to Lighthouse
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FRI 9/13 : Samm solo, on a triple bill, at Hikari no Uma (Okubo)
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I'll be turning in a solo set of original and cover songs, and also on the bill will be veteran (some might say legendary) guitarist and singer "Hachi" Kasuga. If you know, you know. Rounding out the bill will be the guitar duo of Masanobu Sekiguchi and Hayashi Reina.
Google map to Hikari no Uma
video directions to Hikari no Uma!
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SAT 9/14 : with Kuwahata (percussion) at Checkerboard (Asagaya)
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Had a great time with drummer Kuwahata Ryougo at our first gig together, last month at What the Dickens. For our third live meeting, we'll be one of four acts on the bill at the tiny, legendary Checkerboard, a short walk from JR Asagaya station. I'll be singing covers and originals, focusing on blues and blues-related material, since that's the Checkerboard vibe, with Kuwahata-san laying down the crucial beats. Hope to see you there. Squeeze on in!
Google map to Checkerboard
Checker Board website
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THU 9/19 : improvised trio w/ Nakanishi Fumihiko & Sawada Jyoji at Ethica (Kamakura)
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Off and on for many years now, I've had the great pleasure of making music with Sawada Jyoji, a supremely talented bassist, pianist and guitarist. Whether in his Brazilian big band, or more often in improvised music settings, it's always a joy to play with Sawada-san. Our most recent improvised collaboration included a guitarist who I hadn't met or heard before, named Nakanishi Fumihiko. But I was knocked out by Nakanishi-san's playing and his virtuosity. Both he and Sawada-san have some pretty deep Brazilian music experience under their belts, and I'd say our trio night at Ethica will feature no shortage of grooves, in Brazilian and related styles. This will be a special evening, friends, hope you can make it.
Google map to Cafe Ethica
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SUN 9/22 : solo, as part of "Tokyo Free Zone #104" at 21st Century (Shinjuku)
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in NiI don't know anything yet about the other acts on the bill, but I'll be turning in a solo set from 18:20 to 18:50. This music series has been going for 24 years, apparently, so, wow, must be some good stuff being presented. Well, anyway, I think I'm good. Or at least, good enough... Full schedule below:
open 16:30 - start 17:00 17:00〜17:30 Chie Kodaira 17:40〜18:10 Sakana no kobone 18:20〜18:50 Samm Bennett 19:00〜19:30 (TBA) About the venue... I'd never heard of this place, and when I looked them up I could see *why* I've never heard of it! Haha! It's basically a karaoke joint, in Nishi Shinjuku, except that there's a live band that customers can sing with. A house band. This "Tokyo Free Zone" event won't be that, though! But here's a link to their English website, just so you get an idea of the "usual" vibe there. Look at your own risk... the site is HERE 21st CENTURY
Dai 12 Sankyo Bldg B1F, 7-13-5 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Google map to 21st Century
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SAT 9/28 : King Cake Baby at Oil City (Asagaya) - w/ double bill TBA
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Hey there, New Orleans second-line music lovers of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area! Matt, Hisa and yours truly Samm are just pleased as PUNCH to announce that King Cake Baby will roll again, on Sunday September 28, at Oil City in beautiful downtown Asagaya, Tokyo. If you love that 2nd line sound the way Professor Longhair, Dr John, Huey "Piano" Smith, the Meters and others used to bring it, well, we're the band you wanna hear in Tokyo. No brag, just fact.
We'll be third on the bill, following up two bands with the noteworthy monikers Phunk Screw and... Gorgeous Bathroom! Wow! Such a night! Oil City is but a 1 and 1/2 minute stroll from JR Asagaya station on the Chuo/Sobu line. Doors open at 6:30pm, first act will start at 7pm, 2nd act around 7:50, and King Cake Baby will take the stage around, oh, a little before 9. Come on over to Oil City, we guarantee some joyful noise. Oil City Website
FB event page
Google map to Oil City
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