Samm Bennett : Tokyo Live Schedule for March 2026
サム・ベネット : 2026年 3月の東京ライブ・スケジュール
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here, hope to see you at one or more of these upcoming shows!
FRI 3/6 : Samm Bennett & Carl Stone DUO at Morgan Salon (Daitabashi)
CARL STONE (Live Electronics) & SAMM BENNETT (Devilish Devices) Door 7:00pm, live 7:30pm.
In Morgan Salon (near Meidaimae, Tokyo) (Close Encounter #39).
Carl Stone and Samm Bennett have worked together off and on for many years now, in various contexts, both as a duo and together with other improvisors. This time around, Samm will be making joyful noise with his tabletop cigar box guitar setup (AKA The Table, AKA Devilish Devices), and will bring improvised vocals into the mix as well. Carl will be coaxing from his laptop his trademark array of mind-bending, time-stretched, turned-inside-out samples, as well as grabbing and processing Samm’s live sounds, in real time (AKA A Real Good Time). Expect the unexpected as these two veteran improvisors explore hitherto uncharted sonic realms for your ear’s edification! Host Morgan Fisher will also join the duo for some swirling splendiferous sound. Don't miss it!!!
CARL STONE has pioneered live computer music since 1986. US culture magazine The Village Voice named him “the king of sampling” and “one of the best composers in the USA today.” He studied at California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney. As a radio broadcaster he interviewed luminaries such as Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, Terry Riley, and Harold Budd. As a music columnist he wrote for Sound & Recording Magazine, Other Minds, and the John Cage Trust. He is emeritus professor of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Nagoya. Carl now divides his time between Los Angeles and Japan, while his award-winning electro-acoustic works are performed worldwide. In his laptop performances, Carl creates stunning sonic tapestries using the unique software he has created.
Carl's website: https://www.rlsto.net/Nooz/
SAMM BENNETT, born on May 25, 1957 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA is a singer and songwriter, a drummer and percussionist, and a player of string instruments such as the stick dulcimer and the diddley bow. He also works in electronic music, using synthesizers, WaveDrum, effects and various toys and gadgets. He is also a player of the Đàn môi (Vietnamese jaw harp), as well as the mouth bow. His musical activities include membership in several different bands, all based in Tokyo, where he has resided since 1996.
Samm's website: https://www.polarityrecords.com/
Morgan Salon is the cosy, artistic personal studio of British keyboardist Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople, Queen, Yoko Ono, etc). It's just a five-minute walk from Daitabashi Station (only 2 stops by local train from Shinjuku on the Keio Line).
MORGAN SALON is the cosy, artistic personal studio of British keyboardist Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople, Queen, Yoko Ono, etc). It's just a five-minute walk from Daitabashi Station (only 2 stops by local train from Shinjuku on the Keio Line).
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is a series hosted by Morgan, where visitors can experience live music and other events on a personal level, in an intimate setting, seeing and meeting creative artists face-to-face.
ENTRY is 4000 yen, payable at the door (cash only please).
＊＊＊ Complimentary hot wine, wine, tea, and snacks will be served in the interval.
＊＊＊ EMAIL RESERVATION IS APPRECIATED (see below) as seating is limited to 30 persons, but of course last-minute, unreserved attendees are also welcome!
Address: 2-2-4 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063
Google map: https://tinyurl.com/2p8hsxbz
https://what3words.com/showcase.knocking.privately
*** PLEASE NOTE: Clicking on the "JOIN" button on this Event page does NOT count as a reservation. I'm afraid too many people have done that, then not shown up.
RESERVATION BY EMAIL IS SUGGESTED
TO BOOK: Please send an email with the title "CE39" to:
[email protected]
Please include your name and a callback number. Your reservation will be confirmed and a map will be emailed to you
In Morgan Salon (near Meidaimae, Tokyo) (Close Encounter #39).
Carl Stone and Samm Bennett have worked together off and on for many years now, in various contexts, both as a duo and together with other improvisors. This time around, Samm will be making joyful noise with his tabletop cigar box guitar setup (AKA The Table, AKA Devilish Devices), and will bring improvised vocals into the mix as well. Carl will be coaxing from his laptop his trademark array of mind-bending, time-stretched, turned-inside-out samples, as well as grabbing and processing Samm’s live sounds, in real time (AKA A Real Good Time). Expect the unexpected as these two veteran improvisors explore hitherto uncharted sonic realms for your ear’s edification! Host Morgan Fisher will also join the duo for some swirling splendiferous sound. Don't miss it!!!
CARL STONE has pioneered live computer music since 1986. US culture magazine The Village Voice named him “the king of sampling” and “one of the best composers in the USA today.” He studied at California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney. As a radio broadcaster he interviewed luminaries such as Brian Eno, Frank Zappa, Terry Riley, and Harold Budd. As a music columnist he wrote for Sound & Recording Magazine, Other Minds, and the John Cage Trust. He is emeritus professor of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Nagoya. Carl now divides his time between Los Angeles and Japan, while his award-winning electro-acoustic works are performed worldwide. In his laptop performances, Carl creates stunning sonic tapestries using the unique software he has created.
Carl's website: https://www.rlsto.net/Nooz/
SAMM BENNETT, born on May 25, 1957 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA is a singer and songwriter, a drummer and percussionist, and a player of string instruments such as the stick dulcimer and the diddley bow. He also works in electronic music, using synthesizers, WaveDrum, effects and various toys and gadgets. He is also a player of the Đàn môi (Vietnamese jaw harp), as well as the mouth bow. His musical activities include membership in several different bands, all based in Tokyo, where he has resided since 1996.
Samm's website: https://www.polarityrecords.com/
Morgan Salon is the cosy, artistic personal studio of British keyboardist Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople, Queen, Yoko Ono, etc). It's just a five-minute walk from Daitabashi Station (only 2 stops by local train from Shinjuku on the Keio Line).
MORGAN SALON is the cosy, artistic personal studio of British keyboardist Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople, Queen, Yoko Ono, etc). It's just a five-minute walk from Daitabashi Station (only 2 stops by local train from Shinjuku on the Keio Line).
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is a series hosted by Morgan, where visitors can experience live music and other events on a personal level, in an intimate setting, seeing and meeting creative artists face-to-face.
ENTRY is 4000 yen, payable at the door (cash only please).
＊＊＊ Complimentary hot wine, wine, tea, and snacks will be served in the interval.
＊＊＊ EMAIL RESERVATION IS APPRECIATED (see below) as seating is limited to 30 persons, but of course last-minute, unreserved attendees are also welcome!
Address: 2-2-4 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063
Google map: https://tinyurl.com/2p8hsxbz
https://what3words.com/showcase.knocking.privately
*** PLEASE NOTE: Clicking on the "JOIN" button on this Event page does NOT count as a reservation. I'm afraid too many people have done that, then not shown up.
RESERVATION BY EMAIL IS SUGGESTED
TO BOOK: Please send an email with the title "CE39" to:
[email protected]
Please include your name and a callback number. Your reservation will be confirmed and a map will be emailed to you
SAT 3/7 : Samm Bennett SOLO plus many others at Black Bird (Sasazuka)
Looking forward to being a part of this great night featuring a buncha musical friends of mine, and celebrating the anniversary of one of my favorite venues in Tokyo, The Black Bird. Here's the schedule:
18:00 Open
18:30-18:50 三味線教室
19:00-19:20 Kako
19:30-20:00 Bruce & Jean-Paul
20:10-20:40 Samm Bennett
20:50-21:20 Sorcha Chisholm
21:30-22:00 Rambling Steve Gardner
23:00 Close
18:00 Open
18:30-18:50 三味線教室
19:00-19:20 Kako
19:30-20:00 Bruce & Jean-Paul
20:10-20:40 Samm Bennett
20:50-21:20 Sorcha Chisholm
21:30-22:00 Rambling Steve Gardner
23:00 Close
SUN 3/8 : Samm Bennett & Isao Ohashi DUO at What the Dickens (Ebisu)
I'm happy to announce the 2nd live show from this new duo. Isao Ohashi is a wonderfully inventive guitarist with a great sound, playing his very unique 4-string electric guitar from Thailand. I'll be on the traditional American 1-string diddley bow and vocals. Our material so far is mostly all covers of 60s and 70s era tunes by artists such as Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, Beatles, Stones, Los Lobos,
Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Temptations, etc. Lotsa fun playing this stuff on our combined 5 strings! Hope you'll come over to the Dickens and partake of the sounds.
Music from 8pm to 11pm
FREE entry
Check out these Bennett/Ohashi videos at YouTube:
Paint It Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifU3AxAQuM4
Down on the Riverbed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcTpO_GEy8Y
Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Temptations, etc. Lotsa fun playing this stuff on our combined 5 strings! Hope you'll come over to the Dickens and partake of the sounds.
Music from 8pm to 11pm
FREE entry
Check out these Bennett/Ohashi videos at YouTube:
Paint It Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifU3AxAQuM4
Down on the Riverbed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcTpO_GEy8Y
MON 3/16 : Bennett-Stone-Uchihashi Trio (the Expats) at Hako
The EXPATS 2026 Edition
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar/daxophone)
Samm Bennett (laptop cigar box guiter, vocal)
Carl Stone (laptop)
HAKO Gallery Tokyo (Yoyogi Uehara station)
¥3000 advance / ¥3500 door
Three musicians who have left their countries of birth to seek new lives will come together in Tokyo to perform for you. Multi percussionist Samm Bennett, from Alabama USA now living in Tokyo. Guitarist and Daxophonist Kazuhisa Uchihashi, from Osaka and now living in Berlin. Laptopper Carl Stone from California, now in Tokyo. The last time these three performed together was 2010! You definitely don’t want to miss this.
それぞれの国を離れ、新たな人生を求めて旅立った3人のミュージシャンが東京に集結し、演奏を披露します。アメリカ・アラバマ州出身で現在東京在住のマルチパーカッショニスト、サム・ベネット。大阪出身で現在ベルリン在住のギター＆ダクサフォニスト、内橋和久。カリフォルニア出身で現在東京在住のラップトップ奏者、カール・ストーン。この3人が最後に共演したのは2010年！この機会をお見逃しなく。
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar/daxophone)
Samm Bennett (laptop cigar box guiter, vocal)
Carl Stone (laptop)
HAKO Gallery Tokyo (Yoyogi Uehara station)
¥3000 advance / ¥3500 door
Three musicians who have left their countries of birth to seek new lives will come together in Tokyo to perform for you. Multi percussionist Samm Bennett, from Alabama USA now living in Tokyo. Guitarist and Daxophonist Kazuhisa Uchihashi, from Osaka and now living in Berlin. Laptopper Carl Stone from California, now in Tokyo. The last time these three performed together was 2010! You definitely don’t want to miss this.
それぞれの国を離れ、新たな人生を求めて旅立った3人のミュージシャンが東京に集結し、演奏を披露します。アメリカ・アラバマ州出身で現在東京在住のマルチパーカッショニスト、サム・ベネット。大阪出身で現在ベルリン在住のギター＆ダクサフォニスト、内橋和久。カリフォルニア出身で現在東京在住のラップトップ奏者、カール・ストーン。この3人が最後に共演したのは2010年！この機会をお見逃しなく。
FRI 3/20 : Samm Bennett SOLO plus other acts at Mogu Mogu (Asagaya)
uI'm first up on this eclectic lineup curated by Wheelie Tago (aka MOONCAT) who I met a few months back when we were on the same bill. I loved his raw approach to rockabilly and blues tunes, he's got a lotta soul. Don't know the other two acts but I think I trust his judgment, based on his performance that night we met. This will be the first time for me to play at Mogu Mogu, bit the photos of the place that I've seen (and some live videos posted from there) make it seem like an interesting venue. I'll be doing semi-improvised songs and such using my tabletop cigar box guitar setup with lotsa pedals, something a little new and different. Hope to see you there.
⚫︎SAMM BENNETT 19:00 - 19:40
⚫︎THE TOODLES 19:55 - 20:35
⚫︎HIROKICHI THE NICOGORIZ 20:50 - 21:30
⚫︎MOONCAT 21:45 - 22:25
⚫︎THE TOODLES 19:55 - 20:35
⚫︎HIROKICHI THE NICOGORIZ 20:50 - 21:30
⚫︎MOONCAT 21:45 - 22:25
SUN 3/29 : Samm Bennett SOLO & Nicky Gee SOLO at Grand Arbre (Shoinjinja-mae)
I'll be doing my original songs as well as cover tunes, in alternating solo sets with the excellent guitarist and singer/songwriter Nicky Gee.The cozy, friendly atmosphere and delicious food and wine at le Grand Arbre is legendarily good, so come partake of the sounds and food and drink. No obligation to order dinner if you'd prefer to just sip on drinks, but the food is highly recommended!
open 18:00 - start 19:00 - free entry (pass the hat for music)
open 18:00 - start 19:00 - free entry (pass the hat for music)