MAY 2018
Live shows by Samm Bennett and his various ensembles and collaborations
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here, hope to see you at one or more of these upcoming shows!
WED 5/2 : SOLO, plus solo sets from Felix Sonnyboy and Steve Gardner
at Cheshmeh, Sasazuka, Tokyo
open 18:30 - start 19:30 / entry: one drink purchase and PASS THE HAT for musicians!
open 18:30 - start 19:30 / entry: one drink purchase and PASS THE HAT for musicians!
It's "Workingmen's Blues" night at the wonderful Cheshmeh, in celebration of May Day (only one day late and hopefully not a dollar short!). Workers of the world UNITE! There'll be solo sets from yours truly, Felix Sonnyboy and Rambling Steve Gardner. I've got at least four brand new tunes written especially for the event, songs about work (having it and not having it) and about workingmen and the inevitable exploitation oat the hands of CAPITALIST OPPRESSORS! Come to Sasazuka, you have nothing to lose but your CHAINS! SEIZE the means of production! And remember, you won't get all smoked out over there, it's a strictly non-smoking establishment!
Facebook event page
Below: at-a-glance map to Cheshmeh. Need more detail? Go to Google map
FRI 5/4 : SOLO as part of "Fun House" 60s/70s night
at Ruby Room, Shibuya, Tokyo
open 17:00 / start 18:00 (Samm solo starts 20:30)
¥1000 entry includes TWO drinks!
open 17:00 / start 18:00 (Samm solo starts 20:30)
¥1000 entry includes TWO drinks!
I'll be doing a full set of COVERS, yes, that's right, covers, on ye olde 3-string guitars. And we're talking covers from the 60s and 70s. The Band, Bowie, Stones, Merle Haggard! Haha! All yer favorites! Should be some fun in the Fun House! After me there's a band ("Kenny's Trio") playing soul and funk and such from the same decades, I do believe. Plus lotsa DJs spinning music from the era.
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Below: at-a-glance map to Ruby Room. Need more detail? Go to Google map
SAT 5/12 : KING CAKE BABY
at Never Never Land, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
open 17:00 / start 20:00
entry: ¥1500 + 1 drink
open 17:00 / start 20:00
entry: ¥1500 + 1 drink
King Cake Baby is my ongoing New Orleans music project with Matt Gillan (piano) and a rotating cast of some of Tokyo's finest bass players! For this one we're happy to be joined by our stalwart low-end provider Hisa Nakase, and we're delighted to be back at one of our favorite funky venues, Never Never Land in Shimokita! As ever, King Cake Baby will be dishing up the musical gumbo with the deep New Orleans flavor, so y'all better not miss it, y'hear?
Facebook event page
Below: at-a-glance map to Never Never Land. Need more detail? Go to Google map
SUN 5/13 : SCREAMING BLUE DIAMONDS
at What The Dickens, Ebisu, Tokyo (Roob Bldg., 4th floor)
music from 8-ish to 11-ish - entry: FREE!
music from 8-ish to 11-ish - entry: FREE!
Screaming Blue Diamonds is Kevin McHugh (keyboards), Masahico Shimaji (bass), Isao Ohashi (guitar) and Samm Bennett (drums and vocal). Their music is a heady blend of slinky lounge R&B, gritty, low-slung blues, hopped-up jump-start cakewalk and Memphis-inspired funkity-funk-funk. 60s and 70s soul, funk and a bit of rock thrown in for good measure. On a slow burn or a medium sizzle, they can get the room swaying and moaning, and when they kick it into higher gear, it's a bumping sweaty mess! Good gosh amighty, you'll throw your hands in the air and shout "gaht-DAMN, where has this band BEEN all my life!"
Below: at-a-glance map to What the Dickens. Need more detail? Go to Google map
SUN 5/20 : THIRD PERSON (Umezu Kazutoki & Samm Bennett) + four fiddlers!
at Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Toyko
open 19:30 - start 20:00
entry: ¥3500 (includes 1 drink)
open 19:30 - start 20:00
entry: ¥3500 (includes 1 drink)
My longtime improvising musical cohort Umezu Kazutoki and I (Third Person) are delighted to announce this special event featuring four, count 'em FOUR of Japan's finest fiddlers!
Katsui Yuji, Mukoujima Yuriko, Ota Keisuke and Neko Sato. Four different trios, sparks will fly!
Katsui Yuji, Mukoujima Yuriko, Ota Keisuke and Neko Sato. Four different trios, sparks will fly!
Below: at-a-glance map to Shinjuku Pit Inn. Need more detail? Go to Google map
SUN 5/27 : KING CAKE BABY
at Cuzn Homeground, Asakusa, Tokyo
music from 16:00 to 18:00 and again from 19:00 to 22:00 / entry: pass the hat!
music from 16:00 to 18:00 and again from 19:00 to 22:00 / entry: pass the hat!
For the 3nd installment of our "4th Sunday Live" series, keyboard wiz Matt Gillan and yours truly on drums and vocals will be joined by bassman extraordinaire Tyler Eaton! Come on over to Asakusa for summa that good ol' New Orleans rhythm and blues, King Cake Baby style!
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