SEPTEMBER 2014 : Live shows by Samm Bennett and his various ensembles
SAT 9/6 : Blue Leaves in Fukushima
SPECIAL PROJECT: Ned Rothenberg, Kaoru Watanabe, Jerome Harris and Samm Bennett - BLUE LEAVES
at Fukushima-shi Ongakudo 1-1 Irie-cho, Fukushima City Fukushima Prefecture 960-8117, Japan Workshop and concert: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Tickets: Advance: 2000 yen; 1000 yen for students (Ongakudo members: 1800 yen; 900 yen for students). Same-day tickets: please inquire re: prices - TEL 024-531-6221 Lawson Ticket: 0570-084-002; http://l-tike.com/ Info in Japanese HERE Presented by Music From Japan as part of the 2014 World Music Festival Fukushima Blue Leaves: A Gift From New York Ned Rothenberg: clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, shakuhachi Kaoru Watanabe: Western flute, Japanese flutes, taiko, voice Jerome Harris: bass guitar, electric guitar, voice, percussion Samm Bennett: drums, percussion, voice |
SUN 9/7 : R.U.B. (Rothenberg Uchihashi Bennett) at Sengawa Jazz+Art
16:30~18:00 - in a double billing program with Makigami Koichi and friends
The historic reunion of this top improvising trio! Part of the always-wonderful
Sengawa Jazz+Art Festival! Please see the Sengawa Jazz+Art website for more details.
FRI 9/12 : Samm Bennett SOLO as part of TTW - EDGE OF SUMMER
at Club EDGE, Roppongi, Tokyo
open: 19:00 - start: 20:00 Samm will do a solo set showcasing his diddley bow songs, with special KORG ER-1 drum machine accompaniment! It's a return to an older approach, as Samm dusts off the old rhythm box, onto which he's programmed some of his characteristically circular, Africanesque grooves. Future primitive: deep roots. Coming up right after the solo set will be local rock favorites Tits Tats and Whiskers, with their viscerally pumping power-trio performance. |
SAT 9/13 : Samm Bennett SOLO as part of NO BORDERS
at Live House FNV - Shinjuku, Tokyo〒160-0022 東京都新宿区新宿5-4-1 新宿Qフラットビル 01 (B1F)
【お問い合せ】 03-5879-8145 open 18:30 - start 19:00 - 1000 yen plus one drink Samm will do a solo set showcasing his diddley bow songs, with special KORG ER-1 drum machine accompaniment! It's a return to an older approach, as Samm dusts off the old rhythm box, onto which he's programmed some of his characteristically circular, Africanesque grooves. Several other bands on the bill that night at this Shinjuku live house, see schedule: 19:00 – Ville & P Play Zakk W 19:45 – Tokyo Cover & the Bootleg Affair 20:30 – Samm Bennett 21:15 – RoCK KiN 22:00 – Snack Mama |
SUN 9/14 : Samm Bennett and MANY others as part of Percussion Sound/Shift
at Super Deluxe, Azabu Juban/Roppongi, Tokyo
open / start 17:00 - end 22:00 price 1,500円 Featuring Musicians: Gino Akiyama, Kota Arai, Samm Bennett, Morry Burns, Marcos Fernandes, Morgan Fisher, Satoru Hirashima, Katsunori Hiroi, Yuji Ishihara, Yuko Kitayama, Mutsumi "Muupy" Kobayashi, Tadashi Kumada, Saki Maeda, Yasunori Monden, Takaharu Monchi Mori, Takeshi Mori, Tomoo Nagai, Sachiko Nagata, Katsushi Nakagaswa, Nobunaga Ken, Masayo Sakata, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshihiko Takeda, Risa Takeda, Tatsuya Tsuyuki, Wasson and more!! Percussion Sound/Shift website Super Deluxe website |
FRI 9/19 : Samm Bennett SOLO and accompanying poets at DPSG #20
Come early (opens at 7pm) to sign up for a slot, if you want to get on the mic and let us hear what you got to say.
Otherwise, just roll in for a drink and a listen! 500 yen entry charge, plus 1 drink. |
at Bar Gari Gari, Ikenoue, Tokyo
(5.7 seconds from Ikenoue Station, Keio Inokashira line) It's the big 20th installment of DPSG, where some of Tokyo's most daring and engaging wordsmiths get on the mic and show their stuff. Hosted by by Samm Bennett and singer and poet Sorcha Chisolm, this is the place to be for those who want to keep abreast of the latest in loquacious lingo! Samm (as well as other musicians, depending) will be on hand to provide instantaneous musical backing to any poet who might happen to want it, and all are welcome to read, recite, intone, chant, grumble, shout or otherwise enunciate. Fun stuff, serious stuff, flights of fancy, hilarity, stream of semi-consciousness, heaping helpings of free association and extended elocution. Hooray! Google map to Bar Gari Gari |
SUN 9/21 : The SWAMP ROOT JIMMIES perform at Tokyo Poetry Slam
at St. George's Bar in the Hilton Hotel,
Shinjuku, Tokyo start 5:30 entry: FREE for poet performers 1000 yen for audience members This is a unique event, perhaps Tokyo's first (?) actual, bona fide poetry SLAM! And providing the musical interludes in between the poetry sets will be the Swamp Root Jimmies, kicking out the jams! And the venue? Well, it's a most unexpected one: the plush and luxurious St. George's Bar in the Hilton Hotel. Should be a most interesting experience, all around! |
Tickets: email - [email protected] - Phone 03-3344-5111 - Fax 03-5324-8030
Facebook event page for Tokyo Poetry Slam
Facebook event page for Tokyo Poetry Slam
FRI 9/26 : The DOSAGES
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 Dosages is the duo of Jyoji Sawada (bass) and Samm Bennett (percussion, vocal) and they mostly work together as regular musical accompanists for Arisue Go's bondage performances. This rare performance is a chance to hear them in a strictly musical context. Come on down to Yokohama! Google map to Shichoushitsu 2 |
SAT 9/27 : CELERYMAN (as part of "This Side of Paradise 3")
at Last Waltz, Shibuya, Tokyo
open 18:30 - start 19:00 advance: 1800 yen + 1 drink day : 2300 yen + 1 drink Celeryman rides again! It's been YEARS since the trio of Ito Haruna (vocal/toys) Henna Dress (Gameboy) and Samm Bennett (percussion, etc) have performed together. This will be an ultra-rare opportunity to hear this unique electroacoustic 8-bit trio do their thing. The Roswells will be headlining the event with their NYC No-Wave funk approach, plus Tokyo-based singer-songwriter Andrew Tyrone Rogers and emulsion with Violet Eva. An extremely eclectic lineup! |
SUN 9/28 : Samm Bennett SOLO (as part of Obake Yashiki)
at Bar Gari Gari, Ikenoue, Tokyo
Samm's solo set (songs and such) will be part of the always-rewarding goings-on at the monthly "Obake Yashiki" event, one of Tokyo's most truly enjoyable examples of actual, organic human culture in action, happening right before your eyes! Actually, you're a big part of it happening, so come on down. It's a great event. And, just so you get a feel for the agreeably eccentric ambiance of the place, here's some of Samm's photos tagged "gari gari" at Flickr. |