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Yuki Arimasa Trio
Nao Takeuchi, Daisuke Kawai, Hidenobu Kalta Otsuki
Tokyo Big Band led by Jonathan Katz
Geila Zilkha & Super Soul Jazz
Yuki Arimasa Trio
Nao Takeuchi, Daisuke Kawai, Hidenobu Kalta Otsuki
Tokyo Big Band led by Jonathan Katz
Geila Zilkha & Super Soul Jazz
Listening to jazz at one of my nearby, favorite haunts, Sometime, in Kichijoji, after a particularly long and satisfying solo, I started to wonder why jazz has so many long solos, and why those solos appeal so strongly to Japanese jazz listeners, who seem to be picked up and carried along on the jam, responding to each and every turn of phrase. Are jazz solos gift or commodity? I wondered.