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I will be performing with the great Adam Rudolph and Tatsuya Nakatani at Zebulon in Williamsburg this fri at 9 pm for free.
July 25, 2008 Fri 9PM @Zeblon Cafe 258 Wythe Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-218-6934
Adam Rudolph Kaoru Watanabe Tatsuya Nakatani Special guest: TBA
I will be performing with Kenny Endo on July 4th in Denver, Colorado as part of the Japanese American National Museum Conference 2008. I believe you have to attend the conference to see the show - which will be worth doing even if we weren't playing. July 4th, Denver CO 11:45 am to 12:15 Hyatt Regency, Denver at the Colorado Convention Center
For details please visit: http://www.janm.org/projects/ec/conference/
Kaoru has a show at the STONE in the East Village on JULY 6th. I will bring on board with me tabla player Suphula and my old friend percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani. Please join us at 10 pm.
THE STONE
the corner of Ave C and 2nd street
$10
10pm
More Information at:
http://www.thestonenyc.com/index.html
P.S. Please come and celebrate Kaoru's birthday (July 3rd) at the Stone on the 6th at 10 pm. There will be no cake, food or drinks, but there will be lots of music.
JUNE 21stMAKE MUSIC NEW YORK & CAVE's BLOCK PARTY POTLUCK
On the sidewalk of 58 grand street 5:00pm-8:00pm, Saturday June 21st
POTLUCK TABLES & GRILL will be set outside on our sidewalk and across the street on 69 grand at 5:00pm. Free Concert will start at 6:30. "Please, bring a dish to share" And come to have fun with us!
http://www.wikihow.com/Bring-Food-to-a-Potluck-Dinner
First set : Bryan Camphire (CAVE resident) and Bleakley Mcdowell Second Set: Tatsuya Nakatani Solo Third Set: Kaoru Watanabe with Tatsuya Nakatani
About the musicians: Tatsuya Nakatani: www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html Kaoru Watanabe: www.watanabekaoru.com Bryan Camphire / Bleakley Mcdowell: www.bloodypanda.com, www.viva-radio.com/promiseandwarning, www.myspace.com/bryancamphire
We'll be doing a set in the Make Music New York festival at Astoria Park this Saturday. Our set is at 5:15 til' 6. Local bands are playing short sets there all day from 2 to 8PM. Everything is free and I think you will have a nice time. We're playing next to the historic Robert Moses pool-bring an ID and swim gear if you'd like to swim too. Hope to see many of you Saturday. The outstanding musicians playing with me Saturday are:
Kaoru Watanabe, flute Toru Dodo, keyboard Kevin Thomas, bass Brian Woodruff, drums
Astoria Music Society Jazz @ Astoria Park's Great Lawn 19th St. at 23rd Drive N/W to Astoria Blvd (walk West to the waterfront) Saturday June 21st 5:15-6PM
http://astoriamusic.org/programs/warmthofdreams.html http://www.timeout.com/newyork/make-music/events/music/65004/astoria-music-society
Lovers of freedom, form and expression: The Queens Library series continues on Jun. 7th (Sat) at 2PM at Flushing Library on Main Street.
This weekend's program is called Eastward and will feature Jacob Varmus Quartet with Kaoru Watanabe on flute and fue (Japanese wood flute). The program is centered around music that explores the nature of personal identity by way of a sweeping Far East influence. All of the library programs are free and open to all.
Eastward
Jacob Varmus Quartet featuring Kaoru Watanabe, flutes
Jacob Varmus, trumpet, cornet Eishin Nose, piano Bob Bowen, bass Brian Woodruff, drums
Saturday, June 7, 2008, 2:00 PM
Flushing Library Auditorium 41-17 Main Street Flushing, NY Flushing , NY 11355 718-661-1200 http://w
ww.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?section_id=12&page_id=44&branch_id=F
Refernces: Event Info http://www.queenslibrary.org/UserFiles/event_pdf/3046-04-08_3046web.pdf
Kari-On Productions: Jacob Varmus http://www.karionpresskits.com/jacobvarmus/jacobvarmus
Kaoru is performing again with Adam Rudolph's Go Organic Orchestra.
GO: ORGANIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY ADAM RUDOLPH
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008 @ Belarusian Church 401 Atlantic Avenue (at Bond Street) 8:15 p.m
CELEBRATING A NEW CD RELEASE – THOUGHT FORMS
on META/RUBY RED Records - June 17, 2008
CHAMBER CONCERT ENSEMBLE FOR JUNE 7:
Sylvain Leroux, Ze Luis, Michel Gentile, Kaoru Watanabe – Flutes, Bamboo Flutes Ned Rothenberg, Charles Waters, Avram Fefer - Clarinets Charles Burnham, Sarah Bernstein, Trina Basu – Violins Kirsten Jerme, - Cello Batya Sobel – Oboe Sara Schoenbeck – Bassoon Harris Eisenstadt, Brahim Fribgane – Drums and Percussion Stuart Popejoy - Acoustic Bass Guitar Chris Dingman – Vibraphone
@ BROOKLYN MUSIC WIDE OPEN Evening session: 7:00–10:30 p.m.
Admission for all three shows: Adults: $15; Students: $10
7:00 p.m TRIO MUSIC: MICHEL GENTILE - flute/BRAHIM FRIBGANE – oud, percussion/ADAM RUDOLPH – handrumset, percussion 8:15 p.m ADAM RUDOLPH'S GO ORGANIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 9:30 p.m MATT DARRIAU'S YO LATEEF, featuring PECK ALLMOND, BARNEY MCALL, DAVE AMBROSIO, and ROB GARCIA
ABOUT GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA
" I was fortunate to have attended two nights with Adam Rudolph's Go Organic Orchestra at Roulette a few months back and was blown away by Adam's distinctive blend of jazz and world music as well as his conducting." - Bruce Lee Gallanter - Downtown Music Gallery
"A pioneer in world music” - NY Times
"The music, performed by a large ensemble of wind and percussion players, rose like vines from hand drummer Adam Rudolph's written instructions and hand signals. And it truly is organic -- a blend of gentle sustained dissonance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and individual improvisations. No joke: a startling and involving development in roots music, with more to follow." - Greg Burk, LA Weekly
More info: http://www.metarecords.com/go.html "Using new creative processes and instrumental combinations. I hope to create a music that has not been heard before while expressing heartfelt thoughts and feelings." Adam Rudolph
For CD release info and/or press passes please contact: arudolph@earthlink.net
'LOFT CONCERT' Vendredi le 23 mai, 2008 20h
Kaoru Watanabe(NYC) Flûtes japonaises et occidentales. Ancien membre du groupe Kodo. www.watanabekaoru.com Patrick Graham(MTL) Multi-percussioniste. Membre de GaPa, autorickshaw et La Nef. www.patrickgrahampercussion.com
Sattvika Danse 10 ave. des Pins O. Studio 228 Montréal, QC 8$ Info: (514) 603-1934
Tuesday, April 22, 12:15pm Harper College the Performing Arts Center, Illinois FREE for more info (Harper College website): http://goforward.harpercollege.edu/page.cfm?p=989&verbose=1871&month=4
Saturday, April 26, 8:00 p.m. Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble Concert Oberlin College Finney Chapel, Oberlin, OH Free and Open o the Public for more info: http://www.oberlin.edu/eas/events/Taiko/KennyEndoTaiko.htm poster: http://www.taikoarts.com/images/re.Posters.pdf
April 27 Kalamazoo College concert, Kalamazoo, MI
May 2 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Opening Reception, Newton White Mansion, Mitchelville, MD
Here are two shows coming up very soon. They were decided last minute but music will come from someplace ancient. PLEASE forward this e-mail to people you know and I hope to see you all there!
Best,
Kaoru
============================= April 12 (sat) at 9 pm KENNY ENDO and KAORU WATANABE
Kenny Endo (taiko Japanese drums, percussion), the first non Japanese born to receive a natori - an esteemed stage name awarded only to KABUKI musicians who have attained a certain level of mastery- will be performing with Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese and western flutes), former performing member and artistic director of the acclaimed KODO drummers of Japan. Drawing from a repotoire of traditional Japanese music, originals and improvisations. FREE OF CHARGE
ZEBULON 258 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 718-218-6934 http://www.zebuloncafeconcert.com/
====================== April 15 (tues) at 8 pm RESONANCE II New Music for Japanese flutes with Strings
Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes- noh kan, ryuteki, shinobue and flute) Mike Block - cello Kiku Enomoto, Trina Basu, Sarah Bernstein - violin Stuart Popejoy- bass / Structured improvisations inspired by the music of the Noh Theater, Gagaku and Japanese folk songs, and original compositions. DROM 85 Ave A (btwn 5th and 6th) New York, NY 212-777-1157 $10 http://www.dromnyc.com/home/
GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA Creative music concert residency
MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY ADAM RUDOLPH
Date: MARCH 31 starts at 8:30 PM Place: Roulette 20 Greene St. (between Canal and Grand) 2 blocks west of Broadway Price: $15 at the Door, DTW members students, seniors: $10 Reservations: 212.219.8242 Roulette & Location One, members free www.roulette.org www.location1.org
Participating artists include: Graham Haynes, Haynes, Stephen Haynes, Martin Loyato, Jordan Mc Lean – Trumpet and Cornet Steve Swell, Peter Zummo – Trombone Ned Rothenberg, Charles Waters, David Rothenberg, Avram Fefer - Clarinets Alex Waterman, Tomas Ulrich, Daniel Levin, Kirsten Jerme, - Cello Charles Burnham, Sarah Bernstein, Trina Basu, Thea Farhadian – Violin Sylvain Leroux, Ze Luis, Michel Gentile, Kaoru Watanabe – Flutes, Bamboo Flutes Batya Sobel – Oboe Sara Schoenbeck – Bassoon Jerome Harris, Kenny Wessel, Leni Stern, Marco Cappelli - Guitar Harris Eisenstadt, Brahim Fribgane, Daniel Moreno, Dende, Gustavo Aguilar, Rich Stein, Tim Keiper, Jonathan Singer, Alby Roblejo – Drums and Percussion Lindsey Horner – Acoustic Bass Stuart Popejoy - Acoustic Bass Guitar Chris Dingman – Vibraphone Alex Marcelo – Acoustic Piano Alessandro Olla – Electro-acoustics
" I was fortunate to have attended two nights with Adam Rudolph's Go Organic Orchestra at Roulette a few months back and was blown away by Adam's distinctive blend of jazz and world music as well as his conducting." - Bruce Lee Gallanter - Downtown Music Gallery
"A pioneer in world music" - NY Times
"The music, performed by a large ensemble of wind and percussion players, rose like vines from hand drummer Adam Rudolph's written instructions and hand signals. And it truly is organic -- a blend of gentle sustained dissonance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and individual improvisations. No joke: a startling and involving development in roots music, with more to follow." - Greg Burk, LA Weekly
More info: http://www.metarecords.com/gohtml
Town Hall’s Global Rhythms presents a showcase concert celebrating the Japanese-American experience. Featured artists include Chieko Kojima, principal dancer and drummer with Kodo, Japan’s most renowned taiko ensemble; Hawaii’s Kenny Endo, the legendary Japanese American taiko drummer and composer; drummer and flute player Kaoru Watanabe, former long-time member of Kodo; and special guest Susumu Yamagami, one of Japan’s great masters of the Tsugaru shamisen (a traditional stringed instrument) in his first ever US appearance. Completing the ensemble is Seattle Kokon Taiko, offering the Seattle premiere of Kenny Endo’s The Rites of Thundering, using the massive odaiko, the largest of the traditional Japanese drums. There is a pre-concert talk on taiko drumming by historian Tracy Lai at 7:20 pm. Advance tickets are $22/$19 Town Hall members, seniors & students at Brown Paper Tickets or 800/838-3006. $25/$22 at the door.
Town Hall Seattle 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street) Seattle, WA 98101 Phone (206) 652-4255 Fax (206) 652-5858
for more information, go to http://www.townhallseattle.org/sArticles.cfm?aId=85.
Kaoru will be touring with the group HANAYUI on the West Coast in March. Hanayui consists of veteran KODO dancer, Chieko Kojima, singer Yoko Fujimoto and the Okinawa Classical dancer Mitsue Kinjo. Here is a list of the performances:
March 2, 4:00 pm: Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA www.jcccw.org or email: sktaiko1@mac.com.
March 4, 7:30 pm: Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR www.pacificu.edu (info will be up the beginning of Feb)
March 8, 8:00 pm: Japan America Theatre, Los Angeles, CA www.jaccc.org/hanayui2008.htm
March 13, 8:00 pm: Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, CA, http://www.rhythmix.org/hanayui.html
March 14, 8:00 pm, March 15, 2:00 & 8:00: Portland Taiko's spring concert, “From the Village,” Winningstad Theatre, Portland, OR www.portlandtaiko.org/home-season/index.html
for more information, please see http://www.kodo.or.jp/kasa/ .
Kaoru will perform with Koji Kakinuma(Japanese calligrapher/artist) at the Millenium Stage in the Kennedy Center, Washington DC as part of “JAPAN! culture + hyperculture festival”.The Kennedy Center has broadcast the Millennium Stage performances live on the web. And it also broadcast performance archives.
Performance "Trancework - the world of BAKE-MOJI" Feb.12,2008 (Tue) 6:00pm-7:00pm at Kennedy Center : Millennium Stage (part of “JAPAN! culture + hyperculture” festival)
Shodo(Japanese calligraphy) is a unique art form that embodies both the graphic aspect of painting and the temporal aspect of music. One of Kakinuma’s specialties is a performance in which he executes a work of Shodo in concert with musicians. He has experimented various kinds of performance - from traditional to avant-garde, from figurative to abstract, from small pieces to monumental works. At Millennium Stage, Kakinuma presents an epoch-making Shodo performance with two improvisational musicians - Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese fue flute) and Tatsuya Nakatani (contemporary percussion). Using a byobu (Japanese folding screen), Kakinuma plays “the world of Bake-Moji,” the metamorphosis of simple characters into a work of abstract art. Kakinuma also presents one of his trademark innovations Trancework, in which he paints countless repetitions of a simple, powerful phrase as he falls deeper and deeper into a trance.
Koji Kakinuma website: www.kojikakinuma.com Tatsuya Nakatani website: http://www.hhproduction.org
for more information about the festival, see http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/07-08/japan/index.cfm http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=KAKINUMAKO
To watch performance live on the web: access http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/ at 6 p.m. Eastern time on that days.
To watch performance as archive: access http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=KAKINUMAKO
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 Tickets and Information: 800-444-1324 or 202-467-4600 Administrative Offices: 202-416-8000
February 6th (Wed) Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes) and Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) will be performing an evening of improvised duets at the Tenri Cultural Institute as a precursor to an upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Doors open at 8 pm, music begins at 8:30 $10 with reservations, $15 at the door
For information and to make reservations please call 646-624-9405 or e-mail Kaoru at kaoru@watanabekaoru.com
Tenri Cultural Institute is located in Greenwich Village on the ground floor of 43A West 13th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues (near the New School and Parsons School of Design). http://www.tenri.org/
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ARTIST INFORMATION
Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes) Originally from St. Louis, MO, Kaoru graduated from the Manhattan School of Music as a jazz flute major in '97. He then moved to Japan to join the acclaimed Japanese drum (taiko) ensemble KODO, where he spent 9 years as a performer- specializing in the various Japanese flutes (Shinobue, Noh Kan, and Ryuteki) and artistic director. He left Kodo in '06 and returned to New York to further explore music informed by Noh, Kabuki, Gagaku and Japanese folk songs as well as jazz, classical music and free improvisation.
Kaoru has performed with, among others Bando Tamasaburo, Jason Moran, Stefon Harris, and has acted as artistic director of Japan's oldest world music festival, Earth Celebration- where he worked in collaboration with Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hildago, Tamango, Yosuke Yamashita and calligrapher Koji Kakinuma.
In order to be able to share the knowledge and experience from his time spent in Japan and from a lifetime of playing music, Kaoru also teaches and gives workshops in shinobue and taiko drums. http://www.watanabekaoru.com/
Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released nearly 50 recordings on CD.
He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.
In addition to live solo and ensemble performances he works as a sound designer for film and television. He also teaches Masterclasses and Workshops at the University level. He also heads H&H Production, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was selected as a performing artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Artist on Tour (PennPat) roster as well as a Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant.
New in 2007, Nakatani has created a 9-piece Bowed-Gong performance, which includes 40" and 35" gongs.
S.O.B's presents JAPANESE NIGHT Feat. ZAN
special guests: Manhattan Taiko Featuring: Kaoru Watanabe Special Appearance: 10tecomai
date & time: Dec. 4(Tue) doors: 7PM, Show: 8PM Place: S.O.B's www.sobs.com 204 Varick St. @ W.Houston tel: 212-243-4940
I will be performing with the dancer Wakabayashi Mitsue in Niigata city on the 21st of Dec and in Sado on the 22nd.
=================== In Niigata:
Date & Time: Dec. 21st (Fri) 7:30 pm show
Place: Gioia Mia www.niigata-gioiamia.com Tel: 025-224-2588 Ticket: 4,000 yen for advanced tickets, 4,500 yen at the door
======================= In Sado:
Date & Time: Dec. 22nd (Sat) 6 pm show
Place: Sado, Kanai Nohgakudo
Tel: 0259-63-4124
Ticket: 3,000 yen for advanced tickets 2,500 for below middle schoolers plus 500 yen for tickets at the door
I will be performing in Tokyo on the 18th of December with great guitarist Natsuki Kido and singer Mio Matsuda. Natsuki is a very in demand guitarist in Tokyo, while Mio is an elegant singer of Portuguese, Brazilian and Japanese music. This will be the first time the three of us work together as a unit. "In F" is the name of the jazz bar. They have great ODEN and sake all from the Niigata prefecture. Take the Seibu- Ikebukuro Line to Ooizumi Gakuen. From the north exit, it is a 10 minute walk.
Date & Time: December 18th(Tue), starts at 8 pm.
Address: Nerima Ku, Higashi Oizumi 3-4-19. Tsuda Building 3rd floor Tel/fax: 03-3925-6967
charge: 3000 yen
Please e-mail in-f.sato@nifty.ne.jp or just e-mail for further info.
GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRACreative music concert residency
MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY ADAM RUDOLPH
Mondays - November 19 & 26 @ Roulette 20 Greene St. (between Canal and Grand) 2 blocks west of Broadway 8:30 PM $15 at the Door DTW members students, seniors: $10 Reservations: 212.219.8242 Roulette & Location One, members free www.roulette.org www.location1.org
Each week will feature a unique orchestration - Participating artists include:
Graham Haynes. Martin Loyato, Stephen Haynes, Amir Eisaffar – Trumpet and Cornet Steve Swell, Peter Zummo – Trombone Ned Rothenberg, J.D. Parran, Charles Waters, David Rothenberg, Avram Fefer - Clarinets Tomas Ulrich, Daniel Levin, Kirsten Jerme, Alex Waterman, Rubin Kodheli - Cello Charles Burnham, Jean Cook, Sarah Bernstein, Gwen Laster – Violin Stephanie Griffin, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Viola Sylvain Leroux, Ze Luis, Michel Gentile, Jane Rigler, Steve Gorn, Kaoru Watanabe – Flutes, Bamboo Flutes Batya Sobel, Salim Washington – Oboe Sara Schoenbeck – Bassoon Jerome Harris, Leni Stern, Kenny Wessel, Marco Cappelli, Matt Waugh - Guitars Harris Eisenstadt, Brahim Fribgane, Shaun Kelly, Mamadou Makan Kouyate – Drums and Percussion Lindsey Horner, Nick Rosen, Keith Witty, Stuart Popejoy, Tim Kiah, Kevin Farrel – Acoustic Bass Chris Dingman – Vibes, Marimba Alex Marcelo, Sylvie Courvoisier – Acoustic Piano "A pioneer in world music” - NY Times "The music, performed by a large ensemble of wind and percussion players, rose like vines from hand drummer Adam Rudolph's written instructions and hand signals. And it truly is organic -- a blend of gentle sustained dissonance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and individual improvisations. No joke: a startling and involving development in roots music, with more to follow."
- Greg Burk, LA Weekly
for more on GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA http://www.metarecords.com/gohtml
Kaoru will be creating the music for a new dance piece, Lenora Lee and Elaine Wang with guest Mina Nishimura in Chinatown from October 18th through the 20th at 7:30 pm. Please see the images below for details.
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