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Saco Yasuma: Another Rain
by Jerry D'Souza
Saco Yasuma discovered jazz in New York when she moved there from Tokyo in 1989. While she loved the freedom that the music offered, she also immersed herself in Afro-pop, salsa and Brazilian music. It was a defining moment when she discovered that free jazz was the ultimate form of improvisation.
Yasuma shows strong evidence of her ability to dissect, deconstruct and build. She stamps these attributes completely on A Wind Blew Into My Hands, a solo outing. In less ...
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by Elliott Simon
When a classically trained musician arrives in NYC from Japan and falls in love with jazz it can often times result in impressive technique and a sterile sound. Saxophonist Saco Yasuma's Another Rain is her debut as a leader and flies in the face of that stereotype in a big way. Yasuma, trained on piano, switched to alto saxophone soon after her arrival in NYC from Tokyo and played in a wide variety of ethno-centric bands that included Afropop, Salsa ...
read moreSaco Yasuma "The Air Suite" World Premier Performance at Brecht Forum Sep. 29
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Brecht Forum presents The World Premier Performance
The Air Suite* Composed by Saco Yasuma
September 29, 2007 9pm
$10
Saco Yasuma - alto & bamboo sax Roy Campbell Jr. - trumpet, flugelhorn, flute Andrew Bemkey - piano, bass clarinet Ken Filiano - acoustic bass Michael T.A. Thompson - soundrhythium perccussion Amon Bey - dance
Through her new work The Air Suite commissioned by Brecht ...
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Saco Yasuma "The Air Suite" World Premier performance at Brecht Forum Sep. 29
Source:
Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Brecht Forum presents The World Premier Performance The Air Suite Composed by Saco Yasuma September 29, 2007 9pm / $10 Saco Yasuma - alto & bamboo sax Roy Campbell Jr. - trumpet, flugelhorn, flute Andrew Bemkey - piano, bass clarinet Ken Filiano - acoustic bass Michael T.A. Thompson - sound rhythm percussion Amon Bey - Dance Through her new work The Air ...
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Saco Yasuma's "Another Rain" (Mon) Russ Spiegel Sextet (Tue) Dan McCarthy Trio Feat. Myron Walden (Wed) Jeff Williams QT & More This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Jul 30 8:30PM CD RELEASE EVENT SACO YASUMA'S ANOTHER RAIN" (Saco Yasuma, alto saxophone, Xaphoon, compositions;Roy Campbell Jr., trumpet, flugelhorn;Andrew Bemkey, piano, bass clarinet;Ken Filiano, bass;Michael T.A. ...
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Saco Yasuma "Another Rain" CD Release Celebration, Monday, July 30 at Cornelia Street Cafe
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All About Jazz
Hi Friends!
We will celebrate our CD release at the legendary Cornelia Street Cafe next Monday, July 30. Please save the date to come join us. Looking forward to sharing thetime with you.
--Saco
PS: If you bring a friend with you, you get a free CD!
Another Rain CD Release Celebration
Monday, July 30, 2007 8:30-11:00 pm $10 cover
Saco Yasuma- compositions, alto & bamboo sax Roy Campbell Jr. - trumpet, flugelhorn
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Saco Yasuma CD Release Event July 30
Source:
Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Saco Yasuma Another Rain CD Release Event
Monday, July 30 8:30-11pm featuring: Saco Yasuma-alto Sax & Xaphoon (Bamboo Sax) Roy Campbell Jr.(trumpet), Andrew Bemkey (piano, bass clarinet), Michael T.A. Thompson (soundrhythium percussion), Bassist and Special Guests are T.B.A.
Saco Yasuma Another Rain Leaf Note Productions (LNP-0208) Street Date June 26, 2007 Saco Yasuma-alto Sax & Xaphoon (Bamboo Sax), Roy Campbell-trumpet & flugelhorn, Andrew Bemkey-piano & bass clarinet, Ken Filano-bass, Michael ...
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Saco Yasuma Another Rain CD Release Event Monday, July 30 at Cornelia Street Cafe, 8:30-11PM
Source:
Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. Saco Yasuma Another Rain CD Release Event Monday, July 30 8:30-11pm featuring Saco Yasuma-alto Sax & Xaphoon (Bamboo Sax), Roy Campbell Jr.(trumpet), Andrew Bemkey (piano, bass clarinet), Michael T.A. Thompson (soundrhythium percussion), Bassist and ...
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Saco Yasuma & Yo'in at 419 Sounds Thursday, June 15th 8PM
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All About Jazz
Saco Yasuma & Yo'in
Thursday, June 15th 2006
8pm at 419 Sounds 419 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
Saco Yasuma, Alto Sax David Phelps, Guitar Lee Marvin, Bass Rob Blumenthal, Drums/Percussions
Saxophonist Saco Yasuma and her ensemble Yo'in will play her original compositions at the newest jazz space in Brooklyn, 419 Sounds, on Thursday, June 15th. Saco's music is noted for its lingering melodies loaded with grooving rhythmic patterns. The ...
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Synergy: Sight and Sound by Amir Bey & Saco Yasuma Bowery Poetry Club May 8
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All About Jazz
SYNERGY: Sight and Sound
by AMIR BEY & SACO YASUMA
Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery 212-614-0505 Monday, May 8, 2006 8:30 PM $12.00
Synergy, a high-energy free-improvisational jazz band, the innovative collaboration between the sculptor/designer Amir Bey and the saxophonist/composer Saco Yasuma, continue their series of concerts at Bowery Poetry Club on Monday, May 8, at 8:30 PM.
Synergy's concept is based on combining the visual and musical arts; the ...
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