SHIBUSASHIRAZU
Daisuke Fuwa-leader, conductor, Yoichiro Kita-trumpet, Mitsuhide Tatsumi, trumpet, Kazushi Matsumoto-trombone, Gideon Juckes-tuba, Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi-alto saxophone, Han Sato-tenor saxophone, Hideki Tachibana-alto saxophone, Akira Kito-baritone saxophone, Keisuke Ota-violin, Hiroyuki Otsuka-guitar, Taeil Hwang-guitar, bass, Aki Ono-bass, balloon art, Mari Sekine-percussion, vocals, Un Isobe-drums, Aya Ono-flute, vocals, Shinichi Watabe-vocals, Ayaka-dans, Pero-dance, Toyo Matsubara-butoh, Takako Hasegawa-butoh, Chie Mukai-butoh, Yoshihiro Shimomura-butoh, Mayumi Fukuzaki-butoh, Kae-dance, Kenichi Aoyama-live painting, Yasuhiko Abeta-live painting, Atsushi Tanaka-sound design, Kohtaro Yokozawa-live visuals, Keiko Komori-alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
A repertoire from free jazz to funk, from Japanese traditional music to popular ‘Enka’ and night club jazz, performed by twenty-five musicians and also butoh dancers, actors, go-go girls and ‘happenists’, merges with Shibusashirazu together to become total music theatre. The orchestra inhabits musicians of different generations, with veterans that have been leading their own bands and young musicians coming from the Japanese impro rock. Once in a while the group divides in small ensembles with the most extreme choices of repertoire. Because of the ‘never ceasing energy and explosive virtuosity this Japanese mix has the effect of dynamite that will bring the house down for three exciting hours’. This is what the Volkskrant wrote after Shibusashirazu’s previous visits. Instead of the regular a la carte menu there will be a buffet in the Bimhuiscafe-restaurant, from 7pm, euro 15 (reservations +31 (0)20 788 2158)