BONJINTAN

Akira Sakata - sax, clarinet, voice Jim O’Rourke - double bass Giovanni Di Domenico – piano, hohner pianet Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – drums Since the late 1960s, Akira Sakata has been a constant player in jazz and creative music scenes as an ever evolving and adventurous, multi-instrumentalist, and member of classic groups such as Yamashita Yosuke Trio, Sakata Trio, or recently Arashi. Jim O’Rourke, resident in Japan for the past eleven years, has beside his wellknown pop/rock side (Gastr del Sol, magnificent solo works and membership with late Sonic Youth) an extensive background of playing in free improvisational contexts - collaborations including Mats Gustafsson, Keiji Haino, Fennesz, Ambarchi and many others. The Bonjintan quartet is the first time that he has exclusively played upright bass. Tatsuhisa Yamamoto  has a lot of bands/projects in recent years, including tours with Di Domenico outside of Japan, and with O’Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi in the group Kafka’s Ibiki. Yamamoto’s read more...