I wrote about taiko as modern music and how Tokyo taiko legend was made by Yoichi Watanabe in this piece on Amanojaku for “Jazz Advance.”
Amanojaku at Sogetsu Hall
Amanojaku concert at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo Dec. 8, 2009.
“Kaiun” by Yoichi Watanabe, performed by (from left to right) Daisuke Watanabe, Isaku Kageyama, Yoichi Watanabe and Hiromi Ogawa.
AMANOJAKU Taiko at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo
THE BEAT OF LEGACY – Dentou no Hibiki
AMANOJAKU Taiko Concert in Tokyo
TUE Dec. 8, 2009
Sogestsu Hall
7 p.m. (doors open 6:30 p.m.)
For tickets, please email: isaku.kageyama@amanojaku.info
Featuring composer, Amanojaku leader and founder YOICHI WATANABE
with HIROMI OGAWA, ISAKU KAGEYAMA, DAISUKE WATANABE, CHRIS HOLLAND and HIROMI SEKINE; guest on fue KYOSUKE SUZUKI.