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Nostalgic sounds
Tonight we went to a small hall in Ōimachi for a very nice concert of well-known songs performed on a Hammond A-102 organ (almost same as the famous B-3). There were a total of 24 main performers who entertained us for a good three hours!
Most of the performers are students of Yamaguchi Ryōki, a young teacher who has a school in Gotanda where he teaches Hammond and piano. The songs were mostly pop standards but there was also some classical, bossa nova, rock and then some.
Among the players was our friend Tsugumi who did a great job with Marcos Valle's "Batucada"! Other of the most remarkable performances included "Fantasy" (Earth, Wind & Fire), "Take The 'A' Train" (on piano), "The Night In Tunisia", "Sesame Street" (truly a great groovy song!), "Another Star" (Stevie Wonder), "Nica's Dream", and also the two teachers doing "Chopsticks", and, well, a whole lot more.
One of the players was a very young girl who had been playing since she was three! There was also a band of four men whose average age was over 50 who gave a good show.
I took a bunch of photos that all look pretty much the same, so here are a few.
Larger sizes, and many more, at Flickr.
Posted on November 12, 2006 at 02:03 | Tweet
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