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Hasebe Novko w/ Isoda Osamu live report
Yesterday afternoon I went to Kichijōji with friend Peter, visiting from Australia, and we went to check out a day-time show at Manda-La2. It was Modern Choki Chokies' Hasebe Novko with husband Isoda Osamu. It was their first show in about three years! They were opening for a latin/jazz instrumental band in which their friend plays drums.
Novko and Osamu were accompanied by their usual band mates, Buntarō the panda and Koalatarō. They might be a bit quiet but they're essential to the show. :) The show went along the lines of the ones I had seen before, with a backtrack played on CD, Novko singing and dancing eccentrically, and Osamu playing skillful guitar.
From left to right: Buntarō, Koalatarō, Hasebe Novko and Isoda Osamu
The set was mostly songs from Novko's first album "Pandaman" (2000). It was great to see them again after all that time. The fun songs are still stuck in my head. Between the songs they talked quite a bit too. They presented Buntarō and Koalatarō as "over 3000 year old" and "over 500 year old" respectively, wow! :)
Next up was Sekai Chizu, a jazz session band with some latin flavor, with vibraphone, piano, electric bass and drums. They played a selection of covers (some Chick Corea, Sting and Michel Camilo) plus 3 original songs. Instead of an acoustic vibraphone, player Suzuki Chie used a midi controller, it was the first time both of us saw such a thing. Drummer Miura Chizuko was also amazing. The show was fun, very talented musicians playing upbeat jazz.
From left to right: Morikatsu Satoshi (piano/keyboards), Suzuki Chie (vibraphone), Umetsu Shigeharu (bass) and Miura Chizuko (drums)
Even though the two sets were of completely different styles, both fit in our interests and we had a great time!
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Posted on April 7, 2008 at 21:57 | Tweet
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