Fwd: [DTXtreme] Akira Jimbo Live in Tokyo
2003-02-23 by Walt
Interesting review --- "m_c_herlihy <m_c_herlihy@...>" <m_c_herlihy@...> wrote: > To: DTXtreme@yahoogroups.com > From: "m_c_herlihy <m_c_herlihy@...>" > <m_c_herlihy@...> > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:46:19 -0000 > Subject: [DTXtreme] Akira Jimbo Live in Tokyo > > Tonight I caught Jimbo`s one man orchestra show at a > small jazz club > here in Tokyo. The show is very similar to his > Evolution video, just > his acoustic kit and trigger system. The show lasted > two hours. The > first half consisted of medleys of songs by Weather > Report, Stevie > Wonder and Herbie Hancock. The second half was a 30 > min opus called > Evolution. This is a song which has grown over time > from 10m to 20m > to 30m. He plans on extending it even longer, > possibly 60m or more. > The song ranges from DnB to electro-funk to fusion > to latin, > everything and the kitchen sink. He closed off the > set with a brief > preview of a Wayne Shorter ballad he`s working on > and his spy medley > made up of the James Bond theme and the Mission > Impossible theme. > > I have had the good fortune to catch Jimbo`s one man > shows about six > times now. One thing I noticed this time is that he > was triggering > melodies that were more complex than what he has > done in the past. > Also, on the down tempo numbers he backed off on the > drum > pyrotechnics and focused more on the melody, really > playing for the > song rather than doing a drum solo. On the technical > side he pointed > out that he now has a trigger on the jam block he > plays with his left > foot. He was using it to trigger bass lines. After > the show I peeked > at his synth rack and saw that the A3000 was gone > and seems to have > been replaced by a new module (Roland?). > > Between numbers Jimbo talked about his busy touring > schedule. In > addition to his one man shows he is also performing > with the Nettai > Jazz Band, Cassiopeia, Intelligent Jazz (w. DJ Kay > Nakamura), and > Hida-Jimbo. The reader`s of Japan`s Drum magazine > recently selected > him as the top drummer in Japan. Jimbo is also > releasing 2 books and > 2 videos in April. One set deals with drumming while > the other is all > about his triggering system. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/