Paul Jackson
Aug 7 & 20
Herbie Hancock Head Hunters founding member and solo bassist
The credentials of a good rhythm section musician are outlined by the people they have ‘held together’ and Paul Jackson’s credentials are to be quite frank, phenomenal. Herbie Hancock, (most notably Head Hunters), Oscar Peterson, George Benson, Miles Davis, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, the list goes on. As a founding member of the Head Hunters with Herbie Hancock, Jackson appeared on a number of albums in the seventies and toured extensively. In 1998 a long awaited reunion happened and a US and European tour ensued along with the release of The Return of the Head Hunters.
Movie buffs will also know Paul for his work on films scores such as Dirty Harry and Death Wish. Though originally from California, Jackson has been a resident of Japan for some time, which has led to collaborations with a number of notable Japanese artists including guitarist Char and saxophonist Sadao Watanabe among others.
As well as playing music for his own love, Paul Jackson in 1987 began a project call Jazz for Kids passing that love for music (whilst teaching black American history at the same time) to a new generation. The project incorporated concerts in Japanese schools along with slideshow presentations and to date it has been extremely successful and well received.
• Aug 7: Faces, Kobe • 6pm • Tel: 078-392-3688 • Aug 20: Jazz Spot 845, Osaka • 6pm • Jazz Bass • Tel: 06-6633-6288
Philip Selway
Aug 27
Radiohead drummer goes Solo
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway was born in May 1967 in Abingdon, England. (Fun fact: the Japanese band Abingdon Boys School took their name from the school that Radiohead members attended).
Before making it big in music, Selway worked as an English teacher. On returning to Radiohead after previously leaving an early line-up of the band, his career as a professional musician was set in stone.
Outside Radiohead, the drummer-turned-singer-songwriter has collaborated with Neil Finn of Crowded House on the charity project 7 Worlds Collide, played
on guitarist Martin Simpson album True Stories, appeared in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and this month releases his solo album Familial through record label Bella. Of the album Bella calls it “a collection of sublimely fragile, haunting and heartfelt songs that will surprise many”.
• Club Quattro, Osaka • 7pm • ¥5,500 • Tel: 06-6281-8181
Jake Shimabukuro
Aug 14
Experimental Hawaian Ukelele Player
Jake Shimabukuro is not your average ukulele player. Known for his complex finger work, his playing incorporates jazz,
pop and rock.
Shimabukuro, who was born in Honolulu in 1976, first began taking an interest in the instrument after being given a ukulele by his mother when
he was aged just four. Twenty-two years later he made a breakthrough with the trio Pure Heart (alongside percussionist Lopoka Colon and guitarist Jon Yamasato), which won four Na Hanohano Awards (Hawaian music equivalent of the Grammys).
In 2001, embarking upon a solo career, Shimabukuro experimented with effects pedals, a direction that could be seen as doing for the ukulele what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar.
In a 2009 interview he was asked “everyone seems to know you for your speed, but what is your favorite aspect of your own playing?” to which he replied “I always try to play what I feel. I always believed that human emotion is the magical ingredient in any form of music. To express yourself is the greatest challenge.”
• Namba Hatch, Osaka • Experimental Ukelele • 5pm • ¥6,500 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
Bullet For My Valentine
Sep 2
Acclaimed British Heavy Metal Band
Welsh metallers Bullet For My Valentine have become firm favorites on the Japanese music scene. Formed twelve years ago playing Metallica and Nirvana covers under the name of Jeff Killed John, they were first offered a recording deal with Roadrunner Records in 2002. The band decided to turn down this offer in favour of a five-album deal with Sony BMG. Releasing their first album just five years ago they quickly earned a slot at the UK major rock festival Download as well as being invited to open across the US for Rob Zombie.
The music of Bullet For My Valentine is fast, it’s aggressive whilst being technically perfect with intricate twin guitars and tempo changes comparable to Iron Maiden at their best. The vocal style of front man Matt Tuck is melodic and engaging. There is something definitely interesting about the band, something makes you want to listen for the sheer fact that although they sound like your typical Heavy Metallers at the same time they don’t, if that makes any sense.
The band released their latest album Fever this year and the music is as fast, furious and impressive as ever. In fact, the most accurate description of the band came in a quote in Q Magazine: “The best British Metal band to emerge in years”. ‘Nuff said.
• Namba Hatch, Osaka • 7pm • ¥8,000 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
Live Listings
Becky
Big Cat, Osaka. Aug 1
J-Pop • 5:30pm • ¥4,000 • Tel: 06-6341-3525
One Day As A Lion
Big Cat, Osaka. Aug 3
Rock • 7pm • ¥5,500 • Tel: 06-6535-5569
T-Square
Namba Hatch, Osaka. Aug 6
Jazz Fusion • 7pm • ¥6,300 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
Paul Jackson
Faces, Kobe. Aug 7
Bass • 6pm • ¥3,000 • Tel: 078-392-3688
Yuki Koyanagi
Namba Hatch, Osaka. Aug 8
J-Pop • 5pm • ¥6,800 • Tel: 06-6344-3326
Rikuo
Taku Taku, Kyoto. Aug 11
Jazz/Blues Piano • 7pm • ¥3,500/ ¥4,500 • Tel: 075-351-1321
Matt Bianco
Billboard Live, Osaka. Aug 11-12
AOR Pop • 6:30pm/9:30pm • ¥7,400/ ¥8,900 • Tel: 06-6342-7722
Hide Humi
Rag, Kyoto. Aug 12-13
Saxophone • 7:30pm ¥4,000/ ¥5,800 • Tel: 075-255-7273
Jake Shimabukuro
Namba Hatch, Osaka. Aug 14
Experimental Ukelele • 5pm • ¥6,500 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
W-inds
Grand Cube, Osaka. Aug 15-16
J-Pop • 15th 5:30pm/16th 4:30pm • ¥6,300 • Tel: 06-6357-4400
Shinehead & Dawn Penn
Club Quattro, Osaka. Aug 16
Reggae/Rap • 6:30pm • ¥4,500-¥5,500 • Tel: 06-6281-8181
Toshinobu Kubota
Grand Cube, Osaka. Aug 17
J-Pop • 7pm • ¥7,350 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
Paul Jackson
Jazz Spot 845, Osaka. Aug 20
Bass • 8pm • ¥2,500 • Tel: 06-6633-6288
Greens 20th Anniversary ft Braham/HiGE/Ogre You Asshole/Pe’z
Zepp, Osaka. Aug 21
Punk/Rock/Jazz/Indie • 4pm • ¥3,800 • Tel: 06-6882-1224
The Three Degrees
Billboard Live, Osaka. Aug 24-25
Soul Nostalgia • 6:30pm/9:30pm • ¥7,400-¥8,900 • Tel: 06-6342-7722
Uema Ayano
Taku Taku, Kyoto. Aug 26
Shamisen • 7pm • ¥4,000-¥4,500 • Tel: 075-351-1321
Namie Amuro
Grand Cube, Osaka. Aug 26-27
J-Pop RnB • 6:30pm • ¥7,800 • Tel: 06-6357-4400
Philip Selway
Club Quattro, Osaka. Aug 27
Singer-songwriter • 7pm • ¥5,500 • Tel:06-6281-8181
Paul Jackson
Jazz Spot 845, Osaka. Aug 20
JBass • 8pm • ¥2,500 • Tel: 06-6633-6288
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Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka. Aug 28-29
J-Pop • 5pm • ¥7,500 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
The Privates
Taku Taku, Kyoto. Aug 29
J-Rock • 6:30pm • ¥3,000~¥3,500 • Tel: 075-351-1321
Chris Dave
Billboard Live, Osaka. Aug 28
Drums • 6:30pm/9:30pm • ¥4,800/¥6,300 • Tel: 06-6342-7722
The Vamps
Zepp, Osaka. Aug 25-Sept 1
J-Rock • 7pm • ¥6,660 • Tel: 06-7732-8888
Guitar Panda
Taku Taku, Kyoto. Aug 31-Sept 2
Panda Rock • 6:30pm • ¥2,000/¥5,000 • Tel: 075-351-1321
Bullet For My Valentine
Namba Hatch, Osaka. Sept 2
Metal • 7pm • ¥8,000 • Tel: 06-7732-88881
SMAP
Kyocera Hall, Osaka. Sept 2-5
J-Pop • 6:30pm • ¥TBC • Tel: 0180-993-667
Cornell Dupree
Billboard Live, Osaka. Sept 3-4
Fusion Soul Guitar • 6:30pm/9:30pm • ¥6,900/¥8,400 • Tel: 06-6342-7722
Toshihiko Tahara
Namba Hatch, Osaka. Sept 5
J-Pop • 6pm • ¥7,000 • Tel: 06-6357-4400
Napalm Death
Club Quattro, Osaka. Sept 8
Death Metal • 6:45pm • ¥7,500 • Tel: 06-6535-5569
Marcus Miller
Billboard Live, Osaka. Sept 9
Fusion Bass • 6:30pm/9:30pm • ¥9,500/¥11,000 • Tel: 06-6342-7722
Feeder
Big Cat, Osaka. Sept 13
Rock • 7pm • ¥6,300 • Tel: 06-6535-5569
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