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Sakata Akira Concert "Harpacticoida"

Did someone say... "HARPACTICOIDA"?! Akira Sakata Jazz Concert September 17, 2000 2:30 P.M. As part of activities celebrating its fifth year in operation, the Kanagawa Prefecture Fujino Workshop for Art will host a concert by celebrated jazz alto sax player Akira Sakata in Creation Hall on Sunday, September 17, 2000. Sakata is a well-known face to the Japanese public, probably because he wears three hats: not only is he familiar to music fans as an important representative of Japanese avant garde jazz, but he is also a frequent visitor on variety television for his skill as a raconteur, not to mention his equally known role as an scholarly author of books on--of all things--"water fleas" (Jp. mijinko; Latin name: Daphnia pulex). Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1945, Sakata formed his first group "Cell Division" in Tokyo in 1969, going on to join the Yamashita Yosuke trio (sometimes known as the "Kamikaze Trio" for their devil-may-care style) in 1972, and forming a wide variety of new groups in the 80s, including "TRIO," "SEXTET," "Wha-ha-ha,2 "the DA-DA-DA Orchestra," and "Mitochondria." In this Fujino concert, Sakata will be performing with Fabien Reza Pane on piano, Yoshino Hiroshi, bass, and Takara Kumiko on marimba and percussion. Doors open at 2:00, and the concert begins at 2:30 P.M. Tickets are ¥3,000, available from me (nhavens@gol.com) or any of the other locations listed below. This is a great chance to hear the leading edge of Japanese new music in the intimate atmosphere of the Workshop for Art's Creation Hall (seating about 300). Tickets: Fujino Workshop for Art: 0426-89-3030 Fujino Restaurant Furi: 0426-87-5753 Sagamiko-machi, Binshôdô: 0426-85-1511 Tsukuiko-machi: Yamamoto Shoten: 042-784-0016 Hachiôji City, Boutique Mokusei: 0426-45-9333 Access: From Fujino station area: take Highway 20 east to the Hizure Iriguchi intersection, cross the Sagami River and head south on Highway 76 for about five minutes. The Workshop for Art is located on the left. To return to your previous location, use your browser's "BACK" button, or click your heels together three times while saying, "there's no place like home" . . .

Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
by Norman Havens nhavens@gol.com
Updated: April 20, 2002

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