Music

                              NO MUSIC, NO LIFE

Couldn't say it better. Music has always been my inspiration. I have been blessed to know many wonderful musicians during my days in Suzu. Creating opportunities for people to listen to high-quality live music right here in Suzu has been one of my diversions. A few illustrations of past venues pictured below.

       Night off at home

                Ta-san at firing. R.I.P.

    Mambo Matsumoto, the best! R.I.P.

    The Mitsubachees

    Pre-rehearsal warm-up

    Kamikuromaru Live The Twins & Kato-chan

    Home for the holidays

    Gypsy Jazz #1 Yamamoto Yoshifumi, Oishi Masaru, Hikiba Kyoko

    Kamikuromaru Live #2 The Twins w/ Toshi Shinmachi

    Hugh's Farewell Shimabukuro father & son

    Makioka Nami rehearsal @ Beach Hotel

    Yamamoto Toshifumi Trio

    Yamamoto Yoshifumi Trio w/ Hikiba Kyoko

   Harvest tune

I haven't been able to host any musical events since the Covid pandemic began, but I

was privileged to have my dear friend Toshi Shinmachi and awesome blues guitarist Haruyuki Tanaka perform one of my favorite Tom Waits songs while they were here for a short visit a few months ago.