Thank you very much to the photographer:  Ryoichi ARATANI
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Yokohama Airegin, is a small Jazz Club in center of Yokohama. His owner (Minoru UMEMOTO) is a well-know trompette player who lived during ten years in Germany. He played with many European musician of the improvisation scene, as Peter Brotzmann, Peter Kowald, Joelle Leandre, so his little JazzClub became a very appreciated "rendez-vous" point for many European musician of the improvisation scene and still is. Tetsu and I like to start our Japan Tours with a first visit to Airegin Jazz Cub, a very nice place to meet again after one year of separation.

Some words from Minoru UMEMOTO about his Festival:
http://www.yokohama-airegin.com

" IMPRO means improvisation or impromptu. I would like to mean it as [ FREE ].
In this autumn, I open 8 days of Anything-can-happen Music Festival. It includes Jazz, Classic and World music. This time, Yokohama Baroque Ensemble joins and plays European Baroque music. It will be more colorful than ever."   Minoru Umemoto


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