| Beauty of the music across the East and the West | Japanese |
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"WaFoofs amalgam of jazz and traditional elements is very, very easy to love."
- Michael Fressola, Arts Editor for Staten Island Advance
gWaFoo is an excellent example of an artistic sophistication.h
gPeople were in tears; emails and phone messages have been pouring in....many, many people spoke about how deeply your performance affected them.h
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WaFoo, which literally means gmind of harmonyh or simply gJapanese style,h is a performing group of eight talented Japanese musicians, each of whom has performed in all over the world, Europe, Asia and the United States.
WaFoo was formed in 2001 under the concept of gBeauty of the music across the East and the West.h Eclectic yet aesthetic, the music is a sophisticated and gloveableh mixture of Japanese and the Western music. Based on a solid foundation of jazz, the band features subtle or evident gWaFooh in entire repertories, whether they are original compositions or new interpretation of the traditional Japanese folk songs. The recent performance list includes... Upcoming performances are... Musicians (from left to right): Yutaka Uchida (drums), Tsuyoshi Niwa (soprano sax), Yuuki Koike (flute, alto sax), Kazuo Nakamura (bass), Sanae Asai (vocal, calligraphy), Ippei Ichimaru (bass, cello), Takeshi Asai (piano), and Masashi Sonoda (guitar). |
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Sakura Sakura
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Hana no Machi
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Takeshi Asai
phone: 914.740.5447
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