Tokyo Jazz and Red Sea Jazz Festival Exchange / Eli Degibri Quartet, Avishai Cohen TREVENI

Tokyo Jazz and Red Sea Jazz Festival Exchange / Eli Degibri Quartet, Avishai Cohen TREVENI

"Red Sea Jazz Festival" will be a "Festival Exchange Partner" of Tokyo Jazz, so the leading Israeli jazz musicians will perform at the main venues of the Tokyo Jazz such as the Tokyo International Forum Hall A, and the Cotton Club. Mr. Dubi Lenz, the artistic director of the Red Sea Jazz Festival (Winter Version) will give an overview of Israeli jazz at a talk event.

<Eli Degibri Quartet>

Eli Degibri (sax) / Gadi Lehavi (p) / Barak Mori (b) / Ofri Nehemya (ds) 

⓵ "Red Sea Jazz Festival Meets Tokyo Jazz Festival"

September 5 (Saturday) 1st stage doors open at 16:00 / show starts at 17: 00 2nd stage doors open at 19:00 / show starts at 20: 00

Cotton Club (Marunouchi 2-7-3 Tokyo Building TOKIA 2F)

② "Eli Degibri Quartet featuring Avishai Cohen with Special Guest Chihiro Yamanaka"

September 6 (Sun) doors open at 11:30 / show starts at 12:30 Tokyo International Forum Hall A (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 3-5-1)

<Avishai Cohen's TRIVENI>

Avishai Cohen (tp) / Yoni Zelnik (b) / Kendrick Scott (ds)

September 4 (Fri) 19:30 Ginoza Village Cultural Center Garaman Hall http://garaman.jp/

September 6 (Sun) 12:30 Tokyo International Forum Hall A (Avishai himself + Eli Degibri Quartet + Chihiro Yamanaka)

September 6 (Sun) 18:30 Tokyo International Forum Plaza (Chijo Hiroba)

September 9 (Wed) 19:30 Osaka City Children's Culture Center http://jazgra.com/wayoutwest/way-out-west-jazz-concert-2015fall

September 11 (Fri) 18:00 Fukushima Prefectural Cultural Center Large Hall (+ Chihiro Yamanaka) http://www.culture-center.fks.ed.jp/index.cgi

September 13 (Sun) 17:00 Iwate Prefectural Hall Large Hall (+ Chihiro Yamanaka) http://www.iwate-kenmin.jp/

<Israel Jazz Talk> by Dubi Lenz, Artistic Director of the Red Sea Jazz Festival Winter version

Date: September 6 (Sun) 18: 00-18: 30 (Just before Avishai's live performance!)

Location: Tokyo International Forum Plaza (Chijo Hiroba_) LABO Stage 

Cast: Dubi Lenz (Artistic Director of the Winter Red Sea Jazz Festival 

Free admission 

Tokyo Jazz Official Site: http://www.tokyo-jazz.com/

Eli Degibri

Born in Jaffa in 1978, he studied at the Berkeley College of Music in Boston at the same time as Avishai Cohen (tp) in 1997. In 1999 he was selected as a member of Herbie Hancock's "Sextet", recording and touring around the world. In 2003, he made his debut as a leader with "In the Beginning" on Fresh Sound, and in 2011, he was appointed artistic director of the Red Sea Jazz Festival, making him one of Israel's leading jazz artists.

Avihai Cohen

Born in Tel Aviv in 1978, he won a full scholarship to the Berkeley College of Music at the age of 18 and moved to the U.S. In 1997, he won third prize in the Thelonious Monk Competition. In 2002, he released his first leader album, which selected by the Israel Foundation for Cultural Excellence from 2004 to 2010. He released his sixth leader album, "Triveni 2," which was selected for Down Beat's Critics Poll (in the Rising Star category) in the same year. His latest album is "Dark Nights".

Dov (Dubi) Lenz (Artistic Director of the Red Sea Jazz Festival Winter Version)

Born in 1947, he worked as an anchor and editor at military radio (Israel's most popular national broadcaster) from 1993 until last year, including 15 years as head of the music department there. At the same time, he has worked as a television broadcaster and as a festival director, consultant, and jury member for festivals around the world. He teaches world music at the university level. He was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Government. He is an opinion leader in the music industry who introduces world music to Israel and Israeli music to the world. He continues to be a personality on a local jazz program.