Music

World of Japanese Jazz: Afro-Mingei / A Listening Party

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$15.00 (+$1.50 fee)    |  Nov 21, 2025  |  7:00PM - 10:00PM
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)

Listen to a world of Japanese jazz from artists like Ryo Fukui, Hiroshi Suzuki, Sadao Watanabe, Kimiko Kasai, and others along with the premiere of Takuro Okada’s new album Konoma + drink Japanese whiskey in a hidden Japanese garden.

Explore Japanese modal, spiritual, and soul-jazz from the ‘70s and beyond from artists including Ryo Fukui, Hiroshi Suzuki, Sadao Watanabe, Terumasa Hino, Kimiko Kasai, and others along with a full-listening of Takuro Okada’s new album Konoma, a fusion of Japanese folk and jazz which explores the concept of Afro-Mingei. Listening sessions and DJ sets hosted by Temporal Drift and the team behind In Sheep’s Clothing.

World of Japanese Jazz: Afro-Mingei Listening Party is part of an ongoing collaborative listening series between JACCC and In Sheep’s Clothing.

This event is 21+.