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Daisuke Abe & Uou at Jackson Heights Jazz Festival at Playstreet Stage

Courtesy of Joe Knipes | Posted on May 29, 2015

Where

Playstreet Stage
Jackson Heights Jazz Festival

78th Street (btwn Northern Blvd & 34th Ave.)
Jackson Heights, NY
Map

When

Sun, August 2, 2015
4:00 pm

Musicians

Daisuke Abe
guitar

About

The Jackson Heights Jazz Festival Presents Daisuke Abe & Uou - an acoustic jazz quintet formed in 2008 consisting of all Japanse native musicians: saxophonist Takuji Yamada, guitarist Daisuke Abe, pianist Yoko Komori, bassist Kuriko Tsugawa, and drummer Yoshifumi Nihonmatsu. As renowned writer for DownBeat, Dan Ouellette describes them “One of the most adventurous young bands that is auspiciously exploring jazz with its national heritage in mind is UoU, a quintet of musicians who hail from Japan.", UoU brings its unique sound inflected by Japanese lyricism and rhythm.

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