Face to Faces

There comes the time to introduce the Japanese Parisian Jazz scene. The master of ceremony is resident drummer Hidehiko Kan together with his 4tet. He will introduce us to Emi Oshima(vo), Emiko Minakuchi(p), Taca Shimizu (accordeon), Reina(vl), Tomo Maeda(g), Riko Goto (p), Maki Nakano (sax), Itaru Oki ( tp), Haruko Akagami (p) among others...
The session will be held at Paris "Cafe de Paris" on June 5th 2006. Do come in numbers.

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Hidehiko Kan

Hidehiko started playing the drums since he was 14. It then had to opportunity to deal with and practise different approches and Jazz influences whether punk-rock, free Jazz, blues, polymorphic rock and most of Jazz streams/schools. Hidehiko, "Hide", is streetwise and has been around Paris Jazz club scene for long He played with celli player Alain Grange together with pianist Alexia Tchilakian trio, at Petit Opportun, a legendary Paris Jazz club managed by Bernard Rabaud at tne end of the 90's. Since Sept 94, he lead his own cool bop 4tet together with guitarist Max Mastella, trumpetist Julien Alour, and double bassist Clement Landais. They won together with saxophinist Jean-Paul Adam the best composition winning prize at Paris « Trophées du Sunside 2005 Trophy's ». Since January 2006, beyond his actities as a musician, composer and teacher, Hidehiko commits himself together with Alain Brunet and Daniel Min-Tung into the setting up of "Jazz France Japan" association so as to foster artistic exchanges between Japanese and French Jazz professionals. Hidehiko did play together with Philippe Chagne, Patrick Bocquel, Jean-Philippe Bordier, Jean-Loup Longnon, Cynthia McPherson, Anne Ducros, Laurence Allison, Elisabeth Caumont, Benjamin Legrand, Chris Dunglas, Pierre-Yves Sorin, Michel Perez, Michel Barbe, Edouard Bineau, Ludovic de Preissac, Frank Woeste, Giovanni Mirabassi…

Discography:

« Point de vue » avec Alexis Tcholakian (p), Alain Grange (vcl), Ronald Alphonse (a-sx) et Sacha Bourguignon (tpt)

« Le songe de l’Athanor », avec Alexis Tcholakian (p), Alain Grange (vcl)

« Etincelle », 1er album de Pauline Lucas (voc), avec Giovanni Mirabassi (p), Thomas Savy (t-sx), Jérôme Colloud (voc) et Clément Landais (cb)

« Universaire » avec Michel Barbe (p), Florian Bellecourt (vib), Xavier Bornens (tpt) et Serge Ollivier (cb)

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