Satomi Yarimizo - jazz in Hawaii

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet @ the Dragon Upstairs featuring Abe Lagrimas Jr.

2008-07-17T00:11:00.006-10:00

Saturday July 19, 9 p.m. -
Great drummer, Abe Lagrimas Jr. is visiting from Los Angeles.
Cannot wait to play with him again this Saturday. Come join us!

Intervew from Japanese FM radio station@ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-06-10T05:17:00.003-10:00

Saturday June 7

I have got an interview from FM radio station and it will run in 25 FM stations network in Japan from the end of June. :)

Bop Tribal, Recording at PCCC

2008-06-05T11:42:00.013-10:00

Monday June 2, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. @Pearl City Cultural Center

It was such a long day!
It was a live recording on the big stage with no audience.

DeShannon, Reggie and Abe

Shawn and Satomi, playing "Jellyfish"

Abe

Shawn

DeShannon and Reggie

Video crews of JHM productions and director/editor of web-burger.com

satomi

Everybody on the big stage

Recording engineers, Fred and Eric

Bop Tribal
Reggie Padilla (saxophone)
DeShannon Higa (trumpet)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums)
Shawn Conley (bass)

Everybody did a great job.
Lots of mahalo!
I hope we can produce a good CD/videos.

Photos are taken by my good friend, Ron. Thank you very much!

BOP TRIBAL, Preview/Fundraising @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-05-31T11:08:00.005-10:00

Thursday May 29, 8:00 - 11:00 PM@ the Dragon Upstairs

It was a epic night we never forget.
So many people came to the Dragon to support our project.
Lots of thanks and aloha to everybody!

We played all our original songs which we will record on June 2.

Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums), Satomi Yarimizo (piano), Shawn Conley (bass),

DeShannon Higa (trumpet), Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)

We also video-shot. We all sweat with the strong and very bright lighting.

BOP TRIBAL:
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)
DeShannon Higa (trumpet)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Shawn Conley (bass)
Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums)

Set List:
There will never be another you (warm up)
One Bad Song a Day / Reggie Padilla
Manoa Mist / DeShannon Higa
Flowers Smell Better in June / DeShannon Higa
Melancholic Toes / Satomi Yarimizo
Jellyfish /DeShannon Higa
Bop Triabl / DeShannon Higa
Honeycreeper 2 / Satomi Yarimizo
Tune 4 April / Reggie Padilla
Tipsy Island / Satomi Yarimizo
One The Edge / DeShannon Higa
Love Beautiful / DeShannon Higa
Lemon Flavored Suede Shoes / Reggie Padilla

Sponsor : Hank Taufaasau and the Dragon Upstairs
Photographer : Aaron Yoshino http://honozooloo.com/
Live Recording : Johan Montero

Rehearsal for the recording project 2

2008-05-30T10:56:00.002-10:00

Rehearsal
Thursday May 29 afternoon

It was really hot day both musically and on the high temperature.
We did a final rehearsal before the recording.

Video crews came and shot us to make videos.

Rehearsal for the recording project

2008-05-26T22:35:00.004-10:00

Rehearsal
Monday May 26, afternoon.

We, Bop Tribal, are planning to produce a CD and video clips (or possibly a DVD) spending a full-day on recording next Monday, June 2nd. We will record our original compositions. We rehearsed this afternoon and all songs are sounding great. These include varieties from swing, Dixie, Latin, Ballad, Straight 8th jazz, Funky jazz, Waltz, 6/4 straight 8th jazz, Modern Bebop, Funk Rock to 5/4 waltz-- and all of these will showcase our music.

We are going to have a preview/fundraising show this Thursday May 29, 8:00 p.m. at the Dragon Upstairs.
Please come and join us this Thursday.

Lots of people will help us. Our good friend, Johann, will record us live. We hired 2 pro video crews and 1 photographer, too. We will also be video-shot and photo-shot at our next rehearsal on May 29 afternoon.
I am hoping we can make good music video clips as well as a great CD.

BOP TRIBAL @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-05-25T22:27:00.000-10:00

Saturday May 24, 8:30 p.m. -

flyer, made by DeShannon

Special guest, Shawn Conley

DeShannon and Reggie

The back view of the band

Special guest, Diane Rubio

Stafford Hunter @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-05-21T08:55:00.005-10:00

Saturday May 17, 8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Special Show
NEW YORK - HONOLULU, YOUNG LIONS!!

Stafford Hunter (trombone) visiting from New York!
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Jon Hawes (bass)
Justin James (drums)

and conglaturations on your engagement, Stafford!

Writing and practicing...

2008-05-20T09:09:00.004-10:00

lots of time. I want 48 hours a day. :-(

George Young and Gabe Baltazar @ Honolulu Club

2008-05-19T01:06:00.000-10:00

Wednesday May 14, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Gabe Baltazar, Stafford Hunter sitting-in from NY and George Young

Honolulu Clube was packed with lots of jazz fans.

Two Jazz Legends!
Visiting Artist! George Young (tenor sax), Gabe Baltazar (alto sax), Noel Okimoto (drums), Dean Taba (bass), Robert Shinoda (guitar)

George Young's credits include: Dizzy Gilespie Band, Paul Simon Band, The NY / LA Dream Band, The Rolling Stones, many more...
Gabe Baltazar toured extensively and recorded as lead alto with the Stan Kenton Band.

Honolulu Club
ph# 543 3900

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet plays with Stafford Hunter

2008-05-13T09:04:00.007-10:00

This Saturday, May 17

New York - Honolulu
YOUNG LIONS!!

The Dragon Upstairs
( located in the loft above Hank's Cafe Honolulu)
1038 Nu'uanu Avenue
808-526-1411
$7 cover

Stafford Hunter (trombone)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Jon Hawes (bass)
Justin James (drums)

About Stafford Hunter:
http://www.myspace.com/staffordhunter3
http://staffordhunter.moonfruit.com

Trombonist/ sea shells, Stafford Hunter; This Philadelphia native became a professional musician by the age of 16. He attended Penn State University for 2 years before moving to New York and graduating from the New School Jazz & Contemporary Music Program in 1994. Of which, he was the first trombonist actually to graduate from the New School.

In 1992, Stafford appeared as a model in the December issue of L'Uomo Vogue (the Italian Vogue magazine for men). This issue also featured jazz greats like Milt Hinton, Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, etc... Also, he appeared in a documentary film on the late-great pianist, Dorothy Donegan. He was the 1993 award winner of the "Al Grey Award for Musical Excellence". It acknowledged Stafford as "the Most Promising Jazz Trombone Talent of 1993". Also in 1993, he performed at former-US President Bill Clinton's inaugural.

Since then, the trombonist has performed, recorded and toured all over the world with the likes of Illinois Jacquet, McCoy Tyner, Lester Bowie & Brass Fantasy, Abdullah Ibrahim, Charli Persip, Charles Tolliver, Tony Bennett, Roy Hargrove, Cab Calloway Orch., Joss Stone, the Mingus Big Band, Lauryn Hill, Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Reggie Workman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lionel Hampton Orch., Dionne Warwick, Muhal Richard Abrams, Amy Winehouse, Steve Turre & Sanctified Shells, and is a present member of the Lionel Hampton Orch, and has been a member of the Duke Ellington Orch. under the direction of Paul Mercer Ellington since 1996 among other groups.

Also of note, Stafford appeared in a movie entitled "the Day the Ponies Come Back" which was released March of 2001 in France. And, he is heard as a soloist on the Blue Note Records Grammy nominated CD "With Love"-Charles Tolliver Big band.

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-05-05T14:36:00.004-10:00

May 3, 9PM-

Special guest, Justin James!

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet:
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Jon Hawes (bass)
Justin James (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

The Dragon Upstairs
http://www.thedragonupstairs.com
( located in the loft above Hank's Cafe Honolulu)
1038 Nu'uanu Avenue
808-526-1411
$5 cover

BOP TRIBAL @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-04-28T14:25:00.001-10:00

Saturday April 26, 9PM- @the Dragon Upstairs

Satomi, Jon, Darry, DeShannon and Reggie

Satomi, Jon, DeShannon, Darryl and Reggie

BOP TRIBAL:
DeShannon Higa (trumpet)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Jon Hawes (bass)
Darryl Pellegrini (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Set List:
1st
Just Friends
One Finger Snap / Herbie Hancock
Waltz for Debby / Bill Evans
One Bad Song A Day / Reggie Padilla
Gertrude's Bounce / Powell
Manoa Mist / DeShannon Higa
One More Once / Michel Camilo

2nd
Bop Tribal / DeShannon Higa
The Way You Look Tonight
Gibrartor / Hubberd
Norwegian Wood / Lennon
Eclectica / DeShannon Higa
Blues

Chuck's Cellar Jazz Festival !

2008-04-27T14:14:00.002-10:00

Saturday April 26
The 1st Chuck's Cellar Jazz Festival
with Gabe Baltazar, Betty Loo Taylor and Black Sand!

I and Shinya dropped by the cellar before my gig at the Dragon Upstairs. We had dinner with great music and sat-in one song.
They bought a new (used) Kawai upright piano which sounds beautiful and I really love it!

Gabe, Matt, Betty Loo and Jason in the frame

Matt, Betty Loo, Jason and Steve Loo

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet with Rachel Gonzales @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-04-20T14:08:00.001-10:00

Satomi, Rachel and Reggie

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet + Rachel Gonzales:
Rachel Gonzales (vocals)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Ernie Provencher (bass)
Shinya Yarimizo (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

BOP TRIBAL @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-04-14T13:35:00.007-10:00

Last Saturday, April 12, 9 p.m. - midnight

BOP TRIBAL:
DeShannon Higa (trumpet)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Mark Tanouye (bass)
von Baron (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

It was a big party with special guests
Tim Tsukiyama (soprano saxophone)
Andrew Corny (flugelhorn) from Los Angeles

Satomi, Mark, von, DeShannon and Reggie

Reggie, Andrew and Tim

DeShannon, Reggie and Tim

von and Tim

satomi, DeShannon and Reggie

Setlist
1st set:
The Blues Walk / Clifford Brown
Autumn Leaves / Joseph Kosma, arr. DeShannon Higa
Parisian Thoroughfare / Clifford Brown
Tune 4 April / Reggie Padilla
Airegin / Sonny Rollins
Oleo / Sonny Rollins

2nd set:
Bop Tribal / DeShannon Higa
Well You Needn't / Theronious Monk
Blue Train / John Coltrane
Sister Sadie / Horace Sliver
Joint & Jam Vamp / B.E.P. -- Hip Hop!

The Dragon Upstairs
( located in the loft above Hank's Cafe Honolulu)
1038 Nu'uanu Avenue
808-526-1411

Next BOP TRIBAL show will be April 26. 8:30 p.m. -

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet with Rachel Gonzales

2008-04-13T11:24:00.003-10:00

This Saturday, April 19 @ the Dragon Upstairs
Come check out Rachel's beautiful angelic voice!

Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Rachel Gonzales (vocal)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Ernie Provencher (bass)
Shinya Yarimizo (drums)

Satomi Yarimizo Trio@ Shigezo

2008-04-11T12:54:00.002-10:00

Thursday April 10, 7:30-10 p.m.
These days, lots of people come to Shigezo (808 Kapahulu Ave. 737-8081) to listen to our music and they all enjoy the great food.

Satomi Yarimizo Trio:
Gilbert Batangan (bass)
Shiny Yarimizo (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Next gig on April 18 will be a DUO with Gilbert Batangan with a surprise guest saxophone player.

Calendar of the Dragon

2008-04-10T13:33:00.007-10:00

The calendar page of the Dragon Upstairs has been still under spruce-up but now updated weekly!

The collective assembled by leader Satomi Yarimizo (piano), BOP TRIBAL showcases the fierce improvisational prowess of its members. DeShannon Higa (trumpet) & Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone) provide the dual melodic elements while Yarimizo, von Baron, and Mark Tanouye lay down the groove like a well-oiled, high octane machine. B.T.'s home base is in 50s hard bop, but it adeptly weaves its way through modal jazz, bebop, post bop, and even hip hop. This is quintessential New York jazz, transported to the Honolulu stage!

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The new band will be coming up on next Friday, April 11. Check this out!

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet @ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-04-07T22:08:00.008-10:00

@ the Dragon Upstairs

Saturday, April 4, 9 p.m. - midnight

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet with
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Mark Tanouye (bass)
Shinya Yarimizo (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Reggie blew his saxophone so powerfully and so beautifully.

photo by aaron yoshino
http://honozooloo.com

"Jazz and Jesters" in chinatown and trio at the Shigezo

2008-04-06T23:20:00.007-10:00

First Friday Event on April 4 – Jazz and Jesters
@ Hawaii State Art Museum

We enjoyed playing at the lawn stage of the beautiful museum.

Lawn Mainstage
6pm-7.15pm Satomi Yarimizo Quartet featuring
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone), Bobby Nishida (bass),
Shinya Yarimizo (drums) and Satomi Yarimizo (piano)
7.30pm-9pm Honolulu Jazz Quartet

Lanai Lounge
6pm-6.30pm UH Theatre Dept – Commedia del Arte
6.30pm-9pm New Jass Quartet /w DeShannon Higa

After playing for this event, Bobby, Shinya and I ran to the Shigezo to play trio.
DeShannon Higa, Tim Tsukiyama, Gilbert Batangan and Justin James who also played for this event came to the Shigezo to eat delicious sushi for their dinner. DeShannon sat-in with his trumpet.

It was such a fun night.

New York Jazz Nights - Day 3

2008-04-06T19:18:00.003-10:00

@ the Dragon Upstairs

Day3 : April 4, 8 - 11 p.m. /w
Frank Perowsky (tenor sax, clarinet, flute) from New York, Darryl Pellegrini (drums) from New York, John Kolivas (bass) and Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

We had lots of audience and we musicians played much tighter. Everybody had a great time.

Satomi, John Kolivas, Frank Perowsky and Darryl Pellegrini

Satomi, John, Darryl, Rick in the bar,
Frank and Langston Trigg with congas

Abe Lagrimas Jr. in Concert @ Honolulu Club

2008-04-05T16:57:00.006-10:00

Abe had a great reunion concert with his friends. They played some standards with Abe's arrangement and also Abe's originals songs. He is so talented.

Wednesday April 2, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. @ Honolulu Club
Abe Lagrimas Jr. (drums)
Dan Del Negro (piano)
Dean Taba (bass)
Tim Tsukiyama (sax)
Robert Shinoda (guitar)

Gilbert Batangan Quartet @ Jazz Minds

2008-04-03T15:19:00.001-10:00

I had a dinner with Yasuko Hayakawa and her group ( it was their last night) at the Chuck's Cellar in Waikiki and droped by Jazz Minds.

Tuesday April 1, 9pm - midnight
Gilbert Batangan Quartet @ Jazz Minds Arts & Cafe
Gilbert Batangan (guitar)
Dustin Chang (tenor saxophone)
Mark Tanouye (bass)
Jusin James (drums)
and special guest, visiting from L.A.
Abe Lagrimas Jr. (drums)

New York Jazz Nights - Day 2

2008-04-01T16:34:00.013-10:00

@ the Dragon Upstairs

Day2 : March 31, 8 - 11 p.m. /w
Frank Perowsky (tenor sax, clarinet, flute) from New York, Darryl Pellegrini (drums) from New York, Steve Jones (bass) and Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

We were much tighter in Day 2 and musically we had more fun. I learned a lot from them. I cannot wait Day 3, on this Thursday April 3rd, 8PM-!! John Kolivas will play bass for the Day 3!!

Satomi and Frank Perowsky

Satomi, Steve Jones, Frank Perowsky and Darryl Pellegrini

Thursday April 3, 8 - 11 PM
SPECIAL SHOW: NEW YORK JAZZ NIGHT 3
Frank Perowsky (saxophone) from New York
Darryl Pellegrini (drums) from New York
John Kolivas (bass)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

The Dragon Upstairs
( located in the loft above Hank's Cafe Honolulu)
1038 Nu'uanu Avenue 808-526-141

New York Jazz Nights - Day 1

2008-04-01T16:27:00.014-10:00

@ the Dragon Upstairs

Day 1 : March 29, 9 p.m. till midnight /w
Frank Perowsky (tenor sax, flute) from New York, Darryl Pellegrini (drums) from New York, Jon Hawes (bass), Satomi Yarimizo (piano) + my dear friends, Yasuko Hayakawa (piano), DeShannon Higa (trumpet), Abe Lagrimas (drums), Shawn Conley (bass)

It was such a hot and fun night. Thanks and so much love to all my friends!

Darryl Pellegrini, Satomi and Frank Perowsky
Darryl and Frank are good friend for many yeas and they performed and recorded in New York.
It was a great reunion.

Shawn Conley (bass), Frank (sax) and DeShannon Higa (trumpet)

We are playing "Green Chimneys" from Theronius Monk.

Frank, Shawn and DeShannon's head. :)

Frank and DeShannon

Satomi, Shawn and Abe Lagrimas Jr. (drums)

Yasuko Hayakawa (piano), Shawn, Frank's head and Darryl (drums)

Frank's back and Satomi (piano) and Jon Hawes (bass)

BOP TRIBAL in the Starbulletin!!

2008-04-01T10:06:00.006-10:00

Honolulu Starbulletin
By John Heckathorn

The 3rd article after the bikini one. :)

http://starbulletin.com/2008/03/23/news/heckathorn.html

A BeBoppin' Night in Chinatown

At 8:15 one night last weekend, the Dragon Upstairs was virtually empty. By 8:45 the second-floor Chinatown nightclub was packed. By 9 the band was gathered around leader Satomi Yarimizo's piano, learning a brand-new tune written by trumpeter DeShannon Higa.

The tune's called "Bop Tribal." So's the band. The crowd -- admittedly, it takes only 50 or so people to fill the Dragon Upstairs -- is here as a gesture of faith. This is Bop Tribal's first performance ever.

The faith was not misplaced. It was one of those rare nights: the right crowd in the right room for the right band.

In addition to Yarimizo and Higa, the quintet included tenor sax Reggie Padilla, bass player Jon Hawes and, from the Honolulu Jazz Quartet, drummer Adam Baron.

The quintet ripped through tunes by Horace Silver, John Coltrane, Clifford Brown. The crowd rocked along. "You go, girl," yelled voices from the back when Yarimizo came out smokin' on one of her piano solos.

Baron was thundering on drums, "channeling his inner Art Blakey," as he put it. On his way to the gig, Baron had stopped to help a pedestrian who'd tripped in a crosswalk, ending up with blood on his shirt. He'd had to go to Aloha Tower, the closest open place, to buy a new one.

"If I'd known all it took to get Adam to play like that was a new shirt," said Higa, "I'd have bought him one every gig."

Yasuko Hayakawa in Concert (2)

2008-03-31T16:16:00.006-10:00

@the rRed Elephant, April 29 8:00 p.m. - w/
Hasuko Hayakawa (piano) from Akita/Japan, DeShannon Higa (trumpet), Abe Lagrimas Jr. (vibes) from L.A., Steve Jones (bass) and von Baron (drums).

Live recorded CD will be coming soon! Can't wait to hear it!

Yasuko Hayakawa (piano), DeShannon Higa (trumpet),
Steve Jones (bass),
Abe Lagrimas Jr. (vibes) and von Barron (drums)

DeShannon and Abe

DeShannon, Steve, Yasuko, von and Abe
Great job!!

Yausko swang so hard and so impressed all the audience.

John and Gerald Clayton in concert

2008-03-30T22:56:00.007-10:00

@ UH Orvie Auditorium.

It was just amazing!!
I love John and Gerald Clayton so much!!

This photo is captured by my cell phone.

John is using Ray Brown's bass!

New York Jazz Nights with Frank and friends

2008-03-29T01:00:00.003-10:00

Yasuko Hayakawa in Concert@the rRed Elephant
I dropped by Yasuko Hayakawa's concert w/ Yasuko Hayakawa (piano) from Japan, DeShannon Higa (trumpet), Abe Lagrimas (vibes) from LA, Steve Jones (bass) and von Baron (drums) early evening at the rRed Elephant and run to the Dragon. It was such a wonderful concert and I wanted to hear the whole show. Can't wait to hear the record.

New York Jazz Night 1@ the Dragon Upstairs
I also had a great time playing w/ Frank Perowsky (tenor sax, flute) from NY, Darryl Pellegrini (drums) from NY, Jon Hawes (bass) and Satomi Yarimizo (piano) at the Dragon Upstairs. Around 11PM, lots of musicians sat-in and everybody enjoyed HOT jazz w/my quartet, DeShannonHiga (trumpet), Abe Lagrimas (drums), Shawn Conley (bass) and Yasuko Hayakawa (piano). 11:30PM, the Dragon was more than packed with lots of audience and musicians. Audrey said to me, "This is the jazz!".

Photos of Yasuko's concert and my gig are coming soon. (Shinya forgot the camera at the Dragon!! )

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet with new upright piano!

2008-03-28T13:45:00.002-10:00

This YAMAHA (used) upright came to the Dragon in the morning and we really enjoy the great sound at the same night.

Now, the band sounds more full and great!
Everybody loved this piano.

Thursday, March 27 8:30-11:30PM

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet with
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Tetsuya Hasue (bass) visiting from Akita/Japan
Shinya Yarimizo (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

SPECIAL GUEST
Yasuko Hayakawa (piano) visiting from Akita/Japan

Yasuko and Reggie enjoyed playing together.
Yasuko will have a recording concert at the rRed Elephant on Saturday, March 29.

Rhythm Section Workshop by John Clayton

2008-03-28T12:32:00.002-10:00

It was such a wonderful experience. I learned a lot of things from John, Gerald and von.

Wednesday, March 26 2-4PM
Rhythm Section Workshop 1: John Clayton
- Ray Brown Bass & Rhythm Section Tips.

Thursday, March 27 2-4PM
Rhythm Section Workshop 2: John Clayton
- Getting Your Sound
I had a 15 min lesson from Gerald!!

Friday, March 28 2-4PM
Rhythm Section Workshop 3: John Clayton
- Open Forum: What Do You Need?

John Clayton - bass "Bass Giant"
Gerald Clayton - piano "Monk Competition winner"
von Baron - drums

John inherited Ray Brown's bass!

Gerald is so talented young pianist.
He is only 23 years-old but he plays piano like giant.

They will have a concert on this Sunday at Orvis, UH.

New York Jazz Nights with Frank Perowsky

2008-03-24T00:07:00.014-10:00

I will play with two great musicians from New York this Saturday the 29th, Monday the 31st, and Thursday April 3rd at the Dragon Upstairs. You won't want to miss these hot jazz performances!!

Frank Perowsky visiting from New York

Upon graduating from Juilliard in 1958, Frank Perowsky began his career in the big bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Les and Larry Elgart playing the jazz tenor chair. In the sixties while freelancing in NYC he recorded and performed with Johnny Richards, Tito Rodrigues, and Bill Watrous. He has performed in back up bands for Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Billy Eckstine and has recorded and toured with Liza Minnelli from 1981 to the present.

He currently performs with Mike Longo's Big Band in NYC. That band has recorded three CDs which feature Frank along with Darryl Pellegrini on drums.

Darryl Pellegrini played in New York for 20 years and is now a Hawaii resident.

Ohio native Darryl Pellegrini earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
and jazz from Youngstown State University and his Masters Degree in Music Performance from Manhattan School of Music. Throughout his career in New York City Darryl has toured and performed with numerous jazz greats such as, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, John Faddis, Larry Corryell, Don Grusin, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Milt Jackson, Clark Terry, Frank Foster, Joe Lovano, Lew Tabackin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, John and Bucky Pizzarelli and Harold Danko to name a few. He has also toured and recorded with Chuck Mangione, Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble, and Scott Whitfield Big Band East. Currently, Darryl is recording and performing with The Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii and tours with Lea Salonga,

After 20 years of freelance performing, subbing and touring for Broadway in such hits as The Lion King, Fosse, Swing, Kiss of the Spider woman, 42nd Street, West Side Story,City of Angels and recording for numerous Commercials, Television, Movies, and Cartoons, Darryl now happily teaches, performs and resides in Hawaii with his wife and child.

SPECIAL SHOW: NEW YORK JAZZ NIGHTS
Saturday March 29 9pm - midnight
Monday March 31 8-11pm
Thursday April 3 8-11pm
featuring
Frank Perowsky (saxophone) from New York
Darryl Pellegrini(drums) from New York
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)
Jon Hawes(bass) - March 29
Steve Jones(bass) - March 31
John Kolivas (bass) - April 3

The Dragon Upstairs
1038 Nu'uanu Ave. 808-526-1411

BOP TRIBAL: musician 5: Jon Hawes

2008-03-23T13:13:00.008-10:00

Jon Hawes is one of the busiest bassists in Hawaii. I always have so much fun playing with him.

Jon Hawes (bass)

Jon spent more than seven years touring the mainland as a bassist with east-coast acts such as Peter Prince & Moon Boot Lover and Percy Hill before re-locating to Oahu's north shore in 2003. Since arriving in the islands, he has become busy performing on stage or on recordings with Henry Kapono (with whom he recorded the Grammy-nominated and Na Hoku winning CD 'The Wild Hawaiian'), Michael McDonald, Makana, Paula Fuga, New Jass Quartet, Toyz of Pleasure, Shawn Livingston Mosely, Shephen Inglis and more.

BOP TRIBAL: musician 4: von Baron

2008-03-23T11:44:00.009-10:00

von Baron has been supporting me since I started learning and playing jazz in 2004. He also played for my first gig at the 'Blowout 2004'. Now, I can play with him more regularly which makes me so happy.

von Baron (drums)

Originally from Kansas, von spent three years studying drums, percussion and music at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and then at Berklee Collage of Music in Boston. He studied classical, jazz and Brazilian music extensively. He lived in Seattle for a few years where he performed regularly before he move to Hawaii in 2000. He has enjoyed a very rewarding career in music performing and recording with local, national, international artists of many genres. Over the years, von has worked with artists and groups including, The Honolulu Jazz Quartet, the Honolulu Symphony, Mihana Souza, Show Brazil! and many others.
He also released his debut album "Pangaea" in 2007.

BOP TRIBAL: musician 3: Reggie Padilla

2008-03-23T11:28:00.009-10:00

Reggie Padilla and I are playing a lot together since he moved from New York at the beginning of 2007. He is so talented young musician. He also plays beautiful piano!

Reggie Padilla
(tenor saxophone)

Reggie was born and raised in New York, he received his master's degree in music from New York University and studied with Pete Malinverni, Don Friedman and Bob Albanese. He also received coaching from bassist Martin Wind. Reggie has performed at New York venues such as The Biter End, CBGC's , The Lion's Den, and among many others. He is also on a video on BET, on Kyle Jason's "Why am I So Funky".

He moved to Hawaii at the beginning of 2007 to stay for good, and has quickly become one of the most in-demand musicians on the Honolulu music scene.

BOP TRIBAL: musician 2: DeShannon Higa

2008-03-23T10:47:00.012-10:00

DeShannon Higa is the most popular jazz musician in Hawaii and I really respect him. I'm learning lots of things from him musically and also how I manage the band. He is my big teacher. :) He is also the main composer of the band.

DeShannon Higa (trumpet)

DeShannon is a renown jazz trumpet player both in Hawaii and New York City. His professional experience spans 20 years. He has performed around the world and in famous venues like Birdland, Carnegie Halll and Radio City Music Hall. Among his teachers are studio legend Ollie Mitchell, Grammy Award winning jazz trumpet player Brian Lynch and other famous musicians. He also recorded on many albums including those of Raiatea Helm, Hula Joe & the Hutjumpers (received a Hoku award for best jazz album). His credits include such notable artists as Burt Bacharach, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Al Jarreau, and Tower of Power, among many others!

DeShannon's style of music range from jazz to latin/salsa to modern electronica break beat music. As a bandleader/visionary, he has assembled and is currently performing with two bands of his own creation: gr00ve.imProV.arTists(an urban jazz-electronica dance band) and Quadpod(a neo-bop quartet).

BOP TRIBAL: musician 1: satomi

2008-03-23T10:04:00.011-10:00

I am going to introduce my quintet band, BOP TRIBAL.

Satomi Yarimizo (piano, leader)
I started taking piano and organ lessons in Japan at age three. During my teen years, I played drums, guitar as well as saxophone. I really loved playing music. At age 13. I started playing simple jazz/fusion by ear. I already loved jazz very much and listen the same tapes ( because I did not have many) over and over. :) During middle and high schools I did a lot of ensemble and arrangement work for piano and keyboard.

My former job at a computer company fortunately brought me to Hawaii in 2000, and I worked a couple of years with the company ( and we made a computer-animated feature film!). On March, 2004 I happened to sit-in to play piano on my friend's jazz show at the Rafters and then people started supporting me and and I started to seriously teach myself jazz theory and to sit in at local jazz venues in order to become a full-time musician, which is my real passion. I really appreciate that many people and friends keep supporting and helping me since then.

In 2005, a friend of mine and one of the greatest trumpet player, Tiger Okoshi recommended me to come to his school, so I attended the intensive summer course at the Berklee College of Music in Boston to further enrich my understanding of jazz. I started gigging soon after I returned to Honolulu, and now regularly perform jazz 4 to 5 nights a week at assorted venues with my duo, trio, quartet and quintet featuring various respected local musicians.

I am so happy that I can play music everyday. Music gives me a chance to meet lots of nice people.

Satomi Yarimizo Quartet@ the Dragon Upstairs

2008-03-23T10:01:00.008-10:00

After I enjoyed escargot, oyster and other great dishes with three glasses of wine at the Du Vin with my good friends and Shinya, I played at the Dragon Upstairs with

Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Mark Tanouye (bass)
Shinya Yarimizo (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Saturday, March 22, 9 PM - midnight
The Dragon Upstairs
http://www.thedragonupstairs.com
( located in the loft above Hank's Cafe Honolulu)
1038 Nu'uanu Avenue
808-526-1411

Yummy, yummy. :)

Happy Birthday

2008-03-22T14:04:00.014-10:00

shinya, entertain himself... 'happy birthday to me'.

Delicious 'pyramid chocolate cake' from JJ French Pastry.
Everybody loves it!

Happy Bitrhday, Shinya!

March 21th, 2008

Satomi Yarimizo trio + Chris Yeh
Chris Yeh (alto saxophone) : guest
Gilbert Batangan (bass)
Shinya Yarimizo (drums) : birthday boy!!
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Shigezo ( Japanese Tofu and Sushi Restaurant )
808 Kapahulu Ave.
Honolulu HI 96816
808-737-8081

Many of our friend came and helped celebrate Shinya's birthday.
Thank you very much!

BOP TRIBAL

2008-03-17T09:21:00.014-10:00

BOP TRIBAL is a Hawaii-based jazz quintet group playing bebop, hard bop, and our original tunes.

DeShannon Higa named the band and also wrote a very cool theme song, 'BOP TRIBAL'. We will start from the theme song on our next show on April 12th@the Dragon Upstairs. You do not want to miss it!

I am the leader (aka the "manager" making copies of the charts, transcribing and arranging the songs, creating and printing charts using finale and putting them into binders, booking musicians and making calls to the club owners, designing, making and distributing flyers, and etc...) and I really enjoy it :)

DeShannon Higa is writing lots of original songs for us. I am very much looking forward to playing them with BOP TRIBAL.
Reggie Padilla and I also have some original songs and we will play them in our upcoming shows.
I want to play Reggie's beautiful ballad, 'Tune 4 April', on our April show.

BOP TRIBAL Premiere Night

2008-03-16T23:14:00.026-10:00

Date: March 15th, 2008, 9pm-midnight
Venue: The Dragon Upstairs, Honolulu, Hawaii
( located in the loft above Hank's Cafe Honolulu)
1038 Nu'uanu Avenue
808-526-1411

"BOP TRIBAL"
DeShannon Higa (trumpet)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Jon Hawes (bass)
von Baron (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

Set List:
1st:
Bop Tribal (Theme song) / DeShannon Higa
Split Kick / Horace Silver, played by The Jazz Messangers
Jordu / Duke Jordan, played by Clifford Brown
Naima / John Coltrane
Sister Sadie / Horace Silver

2nd:
Wabash / Cannonball Adderley
Up, Jumped Spring / Freddie Hubbard
Seven Steps to Heaven / Miles Davis
Joy Spring / Clifford Brown
Mo' Better Blues / Bill Lee, from Spike Lee filme "Mo' Better Blues'

I had so much fun playing with great musicians.
So many people came to the Dragon to listen to our music.
Thank you, everybody and thank you for your support!
I'm so happy!

みなさん、どうもありがとう！

Next performance of BOP TRIBAL:
Saturday, April 12th, 9 p.m. - midnight
@the Dragon Upstairs

with
DeShannon Higa (trumpet)
Reggie Padilla (tenor saxophone)
Mark Tanouye (bass)
von Baron (drums)
Satomi Yarimizo (piano)

photos by
Shinya Yarimizo

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