Two Great Shows

Just got back from Montreal - I played at Montreal Jazz Festival with Nobuki Takamen Group on July 3rd. It was a very special experience and I'm really grateful that I was able to be a part of such a prestigious jazz festival!

The band welcomed back Hitoshi Kanda, the pianist; who - unfortunately for us - went back to Japan in spring; who joined us again for this special occasion. What a treat - what a great reunion it was!

I've got some nice gigs coming up, but I'd like to mention two very special shows at this point.

1. Yutaka Uchida Quartet at Cleopatra's Needle!
The quartet is back in Cleo's on Saturday, July 11th, 8PM! We'll play three sets of my original music, old and new, for FREE!
Enjoy a night of great music, tasty Mediterranean cuisine and special martinis!

2. Nobuki Takamen Group at Iridium Jazz Club!
Hitoshi Kanda will join us once again and the quartet will hit the world famous Iridium Jazz Club on Wednesday, July 15th, 7PM!
Now here's the thing: Nobuki has to achieve some obligatory advance ticket ($25) sales and you can help out! If you decide to come to Iridium show, please contact Nobuki via email: info@nobukitakamen.com and purchase a ticket directly from him. This way you can help him, and also save yourself some money because it'll be tax free.
If you personally know me, you can also pay me the money and your name will be on the list.

I seriously recommend both shows to any music lovers!
See more details on "gigs" page.

Hope to see you there!

April 8th, FAT BABY

Wednesday, April 8th, 9PM

Fat Baby
112 Rivington Street
New York NY 10002
(212) 533-1888

ONE SET ONLY!

Yutaka Uchida Quartet

Featuring:
Sean Nowell - Saxophones
George Dulin - Piano
Danny Zanker - Bass
Yutaka Uchida - Drums

Living Together on the radio!

Tune in to (if you are in Florida) or listen to live streaming online at 88.9 FM WDNA this Sunday (3/29) morning - a couple of songs from "Living Together" will be aired on "Jazz Cafe with Edward Blanco" (7-9AM, EST). My tunes will be played during the 8 o'clock hour (8-9AM).

"Living Together" Review and upcoming show!

Mr. Edward Blanco wrote a wonderful review on my CD "Living Together" and you can read it on eJazzNews.com.
Click here and check it out!

The next Yutaka Uchida Quartet show will be at Fat Baby, on Wednesday, April 8th, at 9PM. Fat Baby is a really cool hang on Lower East Side, Manhattan. It'll be a powerful set - don't miss it!!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!

Thank you all for your support throughout the last year!
I hope to be able to share more and more beautiful music with you in 2009!!


January 1st, 2009

Yutaka Uchida

Back in the U S of A

Japan Tour was simply awesome...
The band was terrific to begin with, and it grew at an amazing rate as we played almost every night for three weeks!



And of course, the food! We all ate and drank every day and night like royalties - and still stayed healthy and light! That's the great thing about Japanese cuisine.

I've been busy since I got back here in New York with all kinds of projects including a recording session and gigs with George Dulin Quartet (featuring Sal Rosselli - he's AMAZING), my own gig at good old Cleopatra's Needle, etc. I'd also suffered from heavy jet lag this time... somehow it was very hard to get over it. But I'm okay now.

I'm heading to a recording session with bassist Akihiro Yamamoto today. Another fun for me. Gotta love it.

Japan Tour

I'm leaving for a Japan Tour tomorrow!
My friend Nobuki Takamen is releasing his second CD and we'll be promoting it in some fifteen cities.
If you know anybody in Japan, please spread the word...

You can see the schedule here.