AEM@Smalls!

Danny Zanker's
ANTI-ELEVATOR MISSION

Saturday, September 29th, 7PM
Smalls Jazz Club
183 W 10th St. (at 7th Ave. South)
New York, NY 10014

CD "Ups and Downs" release party!

For $20 cover charge, you'll get a complimentary copy of "Ups and Downs", one drink and to stay for the entire night at Smalls!

Featuring:
Danny Zanker (B, Compositions)
Amir ElSaffer (Tp)
George Dulin (Pf)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)

This is an awesome band...
Must see!

Mascot's Distance at SNITCH

Mascot's Distance

Wednesday, September 26th, 8PM

@ Snitch
59 W 21st St.
New York, NY 10010
(212) 727-7775

If you come to the show and do not have an amazingly awesome time, our soundman, Jameith, will refund your money in full.

The cover is $10.00

Mascot's Distance are:
Jordon Rothstein (Vo, Key)
Laurent Medelgi (G)
Joe Burcaw (B, Backup Vo)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds, Backup Vo)

Two nights of Jazz!

Jazz Nights @ Matsushima Steakhouse
595 River Rd.
Edgewater, NJ 07020


Friday, August 31st, 6:30-10 PM

Yutaka Uchida Trio

Featuring:
George Dulin (Pf)
Danny Zanker (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)


Saturday, September 1st, 6:30-10 PM

Ippei Ichimaru Trio

Featuring:
Takeshi Asai (Pf)
Ippei Ichimaru (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)

No Cover Charge!
Enjoy the great view of waterfront and excellent
Japanese cuisine!

This Saturday!

Yutaka Uchida Quartet

Featuring:
Sean Nowell (Sax)
George Dulin (Pf)
Danny Zanker (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)

Saturday, July 7th
3 sets (8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 PM)

@Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway (bet. 92nd & 93rd Sts.)
New York, NY 10025

No Music Cover

These guys are all on my upcoming debut CD.
And of course we'll play many tunes that we recorded!

Performance Schedule

Sorry it took me a while to get back on updating business.
I skipped entire May! Damn!
Well, here it is... please come out and support live music!
Check my schedule HERE.

Recording #2

Second recording session was done on May 13th.
This time it was more acoustic setting, but the intensity, energy and musicality were as great as the first session. We recorded five of my original tunes in 6 hours. Beautiful.
So now I have recorded 11 tunes altogether. Can they all fit in one CD? Not likely, but I'll mix them as if I'm going to use all of them and see how it goes.

Just recorded

I went into a studio with fellow musicians on Friday and recorded 6 tunes of mine for my first CD. It was a wonderful session and I'm very happy with the result!

There are many steps, including another recording session in May with another set of musicians, to take before the CD can be released, but we got off to a great start and I can't wait to have the product in my hand!

Current activity & this weekend

I've been very busy juggling so many projects, including my own recording session! It'll happen over the next couple of months and I'm very thrilled to have my favorite musicians on my first CD. When it's done, you'll be able to listen to my original compositions anytime you want!


This weekend:
Friday, April 6th, 8:00 PM
Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra

Featuring:
Seneca Black, Scott Harrell, Dave Smith, Steve Smyth (Tps)
Tim Albright, Mike Boschen, Joe Fiedler, Darryl Hendricks (Tbs)
Ben Kono, Jon Gordon, Dan Pratt, Chris Bacas, Frank Basile (Reeds)
George Colligan (piano)
Noriko Ueda (bass, composition)
Yutaka Uchida (drums)

@ The Stone
Corner of Ave. C & 2nd St., NYC


Saturday, April 7th, 10:00 PM
Love, etc.

@ Desmond's Tavern
433 Park Ave. South, NYC
(212) 725-9864

Free Concert Today!

George Dulin
with
Yutaka Uchida Band

Featuring:
George Dulin (Pf)
Sean Nowell (Sax)
Yoshi Waki (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)

7:00 PM

KVOpencenter
150-24 Northern Blvd., Suite A4
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 353-8969

Free!!!

Thank You

Many thanks to everyone who came to see our gig at Cleopatra's last night. It was a blast! Hope to do it again soon ...

And ... thank you Ed, for your kind words.
Happy birthday!

March 3rd, Cleopatra's Needle

*I'll keep this entry until the day of performance. New entries are posted below!

Yutaka Uchida Quartet will be performing at Cleopatra's Needle once again! As usual, you can expect a bunch of original compositions by yours truly and tons of beautiful blowing by these wonderful cats ... don't miss out!!

Saturday, March 3rd
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Yutaka Uchida Quartet
Featuring:
Sean Nowell (Sax)
George Dulin (Pf)
Danny Zanker (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)

@ Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

See you at the show ...

Gigs for Today and Tomorrow

Saturday, February 17th, 9:00 PM
Love etc.
@ Mean Fiddler
266 W 47th St., NYC
(212) 354-2950

Sunday, February 18th, 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Open Mic Session with Alan Rosenthal Trio
@ Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

This Weekend

Saturday, February 10th, 6:30 - 10:00 PM
Yutaka Uchida Trio
Featuring:
George Dulin (Pf)
Danny Zanker (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)
@ Steak House Matsushima
595 River Rd., Edgewater, NJ
(201) 945-9450

Sunday, February 11th, 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Open Mic Session with Alan Rosenthal Trio
@ Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

Also This Weekend...

Friday, February 2nd, 9:00 PM
Love Etc.
@ The Underscore
1733 1st Ave (bet. 89 &90 Sts.), NYC
(212) 876-0203

Saturday, February 3rd, 6:30 - 10:00 PM
Yutaka Uchida Trio
Featuring:
Bartosz Hadala (Pf)
Danny Zanker (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)
@ Steak House Matsushima
595 River Rd., Edgewater, NJ
(201) 945-9450

Sunday, February 4th, 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Open Mic Session with Alan Rosenthal Trio
@ Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

Yutaka Uchida Trio @ Cleopatra's Needle

Come check out this wonderful trio
and some of my original tunes!

Yutaka Uchida Trio
Featuring:
Bartosz Hadala (Pf)
Noriko Ueda (B)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)

Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

NO COVER!

Full House!

Many thanks to everyone who came to see us at Blue Note on a cold Monday night! The place was packed for the 1st set - wow. That was exciting!

Once again, thank you for your continuous support for live music. Hope to see you all soon ... oh yeah, how about tomorrow night at Cleopatra's? It's MY trio this time - YES!

Blue Note, January 29th

*I'll keep this entry on top until the day. New entries are posted below!

I'm playing at Blue Note jazz club on Monday, January 29th!
It's singer Andrew Suvalsky's gig, and I'm a part of The Laurent Medelgi Quartet, the band that's backing up Andy. It's a wonderful band and Andy's a great singer, so come cheer us!

More info here.

An Inconvenient Truth

Finally, I watched An Inconvenient Truth today.
I sort of knew what's told on the DVD, but the way Al Gore presented the issue was graceful, highly organized and brilliant.

As watching him telling the "boiling frog" story, I thought to myself, "Hey, that's the story I read on The Story of B ... I wonder if he read that book."

Well, it doesn't matter whether or not he's a follower of Ishmael or B. The fact that he's been trying to tell these issues by traveling around the world and talking to people face to face in his own words, and that he made this movie and successfully reached even bigger audience is awesome and I'd like to praise him for that.

As a concerned citizen of the Earth and the Community of Life, I launched a project named Planet Music a few years ago, but not much has been done ... I hope this year I can move a little further to make my share of contribution.

Meanwhile ... check out Ishmael and An Inconvenient Truth!

Anti-Elevator Week!

Bassist Danny Zanker's Anti-Elevator Mission will be recording a CD next week (and I'll be a part of it, I might add...)! It's going to be a very fun session for sure.

But first, we have a couple of live performances at Tagine to showcase the material. Come witness one of the most exciting jazz groups in New York right now!

Anti Elevator Mission
Live @Tagine Dining Gallery
537 9th Ave. (at 40th St.)
(212) 564-7292

Sunday, January 14th at 8:30 PM
AND
Tuesday, January 16th at 9:00 PM

Coming up this weekend...

Friday, January 12th, Midnight
Love, etc.
@The Mean Fiddler
266 W 47th St., NYC
(212) 354-2950

Sunday, January 14th, 8:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Anti-Elevator Mission
Featuring:
Danny Zanker (B)
Travis Sullivan (A.Sax)
Eishin Nose (Pf)
Yutaka Uchida (Ds)
@Tagine
537 9th Ave., NYC
(212) 564-7292

...and as always:
Open Mic Session
Every Sunday, 4-8 PM
@Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

Gigs for this weekend

Thursday, January 4th　8：00 PM
Mascot's Distance
@Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton St., NYC
(212) 995-1652

Friday, January 5th　8：00 PM
Jun Miyake Quartet
@Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

Sunday, January 7th　4-8 PM
Open Mic Session
@Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, NYC
(212) 769-6969

Check out the schedule page on my website for details.

New Year's Party

We had a new year's party on the 2nd. These are traditional Japanese cuisine for new year's. They are all home-made (meaning my roomies and I cooked), except for just a couple of dishes.

We Japanese celebrate the new year's big time - people usually don't work until the 4th of January. These dishes are relatively well-seasoned, so that they last throughout the holidays.

Thanks for a great party, friends!

A Happy New Year

I wish you all a healthy, peaceful new year.

So now this blog is officially open. It's operated as a part of my website, YUTAKAUCHIDA.COM.
I intend to post as often as possible, so that I can keep you interested in my activities and hopefully you won't miss my gigs. Good strategy, right?

Thank you for your continuous love and support for music!