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!