Events

Sun 7 April 2024

Trio at Butter Note, Ito, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

The Butter Note Club, Ito is a special place. A warm, cosy lodge in the woods an hour or so out of Tokyo. With great hospitality and even greater musical taste, this is one of Honshu’s best kept secrets.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

Time: 17:30 open 19:00 start
Venue: Izu Kogen Butter Note, Ito, Japan
Address:

1315−127 Futo, Ito City Sizuoka

Phone: tel: 0557331122
Tickets: ¥4000
Tue 9 April 2024

Köln Conversations, Koendori Classics, Tokyo, Japan

A performance of Köln Conversations in this popular Tokyo club. Koendori Classics is a calm and minimalist space; a club setting but with a recital hall feel. An ideal context for Köln Conversations.

Dorian Ford – piano

Time: 19:00 open 19:30 start
Venue: Koendori Classics, Tokyo, Japan
Address:

B1 Yamate Church, 19-5 Udagawa-cho Shibuya, Tokyo

Phone: tel: 0363108871
Tickets: ¥3000
Thu 11 April 2024

Trio at Brickblock, Oita, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

A welcome return to one of the best clubs in Kyushu. Simply put, a very warm, friendly and hip crowd.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

Time: 18:30 open 19:30 start
Venue: Brickblock, Oita, Japan
Address:

5-7-5 Ikushi, Oita city, Oita

Phone: tel: 0975364852
Tickets: ¥3000
Fri 12 April 2024

Trio at Cinema Theque, Saga, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

Continuing our tour in Kyushu. Looking forward to playing this date and keeping the music fresh and unexpected.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

Time: 19:00 open 19:30 start
Venue: Cinema Theque, Saga, Japan
Address:

1-5-60 Otakara, Saga city, Saga

Phone: tel: 0952286708
Tickets: ¥3000
Sat 13 April 2024

Trio at Jazz Inn Okura, Kumamoto, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

Jazz Inn Okura is where jazz fans in Kumamoto get together!

There are ten to twelve concerts a month, and on days without concerts, CDs or records are played in a classic, brick and wooden building.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

Time: 19:00 open 20:00 start
Venue: Jazz Inn Okura, Kumamoto, Japan
Address:

1-12 Minami Tsuboi, Chuo Ward, Kumamoto

Phone: tel: 096-325-9209
Tickets: ¥3000
Mon 15 April 2024

Trio at Umeda Always, Osaka, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

This eclectic, hip and happening club is right in the centre of Osaka, the big smoke! A quintessentially urban Japanese experience.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

Time: 19:00 open 19:30 start
Venue: Umeda Always
Address:

B1 Treck North Bld. 6-8 Nozaki-cho, Kita Ward, Osaka

Phone: tel: 0668096696
Tickets: ¥3000
Tue 16 April 2024

Trio at 100 Ban Hall, Kobe, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

100BAN Hall (Hyakuban Hall) is a live music space located in a historical building in the foreign former settlement in Kobe. A very exciting and interesting music space where performers and audience can engage 100%.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

 

Time: 19:00 open 19:30 start
Venue: 100 Ban Hall, Kobe, Japan
Address:

2F Takasago Bad. 100 Edo-cho, Chuo ward, Kobe City

Phone: tel: 0783311728
Tickets: ¥3000
Thu 18 April 2024

special session: Quartet at Satone, Osaka, Japan

Very pleased to be back at my favourite Osaka venue: Kishida’s Sotokuan (home of the present mind). The location may have changed, now at Satone, but the core aesthetic of peace, calm, focus and enquiry remain the same. Mao and I look forward to reuniting with guitar master Hiroyuki Tsutsui; this time with the addition of percussionist Masaaki Takano.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Hiroyuki Tsutsui – guitar

Masaaki Takano – percussion

Time: 19:00 open 19:30 start
Venue: Satone, Osaka, Japan
Address:

B1 Empire Bld 1-4-11 Azuchi-machi, Chuo ward, Osaka

Phone: tel: 0649633520
Tickets: ¥2500 plus meal and drink ¥1500
Sat 20 April 2024

Duo at After Hours 1975, Tokyo, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the intimate piano duo format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

Looking forward to being back in Tokyo and playing at this imaginatively conceived venue; subtitled 1975, a coincidence? I think not! 1975 is of course the year of The Köln Concert recording which I interpreted in Tokyo at the beginning of this Japan 2024 tour.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Time: 12:00 open 14:30 start
Venue: After Hours 1975, Tokyo, Japan
Address:

2F, 3-21-1 Koenji kita, Suginami ward, Tokyo

Phone: tel: 0363122463
Tickets: ¥2000 (+1 drink and food)
Sun 21 April 2024

Trio at Kirakudow, Tokyo, Japan

Distinctive and vibrant modern jazz in the classic piano trio format. An exciting UK – Japan collaboration featuring drum legend Yasuhiro Yoshigaki and UK/Japanese bassist Mao Yamada.

Kirakudow is a live music space located in a remarkable historic and classical building in Zelkova forest, Tokyo. So pleased to be returning to this space to finish our Japan 2024 tour. This is where performers and audience are free to travel in many directions and listen to all the voices with infinite patience and attention.

Dorian Ford – piano

Mao Yamada – bass

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki – drums

Time: 14:00 open 14:45 start
Venue: Kirakudow, Tokyo, Japan
Address:

3-41-13 Hayamiya, Nerima Ward, Tokyo

Tickets: ¥4000
Sat 11 May 2024

Our Little Trio at Zedel

Here’s what the PR on OLT has to say:

Paying tribute to some of the most influential jazz trios of the 1950’s and 60’s, Our Little Trio takes its inspiration from the likes of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal.

Working together for over 15 years, the trio has held several long-standing residencies. Its members are regulars at Ronnie Scott’s, The Jazz Cafe, the 606, Pizza Express and many more. The trio have just finished recording their second EP, to be released this summer.

Having delved deep into the music of the period – from the hits, to rare bootlegs and everything in between – Our Little Trio play a carefully curated repertoire of some of the most rhythmically and melodically compelling jazz of the 20th century.

Dorian Ford – Piano

Mao Yamada – Bass

Roy Pfeffer – Drums

Time: 12.30-3.30pm
Venue: Brasserie Zedel
Address:

20 Sherwood St, London W1F 7ED

Phone: 020 7734 4888
Tickets: Music free with an order at your table
Sun 12 May 2024

Our Little Trio at Zedel

Here’s what the PR on OLT has to say:

Paying tribute to some of the most influential jazz trios of the 1950’s and 60’s, Our Little Trio takes its inspiration from the likes of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal.

Working together for over 15 years, the trio has held several long-standing residencies. Its members are regulars at Ronnie Scott’s, The Jazz Cafe, the 606, Pizza Express and many more. The trio have just finished recording their second EP, to be released this summer.

Having delved deep into the music of the period – from the hits, to rare bootlegs and everything in between – Our Little Trio play a carefully curated repertoire of some of the most rhythmically and melodically compelling jazz of the 20th century.

Dorian Ford – Piano

Mao Yamada – Bass

Roy Pfeffer – Drums

 

Time: 12.30-3.30pm
Venue: Brasserie Zedel
Address:

20 Sherwood St, London W1F 7ED

Phone: 020 7734 4888
Tickets: Music free with an order at your table