General Events

Saturday, July 08, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Jazz, Tango, Pop & Traditional Japanese ​​​​​​​   Award winning Harmonica virtuoso, Joe Powers from Portland, Oregon, Kotoko Furukawa on Piano and Masumi Timson on Koto skillfully blend the esoteric nature of traditional Japanese Koto music with the drama of the...

Saturday, July 01, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Jazz and Pops Standards ​​​​​​​ Taku & Rei have quickly become FCCJ favorites with the charming vocals and stage presence of Rei Hamada and the beautiful piano playing of Taku Yasumi. Taku had an early interest in jazz and Bossa Nova...

Saturday, June 17, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Good Time Roots & American Rock: Summer is finally here so Andy’s Hawaiian shirts fit the season when these FCCJ favorites return for another evening of fun and dancing. The Moonshots music is a potent blend of hard-driving roots rock, blues...

Saturday, June 10, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00   Vibraphone – Jazz & Pops Standards ​​​​​​​ Kiyoko Ami returns to the FCCJ after a popular reception of her unique prior performances. Ami is a jazz vibraphone player who performs in Japan and internationally at the “Jazz Yatra” festival in...

Saturday, June 10, 2017, 11:45 - 16:30 "Once more until the breach, dear friends, once more..." to the FCCJ's "Wooden O" for the final part of the trilogy that we began with "Henry IV Part 1" back in February. The ever-popular "Henry V" is not just a tub-thumping...

Saturday, June 03, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Pops, Bossa, Jazz and Broadway:  Los Angeles native, David Chester's talents as a pianist and songwriter brought him to Tokyo in 1993 where he has performed throughout Japan and every top hotel and club in Tokyo. He has also written more...

Saturday, May 27, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Pianist/vocalist Kayo Hiraki is one of the few Japanese jazz musicians established on New York City's jazz scene, where she plays with some of the best. After playing a session with her, the legendary bassist Ron Carter said: "Rarely have I...

Saturday, May 13, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Jazz & Pops Standards ​​​​​​​ Pianist Jonathan Katz is a fixture in the Tokyo music scene, leading groups both small (his piano trio) and large (the 20-piece Tokyo Big Band), and working as a sideman with jazz greats such as Ray...

Saturday, May 13, 2017, 10:30 - 15:30 F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece novel describing the love of a mysterious rich young man Jay Gatsby during the Jazz Age has been made into movies and dramas several times. Shuichirou Koike, the legendary Takarazuka director, made it into a musical for...

Saturday, April 22, 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 Jazz ​​​​​​​ Six Tokyo-based players who are well recognized on the contemporary jazz scene have come together to perform the compositions and arrangements of leader Mark Tourian. With a repertoire consisting of new interpretations of the jazz standards, as well as,...