BRING YOUR MUSIC
TO JAPAN
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Looking some oppotunities to perform your music or make some recordings in Japan?
Kyoto Composers JO supports your performance and recording projects in Japan.
Tell us what you have in mind.
・When
if you are thinking when / when is the good season or...
・Where
jazz clubs, concert hall(Large/Medium/Small) or…
・Who
You come with your score and play with KCJO / You come with some players. We can add missing section. or...
・Recording
We can find good studio and players If you want make your recording.
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Every project is different.
Tell us about your music and what you would like to do in Japan.
We can discuss what KCJO can do to support your project.
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PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Remembrance of a Voice
composed by Patrick Lui
Recorded at Kyoto Art Center on September 3, 2020.
This performance was filmed and recorded with the special support of the City of Kyoto.
Patrick Lui is an award-winning pianist, composer, arranger, and producer based in Hong Kong.
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has performed his original works with internationally recognized artists and jazz orchestras, including the Kyoto Composers Jazz Orchestra and Taipei Jazz Orchestra.
His music has been featured at international jazz festivals and venues across Asia, Europe, and the United States.
In 2024, he collaborated with Shiho and the Kyoto Composers Jazz Orchestra to present his big band arrangements of Hong Kong film music at the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM).
Be Bop
Composed by Dizzy Gillespie
Arranged by Scott Cowen
This performance was recorded in Osaka in 2016.
This arrangement was also featured on the 2015 album Today's Line Up.
Scott Cowan is an award-winning jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator from the United States.
He has performed and collaborated with leading jazz artists and ensembles worldwide, and has held faculty positions at the New England Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music.
Entropy
Composed by Scott Free
This piece was featured on the 2015 album Today's Line Up.
Scott Free is Professor Emeritus of Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music. A guitarist, composer, and arranger, he has performed with leading jazz musicians and ensembles in the United States and internationally.
His compositions and arrangements have been performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
He has also served as a guest clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator at jazz festivals, music schools, and universities around the world, including in Japan, Korea, Europe, and the United States.