Aya Sekine Trio
Japanese pianist Aya Sekine brings her trio, with Detroit's own Jaribu Shahid on bass and Jonathan Barahal Taylor on drums, to Cliff Bell's in Detroit on Thursday, October 15, at 7:30 p.m. If you like jazz built on rhythm and in-the-moment feeling, this one's for you.
Aya Sekine was born in Osaka Prefecture and works as a pianist, improviser, composer, arranger, educator and visual artist. She studied at Berklee, moved to New York in 1994, and was based in Singapore from 2002, where she started live music nights and founded the nonprofit We Love Jazz SG. She moved to Detroit in 2024, works with local musicians like Wendell Harrison, has played the Detroit Jazz Festival, and teaches at Michigan State University Community Music School Detroit.
The set mixes her originals, written in Singapore, Japan and New York, with deeply personal takes on jazz standards. Expect a strong narrative voice and rhythmic depth rooted in the Black music tradition, shaped by her background as a percussionist.
There are two shows, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner. Seating for Dinner & a Show begins at 6 p.m., and seating for the second show starts at 9 p.m.
The set mixes her originals, written in Singapore, Japan and New York, with deeply personal takes on jazz standards. Expect a strong narrative voice and rhythmic depth rooted in the Black music tradition, shaped by her background as a percussionist.
There are two shows, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner. Seating for Dinner & a Show begins at 6 p.m., and seating for the second show starts at 9 p.m.
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