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Let’s Try It One More Once
Tuesday, February 15 9pm-1am Blue Whale, Los Angeles CA GF3 Hosts the Blue Whale Jam Session Original Music Night First part of the session will feature tunes by anyone who brings charts Half a decade ago on a Tuesday morning … Continue reading
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Tagged blue whale, gary fukushima, gf3, jam session, jazz, jp maramba, miles senzaki, piano trio
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playing w/ III (feat. Walter Smith III) for LAJC Summer Jazz Festivial 2010 @ The Blue Whale
The Blue Whale is the rarest of creatures. This creature is so rare you may only find a handful of them throughout the world, and if you come across one of them by accident consider yourself lucky. Some of them … Continue reading
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Tagged adam benjamin, ariel alexander, blue whale, damon zick, dave robaire, gary fukushma, jazz, john daversa, jon bremen, kevin kanner, lajc, little tokyo, los angeles jazz collective, mark ferber, matt politano, mike scott, robby marshall, walter smith
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Gary Fukushima Trio @ The Blue Whale Saturday, June 5
GF3 makes its second appearance at this wonderful jazz club. I’m excited for this gig, due to the fact that the Blue Whale recently got a brand new Yamaha grand piano, and because I’ve written a few new pieces that … Continue reading
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Interview for The Jazz Session with Jason Crane
Click here to hear the podcast. We talk about the history of the Los Angeles Jazz Collective and about the creative jazz scene (or lack thereof) in LA, interspersed with lengthy excerpts of music from our sampler. If you ever … Continue reading
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Tagged gary fukushima, interview, jason crane, jazz, jazz collective, los angeles, the jazz session
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Los Angeles Jazz Collective Festival this Sunday @ Vitello's
Brick Wahl in his excellent LA Weekly column Brick’s Picks states: “We’d almost given up on the L.A. Jazz Collective, so seeing their Spring Jazz Fest on Vitello’s calendar this Sunday was a happy surprise.” Don’t give up on us, … Continue reading
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Tagged bob mintzer, brian swartz, brick wahl, gary fukushima, jazz, joe bagg, lajc, los angeles jazz collective, spring jazz fest, vitello's, walter smith
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Gigs!
I’ve been fortunate to have been pretty busy with gigs as of late, a lot of interesting varied performances, which is both fun and stressful due to how intricate most of the music is and how little time I have … Continue reading
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Tagged csun, foundry, gary fukushima, gigs, jazz, kai kurosawa, metropol, northridge, oyster house
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Gary Fukushima Trio @ The Blue Whale March 12
Well, it’s been months since our last trio gig, but I’m really looking forward to this one. The Blue Whale is a new club that has opened in Little Tokyo, in Weller Court on the corner of 2nd and San … Continue reading
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Tagged blue whale, gary fukushima, jazz, jazz piano, little tokyo, los angeles, trio
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AAJF in Chicago
They’ve been doing it for years over there, and it’s happening this weekend. Here’s a nice preview in the Chicago Tribune. Also a nice feature in NPR’s new blog, A Blog Supreme. Taco Bell, anyone? Us Angelenos get a nice … Continue reading
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Tagged asian american jazz festival, chicago, jazz, los angeles, tatsu aoki
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