muzycy:
Mai Sugimoto – saxophone
Quentin Coaxum –trumpet
Katie Ernst – bass
Charles Rumback – drums

Editor's info:
Asian Improv aRts Midwest presents the debut album of up and coming Jazz Saxophonist Mai Sugimoto. She debuted her new album with her group at the 23rd Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival on Nov. 17, 2018. Born/Raised in Japan ~ As a child growing up in suburban Tokyo, Sugimoto was surrounded by her dad s record collection. This soundtrack to her childhood, everything from classical to Motown to jazz, was seminal in her early development. She still remembers the moment that changed everything: hearing Eric Dolphy s At the Five Spot for the first time. Raised/Living in Chicago ~ Fast forward to the present and one can find Sugimoto playing her own saxophone, striving for the same musical magic that moved her to be a musician in the first place.

Mai Sugimoto is a Japanese born saxophonist and composer living in Chicago. She performs frequently throughout the Chicagoland area and is a member of Hanami, a quartet that features her original work and arrangements of Japanese music. Sugimoto draws additional inspiration from Lennie Tristano and his improvisational approach, 90’s and early 00’s J-pop, the Beatles, Glenn Gould, and the creative music scene of Chicago. She continues to channel these inspirations and others into writing for her new quartet which she debuted in 2016. TAGS: Jazz, Music + GCal PREVIOUS EVENT: Fonema Consort – The unknown, my flaws, your building… NEXT EVENT: Decibel Crawl Fest 2018