First Recording Day Japan
8-9-2015 2 Days of studio time This was the day, the day we were going to start recording the new album, Joris Posthumus Group, Tokyo’s Badboys. Satoshi was going to pick me up from the hotel around 9:45, we had to be in NK Sound …
Japan seventh Day
7-9-2015 First free day This day I had no plans really, but as always I could not just rest and do nothing, it’s not in my nature. I started off by walking the city for a bit this morning. It’s very special to walk around …
Japan Sixth Day
6-9-2015 The sixth day, of to Tokyo for last concert at Tagen This morning Satoshi and I had to check out of the hotel in Kashiwa around 12:00. We had to move to Tokyo, where we were going to play the last show before heading …
Japan Fifth Day
5-9-2015 The fifth day, of to Narita As usual I started my day with a coffee at the Starbucks. Today we had to take a little drive to Narita, where there is a cool club I also played last year, Cloud 9. Together with my …
Japan fourth day
4-9-2015 The fourth day, playin at Ups I started my daily routine this morning, getting my coffee at Starbucks, I was thinking about the concert from last night at studio woo. My expectations about the band, the songs and the way they grew on this …
Japan third Day
3-9-2015 The third day, restless and ready for studio woo I went out early this morning to get a good cup of coffee. My hotel was very close to a train station and so there I found a Starbucks coffee place. To be in Starbucks …
Japan Second Day
2-9-2015 Second day, rehearsal, food and…… food. The second day I had planned a rehearsal to check out the tunes with the whole band. Shunishi, my piano player had booked a room for us, five train stops from my hotel. Together with Satoshi we jumped …
Japan First Day
1-9-2015 First Day, departure and arrival. On the first of September 2015 I started my second adventure to Japan, to record my new album with some great Japanese musicians, whom I had met on my last tour to Japan, October 2014. I was dropped off by …
New Band Project-Tokyo Jazz Group
Last year, october 2014 I was invited by the Japanese alto Yuichiro Tokuda to come to Japan for a period of 15 days, for a tour with Japanese musicians. This was a very succesful tour and I met some great Japanese musicians. Back in the …
My Selmer SBA Overhaul by Daniel Daemen
As part of my preperation for my upcoming album recording in Tokyo, Japan i brought my Selmer SBA alto to master repairman Daniel Daemen for a complete overhaul. This man knows his stuff so check him out if you need work done on your horn. …
