Hi, friends.
This month I would like to show you some photos of the time when my younger
brother Mabumi Yamaguchi was invited to do some workshop with children
at his home town, Karatsu. Mabumi has been playing saxophone for almost
50 years since he was a junior high student. Karatsu City invited to do
this workshop at his arma mater. It was a happy occasion for Mabumi and
also his First fan, Harumi, his sister. I have been his enthusiastic fan
since his first debut at the school festival.
So, please meet my brother.
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Kunpei Nakabayashi is a promising young bass player. |
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Nobuyuki Komatsu beats his drums happily. |
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Mayuko Katakura is back from Juilliard. She is a prize winner of Jazz Disc
Award in 2009. |
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 The Quartet |
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 Junior high drummer |
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 Girls' percussion |
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 Primary school children |
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Their instruments |
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 Let's play! |
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The next day Mabumi and his members held a concert for citizens |
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Mabumi signs on his new CD. |
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Mabumi's highschool friends had a welcome-home-party for him.
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Mabumi played for his friends. Mayuko joined. |
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There 's no place like hometown. Friends were so warm. Thank you.
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Time flies fast. I still remember vividly the highschool festival when
Mabumi played for the first time on a stage. It seems to be just yesterday.
Big audience, say more than 1000! I was proud, and was a little surprised,
since I did not know my little brother (16years old at that time) plays
jazz so well. He went to Keio University in Tokyo, played jazz instead
of studying, and after graduating, he became a professional jazz man.
He is playing mainly in Tokyo.
Thank you for meeting Mabumi.
See you again next month.
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