HANAMI
21st Century Modern • United States
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The band Hanami, an unusual melding of electric guitar, saxophone/ clarinet, bass clarinet, and drums, will release their sophomore album, The Only Way to Float Free, on April 22nd 2016. The work is a homage to band members’ pasts in Japan as well as their present in Chicago; it’s jazz without certain signifiers of jazz, infused instead with rock & roll, unexplored spaces, and the idea of water. They’ll be taking the album on the road in April, and premiering a short film to promote one of the tracks on April 22nd 2016.
When guitarist Andrew Trim and multi-reedist Mai Sugimoto came together in 2011 to raise funds for the victims of Japan’s Tohoku tsunami, it was intended to be a one-off concert. But the concert turned into band “Hanami,” (named for the Japanese custom of experiencing the fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms), and the band recorded a debut album
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21st Century Modern
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