{"id":130362,"date":"2026-03-03T16:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/evento\/benjamin-herman-trio-ft-tomoaki-baba\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:01:09","slug":"benjamin-herman-trio-ft-tomoaki-baba","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/event\/benjamin-herman-trio-ft-tomoaki-baba\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Herman trio ft Tomoaki Baba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Benjamin Herman<\/strong> alto sax \u00b7 <strong>Jimmi Hueting<\/strong> drums \u00b7<strong> Thomas Pol<\/strong> doublebass \u00b7<strong> Tomoaki Baba<\/strong> tenor sax<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3297\" data-end=\"3647\">Inspired by Tokyo\u2019s hyper-eclectic underground scene, jazz saxophonist <strong>Benjamin Herman<\/strong> once again expands the boundaries of his musical universe with his new project <em data-start=\"3463\" data-end=\"3483\">The Tokyo Sessions<\/em>. Together with <strong>Thomas Pol<\/strong> (double bass) and <strong>Jimmi Jo Hueting<\/strong> (drums), he creates a sonic landscape where acoustic jazz merges with driving electronics and samples.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3649\" data-end=\"4094\"><em data-start=\"3649\" data-end=\"3669\">The Tokyo Sessions<\/em> was recorded in April 2025 at the iconic Studio Dede in Tokyo, under the direction of engineer <strong>Akihito Yoshikawa<\/strong>. For these sessions, Herman invited some of Japan\u2019s most respected musicians, including noise legend <strong>Otomo Yoshihide<\/strong> (guitar), tenor saxophonist <strong>Tomoaki Baba<\/strong> and trumpeter<strong> Shinpei Ruike<\/strong>. The album also features traditional Japanese wind instruments performed by <strong>Akihito Obama<\/strong> (shakuhachi) and <strong>Ko Ishikawa<\/strong> (sh\u014d).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4096\" data-end=\"4403\">Back in the Netherlands, <strong>Herman<\/strong> further developed the recordings with producer <strong>Jimmi Jo Hueting<\/strong>, shaping them into a full-length album blending jazz, no wave and free improvisation. A tribute to Japan\u2019s multifaceted musical culture, from underground jazz clubs to anime soundtracks and Japanese salon music.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4405\" data-end=\"4692\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For the tour presenting the new album, the trio will be joined by special guest <strong>Tomoaki Baba<\/strong>, one of Japan\u2019s leading contemporary jazz saxophonists, known for his album <em data-start=\"4574\" data-end=\"4590\">Electric Rider<\/em> (Universal Music, 2024) and for his contribution to the soundtrack of the animated film <em data-start=\"4679\" data-end=\"4691\">Blue Giant<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Herman alto sax \u00b7 Jimmi Hueting drums \u00b7 Thomas Pol doublebass \u00b7 Tomoaki Baba tenor sax Inspired by Tokyo\u2019s hyper-eclectic underground scene, jazz saxophonist Benjamin Herman once again expands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":130363,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[51],"estado_evento":[],"tribe_events_cat":[52],"class_list":["post-130362","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jazz","tribe_events_cat-concert","cat_concert"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/130362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/130362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130370,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/130362\/revisions\/130370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130362"},{"taxonomy":"estado_evento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/estado_evento?post=130362"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamboreejazz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=130362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}