Jazz in Japan | Lerheim, Arntzen, Yagi, and Honda Chrome Hill Duo Meets Dōjō – Live at Aketa no Mise
By Michael Pronko Bringing together the Norwegian jazz quartet, or two of them, with Dojo, the Japanese improvisational koto and drum duo, was an inspired bit of experimental madness. One that works marvelously. Recorded live at the classic hole-in-the-wall underground club Aketa No Mise on a tour during the middle of the pandemic, the four […]
Salt Peanuts | Asbjørn Lerheim,Roger Arntzen,Michiyo Yagi & Tamaya Honda – Chrome Hill Duo meets Dōjō: Live at Aketa No Mise
By Eyal Hareuveni This musical summit of the Norwegian Chrome Hill Duo – guitarist Asbjørn Lerheim and double bassist Roger Arntzen (without Chrome Hill’s sax player Atle Nymo and drummer Torstein Lofthus) and the Japanese Dōjō Duo – innovative koto player Michiyo Yagi and drummer Tamaya Honda, was a dream come true. Lerheim and Arntzen […]