Murasaki Ensemble Jazz Quartet at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
2019/6/27
The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco is partnering with the 2019 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival to present a special lunchtime concert by Murasaki Ensemble, a jazz quartet featuring the koto (Japanese zither) and Japanese and world music themes.
This concert is free and open to the public. Please come and enjoy this special show.
This concert is free and open to the public. Please come and enjoy this special show.
Program Details
Date: Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Time: 12:30PM–1:30PM
Venue: Yerba Buena Gardens Stage, Esplanade (On Howard Street, between 3rd and 4th St., San Francisco)
Admission: Free and open to the public
Time: 12:30PM–1:30PM
Venue: Yerba Buena Gardens Stage, Esplanade (On Howard Street, between 3rd and 4th St., San Francisco)
Admission: Free and open to the public
About Murasaki Ensemble
Centering on the melodies of the Japanese koto played by Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto, the band melds an array of rhythms generated by percussion legend Vince Delgado on Arabic tabla, Latin congas and bongos, and the Egyptian frame-drum riqq with basslines by Mark Heshima Williams and the blues-infused guitar grooves of Jeff Massanari. A master of the ancient 13-string koto, Muramoto founded the group as a vehicle to radically reimagine traditional Japanese melodies. Together, the Murasaki Ensemble delivers a transporting musical experience, producing a sound that is both enticingly familiar and utterly unexpected.