Yosuke Inoue and Ken Aoki Solo & Solo Concert

Yosuke Inoue, one of Japan's top jazz bassists, and Ken Aoki, a banjo player inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame, will perform a Solo & Solo concert. This is a rare opportunity for two leading musicians of different genres to perform together! Early reservations are recommended.

2026.1.31 (Sat) OPEN 14:45 / START 15:30
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Yosuke Inoue, bass player, started his professional career as a student at Osaka College of Music, and after moving to Tokyo, worked with Motohiko Hino and Hikiko Sakura before moving to New York in 1991. Since moving to Japan in 2004, he has been a sought-after first call for many top players in the jazz world. He has been active as a first call for many top players in Japan since moving to Japan in 2004. He has been a leader of the jazz world in Japan as a top bassist, receiving a great deal of support from the best musicians in the Japanese jazz world, including Katsumi Watanabe and Junko Ohnishi. He has released 11 leader albums, and in 2025 will release "Walking Alone," the first solo collection of his career.

Ken Aoki / Banjo player Ken Aoki is a banjo player who was familiar with prewar music played on phonographs, such as "Jazz Songs" (Kimi Koishi, My Blue Sky, Arabiya no Uta) sung by Sadao Nimura and others, and was particularly attracted to the banjo sound used in those songs, At the age of 13, he picked up his first banjo and taught himself to play the four-string banjo used in Dixieland jazz. He has performed with numerous Dixieland and swing jazz musicians, bluegrass and jug band players, orchestras, and brass bands, as well as soloists and singers, and has captivated audiences with his joyful stage presence and brilliant technique. He is one of the few banjo soloists in Japan and has been invited to perform abroad, and was inducted into the American Banjo Hall of Fame in 2024 and released a collection of his solo performances, "Banjo, Full of Joy," in 2025.