Saturday Night Jazz Dtla Presents "modern Jazz & Funk" With Guitarist Yu Ooka at Bar Fedora

SEPT 24th "MODERN JAZZ & FUNK"
with guitarist
YU OOKA
http://yuooka.com
with
Kim Horn - Vocals
Boy Katindig - Keyboards
Hussain Jiffry - Bass
Kenny Elliott - Drums
Born in Osaka, Japan, Ooka moved to L.A. in 2005, where he's played at many LA local live clubs, and has been playing in the Billy Mitchell Group over 10 years.

Yu is also known as “Shamisen player”, who has been surving for traditional Japanese music and culture.(shamisen is a 3 string Japanese banjo.)

Yu’s appearance was Blue Note in Osaka, Sedona Jazz on the Rock, the Music Center of Los Angeles, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), Asian Heritage Jazz Festival, MADCatfish Blues Festival, Levitt Pavillion, Nisei Week Coronation Ball, Nisei Week Closing Ceremony...

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SEPT 24th "MODERN JAZZ & FUNK"
with guitarist
YU OOKA
http://yuooka.com
with
Kim Horn - Vocals
Boy Katindig - Keyboards
Hussain Jiffry - Bass
Kenny Elliott - Drums
Born in Osaka, Japan, Ooka moved to L.A. in 2005, where he's played at many LA local live clubs, and has been playing in the Billy Mitchell Group over 10 years.

Yu is also known as “Shamisen player”, who has been surving for traditional Japanese music and culture.(shamisen is a 3 string Japanese banjo.)

Yu’s appearance was Blue Note in Osaka, Sedona Jazz on the Rock, the Music Center of Los Angeles, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), Asian Heritage Jazz Festival, MADCatfish Blues Festival, Levitt Pavillion, Nisei Week Coronation Ball, Nisei Week Closing Ceremony
He's worked with…Billy Mitchell, Barbara Morrison, Patrice Rushen, Michael Paulo, Janice Johnson(A Taste of Honey), Freeda Payne, Munyungo Jackson, Dr.Bobby Rodriguez, Eric Marienthal, Garret Morris, Brenda Lee Eager, DeeDee Mcneil, Boy Katindig, etc.

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