Blog - The Fascinations in-store live: report
The Fascinations in-store live: report
Tonight after work I headed to Shimokitazawa where we met with Tsugumi to go watch The Fascinations playing in-store at Village Vanguard. They played a short 30-minute set of about 6 songs, starting with my favorite "Sail Away" (an original), and also playing "Cool Struttin'", "Take 5" (in their controversial 4/4 version), and closing with "My Funny Valentine" and "Fascinated Groove", which included solos by each musician.
Even though the space wasn't optimal for a full band of their rank, they did a great entertaining set that pleased the small crowd. This time I was mostly mesmerized by keyboard player Norioka Tetsu, who played some really rocking bass on his SH-101 (great monophonic synth that I also own), replacing the absent wood bass player. Drummer Miura-san later came to greet us, and he said that he put together the drum set especially for practice and small venues, it uses a floor tom in place of the bass drum!
After the show, we walked to Ikenoue to have dinner at restaurant Koan, where used to be held the Showa Dance Party event that unfortunately I never got around to checking out. It was the first time we went there and it was delicious! The people were very friendly, the prices cheap (dinner set at ¥1200!!) and the menu holds over 30 plates to choose from! I went for the steak chahan (fried rice) that was suggested to me, and didn't regret it. :)
Posted on April 7, 2007 at 01:31 | Tweet
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