Discover the next generation of Japan’s thriving jazz scene with Japan Jazz Nights, touring Australia in October 2026, and presented by The Japan Foundation (JF) in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Japan and Australia.
STEREO CHAMP are a band led by guitarist and composer May INOUE. Working from sharp rhythms and improvisation, they make music in which structure and freedom arrive at the same moment. Most of the repertoire is co-written by Inoue and bassist Ren YAMAMOTO. Within these carefully designed structures, each player’s choices and responses accumulate, and the music is remade on the spot every time. The line-up is May INOUE (guitar), Ren YAMAMOTO (bass), Shinpei RUIKE (trumpet), Shota WATANABE (piano, keyboards, synthesiser, kettle), Yasushi FUKUMORI (drums) and James MACAULAY (trombone). Rooted in jazz but never confined by it, their music is where beat, texture and improvisation intersect — and it comes into its own on stage. STEREO CHAMP play music that can only exist in that one moment.
Date: Friday 23 October, 9.30pm - midnight
FREE ENTRY
This will be popular; we recommend booking in advance to secure your table.