Sabu Toyozumi Announces Eight-Show New Zealand Tour

Pioneering free improv drummer Sabu Toyozumi will be gracing our shores this month for an eight-show tour. The Japanese artist, whose career spans across five decades and has seen him work with a huge array of artists from jazz icon Charles Mingus to noise maverick Keiji Haino, will be making his debut on New Zealand soil with a specially formed quartet featuring Jeff Henderson (saxaphone), Tom Callwood (bass) and Daniel Beban (guitar). Here are the tour details..

Sabu Toyozumi NZ Quartet

Wednesday 15th March, Wine Cellar, Auckland
Thursday 16th March, Common Room, Hastings
Friday 17th March, Pyramid Club, Wellington
Saturday 18th March, Pyramid Club, Wellington
Wednesday 22nd March, None Gallery, Dunedin
Thursday 23rd March, Darkroom, Christchurch
Friday 24th March, Tim’s Place, Marahau
Saturday 25th March, Dharma Bum’s Club, Blenheim

Presale tickets for Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin available HERE and UTR, and in-store at Flying Out (AKL), RPM and Slow Boat (WTN), Relics Music (DUN).

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PRESS RELEASE:

Audio Foundation and sound explorers are proud to present one of the greatest living improvising drummers – Sabu Toyozumi from Japan.

Sabu has performed with a who’s who of jazz and avant-garde greats from Charles Mingus to Keiji Haino to Les Rallizes Denudes. For his first ever NZ tour Sabu will perform throughout the country with Daniel Beban (Orchestra of Spheres), Tom Callwood (The Phoenix Foundation) and Jeff Henderson (Audio Foundation).