An evening with Toshi Makihara
Thu, Jun 05
|The Rotunda
Fire Museum Presents | Featuring Fuzai (Victor Vieira-Branco + Toshi Makihara), Jonah Gelbart/Henry Allen/Toshi Makihara trio & Jack Wright/Toshi Makihara duo | The Rotunda | 711 W 40th St, Baltimore, MD 21211 | 730pm | Free/donations appreciated |
Time & Location
Jun 05, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
The Rotunda, 711 W 40th St, Baltimore, MD 21211, USA
About the event
An evening with Toshi Makihara:
Toshi Makihara pursues non-idiomatic free improvised music using percussion and found objects / sound sites. Makihara studied drums and improvisation with Sabu Toyozumi and Butoh with the master Kazuo Ohno in Tokyo. His approach to free improvisation is founded on the process of “Becoming the Sound” without seeking any particular accomplishment.
Toshi will be performing with a variety of improvisors in three different ensembles this evening.
Jack Wright & Toshi Makihara duo:
Jack Wright is a saxophonist in the Philadelphia area, one of the originals of American free improvisation, and still actively touring. Called "Johnny Appleseed of Free Improvisation" by guitarist Davey Williams, his playing consists of distorted pitches, precise timing, intrusive multiphonics, sudden changes of direction, obscene animalistic sounds, and occasional "real" notes. He published a book The Free Musics in 2017.