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SHARING AN AFTERNOON WITH COMPOSER "YOTA" TANAKA

10/19/2017

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   So happy to spend another afternoon with my gentle composer and pianist  friend, "Yota" Tanaka. 
   We met on Maui in 2002,
connected instantly, and from that time we make it a point to have lunch and catch up with each other whenever I am in Tokyo.
   It was lightly raining when Yota arrived at my hotel.  Umbrellas hoisted, we walked along Gaien Dori
to Tsurutontan, an upscale Udon restaurant near Roppongi Crossing I'd discovered in 2009.  I highly recommend their tempura udon with their special wide noodles.
   We'd exchanged family information on the walk, and over our bowls of delicious  udon we resumed our dialogue on mujo (the transience of everything), the preciousness of NOW, of Goodness, Trump, Kim Jong Un
(he shuddered telling me that Kim's army band has same name as his orchestra: The Milky Way), nuclear weapons, the purpose of life. Yota, an optimist and dreamer, wistfully said it was too late to get on a space ship and leave if things get really bad.  
   It was another precious time punctuated by lots of laughs, sips of beer, and a gift of his latest CD.  His group, the Eiken trio, gives performances all over Japan.  Yota has created a sound and level of feeling in his music that is at once nostalgic, open-hearted, and optimistic (just like the man). Below is a sample of Yota's composition  Iwaka Eiken playing panflute:

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MUSICIAN-COMPOSER, "YOTA" TANAKA in Roppongi, Tokyo
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COMPOSER "YOTA" TANAKAで午後を共有する
私の穏やかな作曲家でピアノの友人である "Yota" Tanakaと別の午後を過ごすことができてとてもうれしいです。
   私たちは2002年にマウイで瞬時に出会い、その時から私は東京にいるときはいつもお昼を食べてお互いに追いつくことがポイントになります。
   
ヨータが私のホテルに到着したとき、それは軽く雨でした。傘が上がり、2009年に発見された六本木交差点付近の高級なうどんレストランTsurutontanへ、外苑通りを歩いていきました。特別なワイドラーメンで天ぷらうどんをお勧めします。
   
私たちは歩き回って家族の情報を交換しました。美味しいうどんの上に私たちはムジョ(すべての過渡期)、今の貴重さ、グッドネス、トランプ、金ジョンウンの対話を再開しました
(彼は、金の軍隊が彼のオーケストラと同じ名前をしていることを私に伝えました:The Milky Way)、核兵器、人生の目的。楽観主義者であり、夢見ているヨータ氏は、宇宙船に乗って物事が本当に悪くなるのでは、残念だと言った。
   
笑い、ビールの詰め合わせ、最新のCDのプレゼントなど、貴重な時を過ごしました。彼のグループ、エイケントリオは、日本全土で公演を行う。ヨーータは、懐かしく心が開いて楽観的である(彼と同じように)彼の音楽の音と感情のレベルを作り出しました。以下はYotaの構成のサンプルです。

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