Akira Sakata Concert History

Akira Sakata (Japanese: 坂田明) was born in Kure-city, Hiroshima in 1945. Studied marine biology at Hiroshima university. In 1969 he formed a group Saibo-bunretsu (Cell fission) in Tokyo , and was also performing with various free-jazz musicians. He joined Yamashita Yosuke Trio from 1972 till 1979. In 1980 he formed his trio and its three month tour in Japan elicited a great public response. Its performance during this period was released as a live album POCHI.

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Jan 31, 2025	Akira Sakata Centro D'Arte 25 Setlists	Sala Dei Giganti	Padua, Veneto, Italy
Sep 16, 2023	Akira Sakata / Entasis	de Singer	Rijkevorsel, Flanders, Belgium
Mar 10, 2023	Akira Sakata	Paviljoen Ongehoorde Muziek	Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
May 02, 2018	Akira Sakata	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Apr 30, 2018	Akira Sakata / Giovanni Di Domenico / John Edwards (bassist) / Steve Noble	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
May 21, 2015 – May 23, 2015	Jazz Cerkno 2015 Marc Ribot / The Ex / Ken Vandermark / John Edwards / Marcin Wasilewski / Ches Smith / Paal Nilssen-Love / Aki Takase / Nate Wooley / Akira Sakata / Steve Noble / Shahzad Ismaily / Johan Berthling / Michel Lambert / Igor Matkovic		Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

May 19, 2015	Akira Sakata	Fasching	Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan 15, 2014	Akira Sakata / Giovanni Di Domenico / John Edwards / Steve Noble	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
Jan 12, 2014	Akira Sakata	OCCII	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Nov 04, 2011	Akira Sakata	Alter Schlachthof	Wels, Austria
Nov 02, 2011	Akira Sakata / Chris Corsano / Darin Gray	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 01, 2011	Akira Sakata / Chris Corsano / Darin Gray	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 29, 2011	Akira Sakata	Kings Place Hall Two	London, England, United Kingdom

Oct 27, 2011	Akira Sakata	Dragon	Poznan, Greater Poland, Poland
Nov 07, 2009	Akira Sakata / Jeff Parker / Nate Mcbride / John Herndon / Mike Reed's People / Places and Things / Bobby Bradford / Vox Arcana / DJs John Corbett / Mike Reed's Loose Assembly / Roscoe Mitchell	Hideout	Chicago, Illinois, United States
May 11, 2009	Akira Sakata	Super Deluxe	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mar 12, 2009	Akira Sakata / Yumi Hara Cawkwell / Charles Hayward	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 08, 2009	Akira Sakata / Yumi Hara Cawkwell / Asaf Sirkis	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 14, 2008	Akira Sakata	Rheinufer	Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Genres:

Jazz

Experimental

Avant-Garde

Jazz Fusion

Japanese

Free Jazz

Fusion

Experimental Jazz

Indie Jazz

Avant-Garde Jazz

Free Improvisation

Avantgarde

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Concerts Per Year:

2025	1 concert
2023	2 concerts
2018	2 concerts
2015	2 concerts
2014	2 concerts
2011	5 concerts
2009	4 concerts
2008	1 concert

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