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    Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble
    Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble

    Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble (ONJE) was a Japanese electroacoustic improv/free jazz/experimental group directed by a composer, sound producer, turntablist and guitarist Otomo Yoshihide as an expansion to his [url=https://discogs.com/artist/167872]New Jazz Quintet[/url] and preceding an even larger [url=https://discogs.com/artist/376530]Orchestra[/url]. Yoshihide initially brought together the 9-piece Ensemble in the autumn of 2001 to record a follow-up to ONJQ's debut album [url=https://discogs.com/release/221780]Flutter[/url], which came out a few months earlier on John Zorn's New York-based label Tzadik. The [url=https://discogs.com/release/202760]Dreams[/url] CD was published in March 2002 and included four songs by guest vocalists Jun Togawa and Phew, promoted by Zorn as the "first release outside of Japan featuring two of Japan's quirkiest underground pop stars."

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    In the summer of 2004, the New Jazz Ensemble gave its first live concerts in Japan, performing as a septet with Sachiko M, Alfred Harth on saxophones, who also became the Quintet's fifth member after Kikuchi left in February '04, and Kumiko Takara (vibraphone). ONJE participated in several European festivals, including Era New Horizons in Cieszyn, Poland and Festival MIMI in Marseille, France. In 2005, the Ensemble embarked on a largescale tour with nine musicians plus Kahimi Karie as a guest vocalist, performing 15+ shows in March and May in Japan, France, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and the UK. A few tracks from ONJE's performance at Banlieues Bleues festival in northern suburbs of Paris, including Eric Dolphy's "Hat & Beard," Jim O'Rourke's "Eureka" and Charlie Haden's "Song For Che," subsequently appeared on Otomo's 2011 Music(s) DVD compilation.

    Initial line-up (Sept/Nov 2001)
    Otomo Yoshihide — electric & acoustic guitars, prepared acoustic guitar
    Tsugami Kenta — alto & soprano saxophones
    Hiroaki Mizutani — contrabass
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki — drums, trumpet, percussion
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi — soprano & tenor saxophones
    Sachiko M — sinewaves
    Tatsuki Masuko — Yamaha DX7, Roland SH-101, effects, noises
    Jun Togawa — vocals, crystal microphone
    Phew — vocals

    Live ONJE septet (2004)
    Otomo — guitars
    Tsugami — saxophones
    Mizutani — bass
    Yoshigaki — drums
    Sachiko M — sinewaves
    Alfred Harth — reeds
    Kumiko Takara܍ — vibraphone
    ܍ at some shows, Phew — vocals

    Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Big Band (July 2004)
    One live performance at Tzadik, Kyoto
    Otomo — guitars
    Harth — reeds
    Tsugami — saxophones
    Mizutani — bass
    Yoshigaki — drums
    Sachiko M — sinewaves
    Takara — vibraphone
    Masayasu Tzboguchi — french horn
    Ko Ishikawa — sho
    Kahimi Karie — vocals

    Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble Film Special (Nov 2004)
    One concert, performing a live soundtrack for "Keisatsukan" silent film at Yurakucho Asahi Hall, Tokyo
    Otomo — composition, guitar, misc
    Tsugami — saxophone
    Takara — vibraphone, percussion
    Yoshigaki — drums, trumpet
    Hirohiko Otsubo — contrabass
    Tatsuro Kondo — harmonica, keyboards
    Taisei Aoki — trombone

    Live ONJE nonet (March-May 2005)
    Otomo — guitars
    Harth — reeds
    Tsugami — saxophones
    Mizutani — bass
    Yoshigaki — drums
    Sachiko M — sinewaves
    Takara — vibraphone
    Mats Gustafsson — tenor & baritone saxophones
    Axel Dörner — trumpet

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