Choro Club

Members: Shigeharu Sasago Oh Akioka and Jyoji Sawada. CHORO CLUB The bandolim performer Oh Akioka has his roots in Brazilian music although he is active in a wide variety of genres and is not bound by any one specific style. Shigeharu Sasago is a unique guitarist who has created his own highly distinctive style through the absorption of Brazilian groove. The double bassist Jyoji Sawada is also a wellknown composer of contemporary music. He sensitively supports the sound of Choro Club from below. The acoustic string trio Choro Club was formed in 1989 by three musicians each with his own distinctive character and musical aspirations. They recorded their first album in 1990. The groups name is taken from the choro a style of instrumental music with its origins in Rio de Janeiro. While generating the mood of the choro they create a musical world sometimes intense and sometimes sentimental through the exercise of their highly original collective sensibility. Almost all the numbers on their previous albums were composed by the members of the trio themselves. It isnt possible to assign the music of Choro Club to any standard category. Thats because the sound created by these three musicians is truly unique. Over the past decade Choro Club have performed not only in standard concert halls and clubs but also in a wide variety of venues including classical concert halls art museums galleries aquariums botanical gardens Shinto shrines beer breweries and various other openair locations and at jazz festivals. The music of Choro Club has been highly praised for its creativity even in Brazil the country of origin of the choro. They recorded their third album in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro and a solo openair concert they gave on that occasion organized by the Department of Tourism of the City of Rio de Janeiro was attended by as many as 3000 people and was given prominent coverage along with the scene of recording by localnewspapers and TV and radio broadcasts. In 1995 Choro Club was sponsored by the Japan Foundation on a concert tour of six Latin American countries including Brazil. Subsequently in 2003 they collaborated with Tomi Taira a wellknown actress from Okinawa on an original musical play NIRAIKANAI at Sao Paulo Brazil. Choro Club has released 3 albums in 2005 PREVENDO from King records then the soundtrack for ARIA the popular Japanese TV animation released by Victor Entertainment and their greatest hits album REVENDO from BMG which includes a selection of their works from 1990 to 1994. And in 20062008released 2 more soundtracks for ARIAseries. In 2009 just released their latest album Trilogia from VideoArts Music Inc. Choro Club have established their own unprecedented and unique sound for 20 years they have been working together. The members of Choro Club strive to achieve not only a high degree of musical sophistication but also a truly adult sense of relaxation and pleasure. Their music continues to offer universal potential. Source: http://www.players.ne.jp/choro/profe.html