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The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & Education is a not-for-profit arts organization.
Our mission is to subsidize the operation of our venues, recording projects, tours and educational initiatives.
During this Covid-19 pandemic our mission is to keep the clubs floating until business can be restored.
We will also sponsor live-streamed concerts from the club that will keep the musicians working during this period.
We will also be offering emergency aid for Jazz musicians in need due to this calamity.
Archive
The SmallsLIVE Archive is an audio/video library of all the shows at Smalls & Mezzrow.
Royalties are paid directly to the musicians by The SmallsLIVE Foundation.
Members sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music.
Live Stream
Smalls Jazz Club has been a pioneer in live streaming and began streaming shows live from the venue in 2007.
There is no cost to watch our live streams. During normal operating times the entire evening is streamed.
During this Covid-19 pandemic period there will be special live concerts scheduled in advance.
SmallsLIVE Catalog
The SmallsLIVE Catalog is a collection of individually produced artist projects.
SmallsLIVE Members may sponsor artists of their choice and receive their music as downloads or CDs.
Sponsorships directly support the artist.
Shingo Okudaira
Drums
Recently Added
05/11/2009
Smalls
The Steve Elmer Trio
11/01/2008
Smalls
The Steve Elmer Trio
Upcoming Shows
He was born in Tokyo in 1966. Given a drum set at the age 3 and taught music by his parents who loved music, he studied classical, jazz and African music. Due to his parents' job, in 1971 he moved to New York and after that to Nairobi, Kenya. He came back to Japan to enter primary school in 1974. After having made a sensational debut as a genius drummer at the age of nine, he has become a well-known person in the media. In 1977, he already had his first recital, Sketch Of Africa. And the following year when he had just become 11 years old, he released his first album, Virgin Voyage. Entering junior high school, he worked with Toshihiko Honda (saxophonist) & the Burning Wave. During this period, he was active enough to participate in a lot of recordings including the Burning Wave and some drum sessions. Unfortunately, to complete his education in junior and senior high schools, he had to temporarily give up his professional musical activities. Entering Hosei University, he resumed his musical career by starting to play with Mikio Masuda (pianist) and continuously playing with Fumio Karashima (pianist) Trio, and the like. His resumption as a professional musician convinced the veteran drummers that this skillful drummer who was once considered to be a precocious musician had turned into one of the best young drummers and would become a drumming role model for the next generation. His impressive performances were when he accompanied Mikio Masuda (pianist) and Fumio Karashima (pianist). In their albums released in those days you can tell how skillfully he performed. In 1991, he moved from Tokyo to New York. While performing in sessions, he met Carlos Garnet (saxophonist) in Brooklyn and he became his regular member. He has joined them in three albums so far.In 1995 he released an album called Kilifi which he dad delayed releasing for a long time. He released other solo albums Makonde in 1996 and Alisema in 1998. Now based in New York, he works with Continental Jazz Trio, Kenny Garrett (saxophonist), Tim Armacost (saxophonist), Mark Gross (saxophonist), Gerald Cannon (bassist), Yosuke Inoue (bassist), Fumio Karashima (basist), Duke Jordan (pianist) and so on. He is renowned for being an opinion leader in the Jazz field as well as a young talented jazz musician whose performance is an international level.