Kensuke Shoji at Barbès
Kensuke Shoji
Monday, October 21 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Barbès – 376 9th Street (at 6th Avenue), Brooklyn
Suggested Donation: $20
South Slope, Brooklyn, bar and performance space Barbès presents Gifu native Kensuke Shoji. Shoji is a jazz violinist and bluegrass fiddler who joined his father's bluegrass band as a teenager. As a young adult he moved to the U.S. to study jazz violin with Matt Glaser and Christian Howes.
Kensuke Shoji
Dedicated to improvisation, Shoji moved to New York City in 2013 to play with Alex Hargreaves, Barry Harris, Jacob Jolliff, Maria Muldaur, and more. He leads a band every Sunday evening at Sunny's Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and works as a sideman on the road with groups such as Deadgrass and others. Visit Shoji’s website to learn more.
Barbès suggests a donation of $20. Donations are accepted in person on the day of the show or on Barbès’s website.
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