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Item type: image Tags: san_jose_taiko pj_hirabayashi music entertainment taiko drums 1st_and_central_summer_concerts_2007 janm Part of these collections: San Jose Taiko and CAVA - 1st and Central Summer Concerts 2007 Uploaded by: eishida All rights reserved |
This picture of PJ Hirabayashi was taken at the 1st and Central Summer Concerts 2007 event outside of the Japanese American National Museum on July 26, 2007 at 6:30pm. San Jose Taiko was the featured group that night, and they traveled all the way down to Los Angeles to perform for us.
San Jose Taiko was founded in 1973, and is under the artistic directorship of Roy and PJ Hirabayashi. SJT mixes the beats of traditional Japanese drumming with African, Balinese, Brazilian, Latin and jazz percussion rhythms as well. The group currently has 15 performing members and three apprentices.
Photographed by Richard Murakami.