JUNKO UMIHARA & AKIRA ISHI DUO & DUET

JUNKO UMIHARA & AKIRA ISHI DUO & DUET

JUNKO UMIHARA (vo) & AKIRA ISHI(p)

We welcome you to enjoy the great performance of JUNKO UMIHARA & AKIRA ISHI DUO & DUET at The Adirondack Cafe.

Ofcourse the music is amazing but also the food and drinks are splendid.

We offer Burgers, Philladelphia Sandwich, Apple Pie, Cakes , Coffee, Beer, variety of Whiskey's and it goes on.

At Adirondack Cafe you will experience the jazz live in close up.

Please reserve before you come or give us a call to see if their are open seats.

JUNKO UMIHARA (vo)

Junko Umihara Graduated
from Tokyo Jikei University of Medicine From
the age of 19 to 24, she worked as an exclusive singer at a club in Shinjuku and earned living expenses and graduated from university.
At the age of 25, he sang the theme song of the Fuji TV drama from Phonogram and released it.
Although she made her major debut, she became a doctor and sealed her music activities.

Doctor of Medicine, Psychosomatic Physician, Industrial Physician,
Visiting Professor, Diversity Organization, Showa Women's University (2023~),
Visiting Researcher, Harvard University (2008~2010),
Health Ambassador, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2007~2017)
Specially Appointed Professor, Nippon Medical University (2012-2022) Member
of the Mental Health Benchmark Expert Committee of CCLA (2022~)
Executive Director, Japan Association for the Prevention of Lifestyle-related Diseases, Director of
the Japanese Society of Positive Psychology Medicine, Councilor of

the Japanese Society of Stress She is a councilor of
the Seikai Medical Association of Tokyo Jikei University of Medicine and a director of the Social Contribution Support Foundation.

Jiji News Agency "Dr Junko's Medical Salon" writing, Yahoo! News Writes and publishes as a personal author.
From November 2013 ~ March 2014, she worked in various parts of Tohoku as the general manager of the Reconstruction Agency's "Mental Health Support Project".
she won the 28 Japan Stress Society Award for his research paper on the disaster-stricken area.
Yomiuri Shimbun "Life Guide" respondent.
Mainichi Shimbun and Sunday edition "Supplement of the Heart", serialized.
Her recent books include "Today is a Small Life" (Asa Publishing), "Why Men Are So Suffering" (Asahi Shimbun Publishing), "Happiness Power and How to Create Happiness" (Ushio Publishing), "Supplements for the Mind in Difficult Times" (Mainichi Shimbun), Deep Breathing of the Mind (Fujintomosha), Assertive Training Guidebook (Kongo Publishing)
She started her music activities again in 1999.
In the fall of 2019, she released the jazz album "RONDO", which includes the original.
In the fall of 2021, she created a jazz album including the original, and a two-disc album as an attempt to collaborate on music and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic. "Then and Now" (with talk CD) was released.
It is also distributed as a project of "Jazz and Little Stories Evening".

AKIRA ISHI(p)

Born in Kawasaki City.

While studying composition at Osaka College of Music, he was shocked to hear Bill Evans and aspired to become a pianist.

After graduating, he began working in Kansai and moved his base to Tokyo in '91.
He met Toshio Osumi (DS) and joined the trio. He met numerous players and vocalists and began to perform, compose, arrange, and produce.
He has participated in the Hino Komasa (TP) Quintet since 98 and is greatly influenced by the late Motohiko Hino (DS).

In 2001, he released his first leader album "Voices in The Night" (EWE) with an original trio consisting of Masayuki Tawarayama (b) and Yoshito Eto (ds), followed by his solo album "Presence" (EWE) in 02, and released a duo album with Steve Swallow (b) recorded in New York called "That Early September" (EWE). In 03 and 04, the trio released "Synchronicity" (EWE) and "Embrace" (EWE) and continued their energetic activities.

In 2010, he wrote his first book, "Transcendent Jazz Piano" (Ritto Music).

In 2011, he released the solo piano album "a~inspiration from muse" (Studio TLive Records).
In the same year, Tomokazu Sugimoto (B) was newly welcomed as a trio, breaking new ground. He also formed a new quartet. The sound consisting of Shinpei Ryuke (TP), Ryu Kawamura (B), and Yoshito Eto (DS) is not only an enlarged trio, but also a unique sound world is expanding. As the culmination of this trio and quartet sound, they released "Endless Flow" (Studio TLive Records) in June 2014.

In 2017, he formed the "Chamber Music Trio". They are aiming for a new expression as a jazz trio featuring two stringed instruments, Takashi Sugawa (VC) and Tomokazu Sugimoto (b).

In addition, he participated in the piano trio of Scene of Jazz (Daiki Yasukagawa, Masahiko Osaka) and Boys Trio (Hideaki Kanazawa, Shun Ishiwaka). Yugengo ~ YU-GEN-KYO (Motohiko Ichino GT, Hiroshi Yoshino B, Shota Koyama DS) Quartet will also be hosted.

Its wide range of musicality even gives the listener a multifaceted impression, but at the root of it is always a sincere attitude towards music and an overflowing and flexible vitality. These are sublimated into art by their unique rich expressiveness and excellent sense of balance, and they have attracted many people.

The Adirondack Cafe 

Toyko Chiyodaku kanda jinbocho 1-2-9 Wealth building 4th FL

Postol Code 101-0051

03-5577-6811

adirondackjp86@gmail.com

Open hours 

Lunch Time Monday-Friday: 12pm-３pm

Dinner Time  Monday-Friday: ５pm-１０pm 

※ Friday open until 11pm

※ Third week of Thursday are 12pm-10pm due to event 

Saturday 12pm‐11pm

Closed days ：Sunday & Holidays 

Live Shows : Tuesday Night & Wednesday night & 3rd week of Saturday lunch

Jam Session : Every 2nd week of Monday night 

Saturday Lunch time are SP Record Concert 

Check out for more details on our website 

Adirondackcafejp.com

Where you'll enjoy jazz. Fine food and beverages.