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14-23 November 2025

May Inoue

May Inoue

Fri 17 November 2023

Stage time / 7:30pm

Doors / 6:30pm

Celebrating the Jazz Clubs

Location

World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens,
3 Ponton Road
Nine Elms
London
SW11 7BD

One of the most talked about and in demand guitarists in Japan and the Far East - be prepared for a dazzling display of guitar playing prowess, musicality and improvisation that will captivate you.

May Inoue he has a string of solo albums to his name, as well as with his electric band, Stereo Champ, plus his acoustic jazz quartet release, Our Platform.


May has recorded alongside Kazumi Watanabe, and played live with Kurt Rosenwinkel. He is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee Music College in the US and has earned various accolades in Japan, not least 'Album of the Year' for his debut EMI record, First Train.


In 2018, the Japanese arts promoter Yokohama Calling brought May to London for the first time where he sold out the Cockpit, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival,


Other notable recordings include his first release as a songwriter, the EP POP MUGIC (2021), a duet album with pianist Ami Ogaeri (2022) and "総総" (2023).


This concert will be May’s third time in London as a band leader. Be prepared for a dazzling display of guitar playing prowess, musicality and improvisation that will captivate you throughout his performance. Not to be missed!

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