home | video | albums | musicians | contact |
We hope that you will enjoy the videos posted below and recommend that you visit (and subscribe to) our YouTube channel (Harmonic Hatchery), where you can find many more:
Quiet and tasteful jazz piano--a distinctive way to enhance the atmosphere of your open-to-the-public venue or your private and/or corporate festivities and special occasions. Superb jazz ensembles of any size can also be provided upon request. Please contact Ron Hadley for more details: ronhadleypianoATgmail.com A live recording made in 2012. Takemi Kakizaki-voice, Akihito Obama- shakuhachi, Liam Hockley-clarinet, Takemi Hirohara-shamisen, Ron Hadley-piano, Rick Kilburn-bass, Takeshi Chiyozono-percussion, Buff Allen-drums
An original, ongoing video story, inspired by that fascinating and enigmatic animal--the tanuki, that spotlights a variety of traditional Japanese performing arts.
An original tune (written by Ron Hadley in 1998) recorded live in 2016. Liam Hockley-clarinet, Ron Hadley-piano, Joey Smith-bass, Buff Allen-drums
Intercultural musical confluence with China, featuring the exquisite pipa playing of Qiu Xia He (何秋霞)with pianist Ron Hadley. Recorded live in 2016.
An 2017 original video that pays jazz homage to the wonderful 12th century Japanese "Bird, Animal and Human Caricatures"(鳥獣人物戯画) scrolls.
A 2010 original video interpretation (filmed on location at Shoujou-ji Temple in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) of the famous Japanese children's song written by Shinpei Nakayama and Ujo Noguchi. Nancy Ruth-voice, Ron Hadley-piano and percussion, Wilmer Fawcett-bass, Raphael Geronimo-percussion, Satoko Oumuta-tanuki dancer, Jim Cameron-saxophone
A 2008 live recording by the Ron Hadley Quintet at the Odaka (Fukushima Prefecture) Cultural Festival. The quintet performs the Japanese pop hit "Ue Wo Muite Arukou" (Well-known in the West as "Sukiyaki")" by Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura. . Jim Cameron- tenor sax; Kyouko Satou-alto sax; Ron Hadley-piano; Takashi Sugawa-bass; Yoshifumi Nihonmatsu-drums |