Yoshio Suzuki, a bassist who represents Japan and a composer known as "Chin-san," has had stints with a wide range of famous groups both domestic and international, including Sadao Watanabe and Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, and has continued to captivate fans with his engaging performances in his popular bands EAST BOUNCE and BASS TALK. To commemorate his 80th birthday, he will appear at Billboard Live Yokohama in "Jazz Town." This time, on stage as The Blend—a unit featuring five exceptional players who stand at the vanguard of J-Jazz: Kosuke Mine (Sax), Keisuke Nakamura (Tp), Hakuei Kim (Pf), Tamaya Honda (Dr)—as they unfold a fiercely driven and beautifully intense jazz. What The Blend draws is the fusion of jazz's inherent "freedom" and the band’s own "precise ensemble"—the hallmark of a collective. Don’t miss this special Birthday performance to savor Yoshio Suzuki's world.