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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Jazz legend Yamashita reprises 1969 'gate-crash' concert

Haruki Murakami, left, and Yosuke Yamashita pose for photos in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday after the "Sai-rannyu Live" concert. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita performed at Waseda University on Tuesday, reprising a concert he gave there during a student riot in July 1969.

Novelist Haruki Murakami planned the Tuesday concert at the university's Okuma Auditorium in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. The reprise was titled "Sai-rannyu Live" (Another gate-crash concert) after the 1969 concert, which was dubbed the "Rannyu Live" (Gate-crash concert).

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