“5 Million Pesos” is a monthly concert and radio broadcast series of young jazz in and from Austria – presented by Radiokulturhaus Vienna and the Ö1 jazz department. In May, the Kenji Herbert Trio graces the stage and airwaves.
Concert: Friday | May 16, 2025 | 20:00 (8 p.m.) | Studio 3
Broadcast: Ö1-Jazznacht, June 21, 2025 (Presentation: Gerhard Graml)
Kenji Herbert Trio
With Kenji Herbert, a genuine globetrotter is now enriching the Viennese jazz scene. Raised in Osaka and Kobe, he studied in Basel and Boston before immersing himself in Brooklyn’s bubbling music scene for around a decade. The Japanese-Austrian guitarist has lived in Vienna since 2021, where he presented his new album “A Million Forests of the Fall” in November 2025 as part of the inaugural Open Jazz Vienna festival.
It was recorded with his colleagues Vinicius Cajado (bass) and Lukas König (drums), who will be playing on this evening: Kenji Herbert impresses here with idiosyncratic contrasts between rock-inspired, energetic grooves and reduced, almost meditative sound tableaus, each of which he celebrates with his own unique sound. The verdict: ear tickling!
In collaboration with the Ö1 jazz editorial team.
Translated from the German original by Arianna Alfreds.