{"version":1,"state":"ready_for_manual_post","account":"@openearmedia","feature":{"slug":"carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026","title":"Carmen Staaf and Jorge Roeder meet where the bass line changes hands","pageUrl":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026","eventStartDate":"2026-09-05T19:30:00+09:00","updatedAt":"2026-08-27T01:18:54Z"},"caption":"Who owns the bass line when both instruments can play it?\n\nCarmen Staaf and Jorge Roeder bring piano and double bass to Shinjuku Pit Inn without drums, horn or vocalist. That leaves melody, harmony and time open for reassignment: Staaf’s left hand can anchor or disappear; Roeder can support, counter, sing or make pulse only implied.\n\nThis is an active 2026 project, not a one-night novelty. A California duo date leads into five Japan performances across Shizuoka, Tokyo, Musashino and Kyoto. No shared album or set list is announced. The useful preparation is their method: Staaf’s duet-centered Nearness and Sounding Line, then Roeder’s solo-bass El Suelo Mío and voice-bass Coplas Escondidas.\n\nSAT 5 SEP · doors 19:00 · music 19:30\nSHINJUKU PIT INN · TOKYO\n¥7,150 advance / ¥7,700 day-of · one drink included\nNo stream announced.\n\nFull story: https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026\n\n@carmenstaaf @jorge_roeder @pitinn_shinjuku","hashtags":["#CarmenStaaf","#JorgeRoeder","#TokyoJazz","#PianoBassDuo","#ShinjukuPitInn"],"mentions":[{"role":"piano","name":"Carmen Staaf","handle":"@carmenstaaf","verifiedBySourceId":"carmen-instagram"},{"role":"double bass","name":"Jorge Roeder","handle":"@jorge_roeder","verifiedBySourceId":"roeder-solo-album"},{"role":"venue","name":"Shinjuku Pit Inn","handle":"@pitinn_shinjuku","verifiedBySourceId":"pitinn-instagram"}],"slides":[{"order":1,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026/social/01.jpg","alt":"Cover slide with cyan and orange circles: Carmen Staaf plus Jorge Roeder. It asks who owns the bass line when both instruments can play it and identifies Shinjuku Pit Inn on September 5, 2026.","sha256":"7eb3e46591c74e279bd2a1c05bf5ef4fb454aaecd0defbe209d9d68733645784"},{"order":2,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026/social/02.jpg","alt":"Timeline titled Two Paths into Duet: Roeder’s 2020 solo-bass El Suelo Mío, Staaf’s 2022 piano-drums Nearness, Staaf’s duet-centered 2025 Sounding Line, and the Staaf-Roeder California and five-date Japan project in 2026.","sha256":"1a7ff6a48dd2e8cb7516ecf6a224d1b1dd65209b2c40529e7f9a20190b7bd0f2"},{"order":3,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026/social/03.jpg","alt":"Tokyo club-date details for Saturday, September 5, 2026: doors 19:00 and music 19:30 at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Accord Shinjuku B1, 2-12-4 Shinjuku. Complete duo: Carmen Staaf, piano; Jorge Roeder, double bass. Admission is 7,150 yen advance or 7,700 yen day-of with one drink, and there is no stream.","sha256":"6a6c04d488f3d6d5f72ea7fb250864f5371d04a7bf809a00cb17846fafc866cf"},{"order":4,"url":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026/social/04.jpg","alt":"Verified accounts for pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Jorge Roeder and Shinjuku Pit Inn. The slide credits original Open Ear Media typography and register-map artwork and states that no artist, album or event photography was reused.","sha256":"fd5185cbcffe36beb428979db4f85a494784b8bea0e9bc1af65e4675dfcd4bee"}],"contactSheetUrl":"https://jazzdatebook.com/featured-shows/carmen-staaf-jorge-roeder-tokyo-2026/social/contact-sheet.jpg","altText":"Four-slide Open Ear Media carousel about Carmen Staaf and Jorge Roeder’s Tokyo piano-bass duo. It introduces the shared melody-harmony-time problem, traces their recent duet methods and 2026 project dates, gives the September 5 Pit Inn details, and ends with verified artist and venue handles plus original-art credits.","automaticPostingAllowed":false}