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Sumi Tonooka (pronounced To-NO-ka) has been called a “fierce and fascinating composer and pianist” (Jazz Times), “provocative and compelling” (New York Times), and “continually inventive, original, surprising, and a total delight,” (Cuadranos de Jazz, Madrid). During a career spanning more than 30 years that has taken her from bases in Philadelphia & Boston, to New York & Seattle, Tonooka has been developing a body of work that surprises and delights audiences - quietly piling up accolades from jazz writers and fellow musicians. In 2013, the American Composers Orchestra and The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, in cooperation with EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discover Network, presented Tonooka's first work for symphony ochestra as part of the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) Readings

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Leigh Pilzer, Tyshawn Sorey, Jackie McLean, and Sun Ra

by Jerome Wilson
October 21, 2026

This episode features recent music by Leigh Pilzer and Tyshawn Sorey along with older work by Jackie McLean and Sun Ra. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Sumi Tonooka “Mingus Mood" from Now (ARC) 1:05 ...

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Alchemy Sound Project: Under the Surface

Read "Under the Surface" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
July 9, 2026

Formazione dall'identità mutevole, Alchemy Sound Project era già stata autrice di eccellenti lavori, tra i quali Further Explorations, uscito una decina di anni fa. Questa sua ultima fatica presenta tutta musica della pianista Sumi Tonooka, eseguita da un settetto o, in due brani, dal trio pianistico che ne costituisce il cuore. Ed ...

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Dave Adewumi, Andrea Goretti-Sivan Arbel, Jason Rigby, Tom Oren

by Cheryl K.
March 9, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, trumpeters Dave Adewumi and Ingrid Jensen; guitarists John Pizzarelli, Matt Greenwood, and David Becker; vocalist Norma Winstone and bassist Dave Holland with The London Vocal Project; pianist Andrea Goretti and vocalist Sivan Arbel; saxophonist Jason Rigby; and pianist Tom Oren.Playlist Tony Bennett “I Do ...

Album

Under the Surface

By Sumi Tonooka

Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2025
Track listing: Points of Departure; Savour; Interval Haiku; Tear Bright; Mother Tongue; For Stanley; Under the Surface.

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Points of Departure

September 10, 2025

Album: Under the Surface
By Sumi Tonooka
Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2025
Duration: 6:31

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Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band, Gino Amato & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 8, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band and Gino Amato, with birthday shoutouts to Alice Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Adrienne Fenemor, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rachel Eckroth and Vicki Burns, among others, plus a remembrance of Honorable Man Ronny Whyte. Happy listening and ...

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Latin Sounds from the Catskills + New Releases

by David Brown
August 8, 2025

First up, Sonny Rollins our man in jazz, a live free-form date recorded 63 years ago this week at the Village Gate, NYC; from there, we move into a summer set of sounds from the NY Catskill mountains via the 50s Latin jazz craze with Johnny Conquet and his Orchestra, vocalists Ruth Wallis and Abbe Lane ...

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Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn, Allan Harris & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 21, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn and Allan Harris, with birthday shoutouts to Mavis Staples, Carol Morgan, Carolyn Leonhart, Suzanne Pittson, Marina Albero, Iris Ornig and Honorable Man Billy Eckstine, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...

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Intakt Records

by Hobart Taylor
July 9, 2025

This week we celebrate the outstanding Swiss independent label, Intakt. Also, we have an extended work by the emerging artist Rico Jones, and a nuanced composition from trombonist/composer John Yao and his “17 piece instrument." Playlist Shuteen Erdenebaatar / Nils Kugelmann “What Will Remain" from Under the Same Stars (Motema) 00:00 John Yao “Early ...