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Toru Dodo
Toru Dodo, born in Tokyo , started playing classical piano at age 4. After he entered the Meiji University in Tokyo , he discovered Jazz music. (His major was Economics.) He started gigging in Tokyo area. After he graduated, he went to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music, '95 Summer. After he graduated as a summa cum laude, He moved to NY in 1998. Since then he has kept his musical career going forward, He often tours around USA, Japan, Canada, West Africa, South America as a leader and as a sideman. He released 3 of his leader album "DODO" (2002) "116 West 238 St." (2004) (featuring Reuben Rogers on bass and John Lamkin on drums) and "DODO 3" (2006) (featuring Joseph Lepore on bass and Rodney Green on drums) from Japanese label , Jazz City Spirits／Muzak, all produced by a legendary guitarist, Yosiaki Masuo. Musicians who he worked with as a side man are Kenny Garrett, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Ruth Brown, Terumasa Hino just to name a few. For now (November 2006)
Joe Baione: Vibe Check
by Kyle Simpler
Some albums take time to grow on you, while others hook you from the first play. Vibraphonist Joe Baione's Vibe Check falls into the latter category. Backed by a stellar band featuring Duane Eubanks on trumpet, Toru Dodo on piano, Marco Panascia on bass, and Jerome Jennings on drums, along with Baione's daughter Alexis Baione guesting ...
Vibe Check
By Joe Baione
Label: Joe Baione Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Journey; Lost Control; The Chase; Faith Is My Destiny; Superhero; Come Close; Hot Mama;
Quiet Ways;
Lulu;Lost Control (Alt. Take).
Superhero
Album: Vibe Check
By Joe Baione
Label: Joe Baione Music
Released: 2024
Duration: 4:23
Blues and Synonyms
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bluesville; Dear Old Stockholm; Once I Loved; Airegin; Alright, Oaky, You Win/Bracey's Blues; Invitation;
Sweet Honey Bee; Wabash; Bigfoot
Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba
By Somi
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Umhome; House of the Rising Sun; Milele; Hapo Zamani; Love Tastes Like Strawberries; Khuluma; Pata Pata; A Piece of Ground; Kwedini; Lakutshon’ilanga; Olili; Mbombela; Jike’lemaweni; Nonqonqo; Ring Bell, Ring Bell; Mabhongo.
Somi at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Somi Dazzle Denver, CO January 16, 2019 A case can be made that all Western popular music can trace its origins to Africa. Even if that's a bit of an exaggeration, it's not when it comes to vocalist/songwriter Somi. She was born in Illinois, but her parents were immigrants from Rwanda ...
Somi: Petite Afrique
by Dan Bilawsky
Somi's debut on the Okeh imprint--The Lagos Music Salon (Okeh, 2014)--pulled no punches. It tackled tough topics within an African framework, bringing hard truths to bear in soulful fashion. This follow-up is equally impactful, but it shifts focus stateside, eyeing the titular Harlem neighborhood that Somi calls home now. In addressing life along ...
Aimee Allen: Matter of Time
by Geannine Reid
Aimée Allen has a wonderful ear for beauty; fluent in two romantic languages, French and Portuguese, Allen's warm timbered voice also is fluent in conveying passionate phrases that seem to be wholly heart felt. Matter of Time (Azuline Music) is her latest musical offering that contains highly original music and lyrics penned by Allen dealing with ...
Ready, Set, Record: Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Goes Into The Studio To Record
Ready, Set, Record: Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker goes into the Studio to Record her new CD Love Misery NEW YORK, NY - On a cold, brisk March morning some 18 months ago, jazz vocalist Michelle Walker was packing her small suit case for a 3 day stay out of town. She and the band members that ...
