Jazz Northwest

Earshot award winner and NW Jazz Hall of Fame bassist and composer Jeff Johnson leads his quartet in an Art of Jazz Concert from the Seattle Art Museum on Jazz Northwest  on 88.5 KPLU and kplu.org.   The concert, recorded earlier this month, features the same quartet heard on the new Origin CD "Suitcase": Jeff Johnson on bass, Hans Teuber, woodwinds, Steve Moore, piano and Eric Eagle, drums.  The concert consists of original music by Johnson and one piece by Hans Teuber.Johnson's music ranges from ethereal to funky, and encompasses a wide variety of inspirations which he describes between selections.  He's a popular sideman and performs in many different groups, including Hal Galper, Jessica Williams and Dave Peck among others.  This concert presents him as a leader, performing his own music with wit and a style of his own.The Art of Jazz series is presented by Earshot Jazz, John Gilbreath Executive Director, on the second Thursday each month from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the Brotman Forum at the Seattle Art Museum.  Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast from kplu.org following the broadcast.More information: jazzbassist.comearshot.orgseattleartmuseum.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org

Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where she lived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II.  Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka played an enthusiastically received solo concert at The Chapel performance space as part of the Earshot Festival this Fall.  Her program included several of her original compositions, as well as standards and music by Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.  An hour of highlights from that concert will air on Jazz Northwest, this Sunday afternoon at 2 PM Pacific on 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org.Sumi Tonooka has recorded and performed with trios and quartets including Rufus Reid, Akira Tana, Lewis Nash, John Blake, Craig Handy and others.  Her latest recording "Now" is a two CD solo concert recording on the ARC label.Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is also available as a podcast at kplu.org after the broadcast.More info:sumitonooka.comearshot.orgjazznw.org