“…the sextet devotes itself explicitly to Tonooka’s singular music, realizing it to a ‘T’ and requiring she be considered an artist of expansive vision. Regarding Monk, Mary Lou Williams and Stanley Cowell as influences, Tonooka is a thoughtful, inquisitive, expressive pianist. Those qualities imbue the seven tracks of her suite.”
FOUR STARS ★★★★
HOWARD MANDEL – DownBeat Magazine