All Compositions by Sumi Tonooka
Available on the ARC Music Label
Under the Surface was made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Foundation.

Sumi Tonooka – Piano
Gregg August – Bass
Jonathan Blake – Drums
Erica Lindsay – Tenor Saxophone
Samantha Boshnack – Trumpet
Michael Ventoso – Trombone
Salim Washington – Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute

Produced by Sumi Tonooka
Recorded by John O. Senior, Brendan McGeehan
Edited, Mixed, Mastered by Brendan McGeehan, John O. Senior
Photography, Graphic Design by Sumi Tonooka, John O. Senior

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“…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
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“Indispensable… For those willing to journey into deeper soil, Tonooka’s suite is one of 2025’s most moving musical offerings: a meditation on interconnection, resilience, and grace.”
~THIERRY DE CLEMENSAT – Paris Move
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