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Selected sound clips are available in either Real Audio (RA) or MP3 format. Certain CDs can be purchased through Sumi’s Store by clicking on the "Purchase" button.
As a Leader
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Secret Places
With Rufus Reid (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums). Joken Records, 1998.
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Susumu (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Secret Places (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Over the Rainbow (Arlen-Harburg) |
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Waking Time (Sumi Tonooka) |
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’Round Midnight (Monk-Williams) |
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Beginning Again (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Tempus Fugit (Bud Powell) |
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Never Again (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Phantom Carousel (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Here Comes Kai
With Rufus Reid (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums). Candid Productions Ltd., 1992.
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Giant Steps (John Coltrane) |
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It Must Be Real (Sumi Tonooka) |
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At Home (Sumi Tonooka) |
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In the Void (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Warm Valley (Duke Ellington) |
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Upper Manhattan Medical Group (Billy Strayhorn) |
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The Mystery (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Here Comes Kai (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Taking Time
With Craig Handy (saxophones), Rufus Reid (bass), and Akira Tana (drums). Candid Productions Ltd., 1991.
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Taking Time (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Yours and Mine (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Seriously Speaking (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Shadow Waltz (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Night and Day (Cole Porter) |
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Out of the Silence (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Station Levitation (Sumi Tonooka) |
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In the Night (Sumi Tonooka) |
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One for Mary Lou (Sumi Tonooka) |
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With an Open Heart
With Rufus Reid (bass) and Akira Tana (drums). Radiant Records, 1990
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Subterranean Journey |
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It’s About Time |
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Now That I Know |
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Spur of the Moment |
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Phantom, Carousel |
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Sweet and Bitter Suite
Bittersweet
Without You
With an Open Heart |
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How Can This Be |
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As a Collaborator
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Kindred Spirits
With John Blake, Jr. (violin). Spirit Records, 2000
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I Hear a Rhapsody (Fragos/Baker/Gasparre) |
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Susumu (Sumi Tonooka) |
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Isfahan (Billy Strayhorn) |
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Evidence (Thelonius Monk) |
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Song for Abdullah (Kenny Barron) |
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Maiden Dance (John Blake) |
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Over the Rainbow (Arlen Harberg) |
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Just Friends (Klemmer/Lewis) |
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Parisienne Thoroughfare (Bud Powell) |
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As an Ensemble Pianist
Bobby Zankel — Seeking Spirit
Bobby Zankel, saxophones. Cadence Jazz, 1991.
John Blake — A New Beginning
John Blake Jr., Violin. Radiant Records, 1988.
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