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Akiko Tsuruga at SJZ Break Room
Courtesy of Massimo Chisessi | Posted on January 4, 2024
Where
SJZ Break Room
310 South First St.
San Jose, CA
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When
Fri, March 8, 2024
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Akiko Tsuruga
organ, Hammond B3About
Japanese organist Akiko Tsuruga makes an infrequent Northern California stop with her trio. She's widely praised by musicians and critics alike, with DownBeat gushing that "Tsuruga not only reinterprets the art of phrasing—with uniquely interjected, expressive notes, rhythmic syncopations and brow-raising chordal voicings—she never falters as she swings in and around the pocket." Opening the concert is a set by the Dave Burns Trio. Raised in Osaka, Japan, she began studying the organ at the age of three, at the famed Yamaha Music School. After landing in New York, it didn't take long for Akiko to make her mark playing with jazz greats like Frank Wess, Jimmy Cobb, Grady Tate and Lou Donaldson...