Akiko Tsuruga Trio at Lord Of Life Lutheran Church

Dynamic jazz organist AKIKO TSURUGA opens our series' spring season on FRIDAY, MARCH 16. Renowned trumpeter JOE MAGNARELLI & in-demand drummer BYRON LANDHAM complete her trio.

Ms. Tsuruga continues to excite audiences and critics worldwide with her fiery playing. In less than 2 decades, the diminutive Japanese native has fashioned an exceptional professional resume. It includes performances with many legendary jazz artists, with Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Grady Tate & Houston Person among them, winning awards on organ from "Downbeat" & "Hot House" magazines & compiling a growing number of recordings as a leader....

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Dynamic jazz organist AKIKO TSURUGA opens our series' spring season on FRIDAY, MARCH 16. Renowned trumpeter JOE MAGNARELLI & in-demand drummer BYRON LANDHAM complete her trio.

Ms. Tsuruga continues to excite audiences and critics worldwide with her fiery playing. In less than 2 decades, the diminutive Japanese native has fashioned an exceptional professional resume. It includes performances with many legendary jazz artists, with Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Grady Tate & Houston Person among them, winning awards on organ from "Downbeat" & "Hot House" magazines & compiling a growing number of recordings as a leader.

She's been called "the real deal" in a "Jazz Times" article, & "All Music Guide's" music critic Scott Yanow wrote: "Akiko Tsuruga ranks as one of the top organists around today."

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