"116 West 238St"---Reuben Rogers&John Lamkin
"DODO 3"---Joseph Lepore & Rodney Green
"Do You Like Cappuccino?"--Joseph Lepore , Rodney Green, Yasushi Nakamura, David Eggar
Influences
Bach, Chopin, Mahler, Debussy, Prokofiev, Puccini, Monk,
Ellington, Miles, Joe Zawinul, Steve Reich,Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Toru Takemitsu and all the musician's I've played with.
TORU DODO , Born in Tokyo, started playing piano at age 4.
He went to the Berklee College of Music
then moved to NY in 1998. Since then he has kept his musical
career going forward, He often tours around USA, Japan, Canada, West
Africa as a leader and as a sideman.
He released 3 of his leader album "DODO"('02) "116 West 238 St."('04) (featuring Reuben Rogers on bass and John Lamkin on drums) and
" DODO 3" ('06) (featuring Joseph Lepore on bass and Rodney Green on drums) from Japanese label , Jazz City Spirits/Muzak, all produced by a legendary guitarist ,Yosiaki Masuo.
His new CD "Do You Like Cappuccino?"('08) is now available on CD Baby.com.
Musicians who he worked with as a side man are Kenny Garret, Benny Golson,
Curtis Fuller, Ruth Brown, Terumasa Hino just to name a few.
Now My CDs are available on CD Baby!!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/torudodo1
http://cdbaby.com/cd/torudodo3
http://cdbaby.com/cd/torudodo4
Please take a look at the eCard below and check out the lineup of great musicians who will be performing with me on June 16th at the Iridium. I am very excited!
Hey, I really had a great time tonight! Thank you for your beautiful music, and sharing the love of music with others!! I was so happy to be there surrounded by all the music lovers ;) Feel super!! I may not be able to sleep...haha. Anyway...Oyasuminasai ! Hope to see you soon again :D
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Hi Toru, It was great to see and hear you at Kitano, and your "Love Song" above is love-ly! Thanks for the shout out here. Maybe I'll drop in to Cleo's one of these Sundays and do a tune or two.
