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YOHANNES TONA
Jazz / Funk / Afro-beat

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota
United States

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Last Login:  11/17/2009
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Member Since2/2/2006
Band Websitecdbaby.com/yohannestona
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Sounds Likehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0bD1mvua4
Record LabelMy new CD @ http://www.cdbaby.com/yohannestona


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 19 2009 8:00P
Duke des Lombard Paris
Nov 21 2009 8:00P
JLJ Trio @ Duke des Lombard Paris
Nov 24 2009 7:00P
Music Village/ Brussels Jef Lee Johnson Trio Brussels
Nov 27 2009 8:00P
Dakota Jazz Club Mpls
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Dakota Jazz Club Mpls
Jan 1 2010 9:30P
BUNKER’S EVERY SUN & MON W/DR MAMBO’S COMBO MPLS, Minnesota
Mar 5 2010 10:00P
EVERY TUESDAY @ BLUE NILE....JAM...ANY THING GOES... MPLS, Minnesota
Sep 5 2010 8:00P
Jef Lee Johnson Trio @ Son d’hiver Paris

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   About YOHANNES TONA

YOHANNES TONA MINNEAPOLIS MN




*** updated October 2009 *** ___My NEW CD is available for purchase at CD BABY - here is the link - http://www.cdbaby.com/yohannestona - Thank you for supporting my music. Y.T. ______ In the Twin Cities, where incredibly talented musicians practically grow on trees, Yohannes Tona is one of the most regularly employed, hardest sought bass players in either town. He as played with the Grammy Award winning Sounds of Blackness, Minnesota Music Award winner Alicia Wiley and a host of others from Mint Condition’s Stokley Williams to spoken word star Shá Cage. Presently, he backs piano virtuoso Nachito Herrera each month at famed nightspot The Dakota and the legendary Dr. Mambo's Combo, Monday nights at Bunker’s (Mpls). He did the Paris Jazz Festival with iconic guitarist-composer-vocalist Jef Lee Johnson, has backed The Steeles, Darnell Davis & the Remnant and, in 2008, released The Yohannes Tona Band’s debut CD Sands from the desert…. Amazingly enough, Tona has done all this and more at the relatively young age of 31. Born in Awassa, Ethiopia to a mom who sang spirituals and a dad he describes as “the baddest organ and accordion player in town”, Yohannes picked up acoustic guitar, when he was about 8. He’d watch church musicians play and, later, having a natural ear, picked up piano before easily switching to bass when the chance came to fill in at a religious crusade – before more than 20,000 of the faithful. After high school, he studied at Yared Music School, in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where joined the local scene and played with such notables as the young Teddy Afro and international recording artist Mahmoud Ahmed. By the time Tona set his sights on Berklee College of Music (Boston), he was playing so well, he earned a scholarship. In the midst of his studies, a friend invited him to St. Paul. “I checked out the winter”, he recalls, “and went right back.” Word of his musicianship had got around, though, and with a hard sell, the friend landed Yohannes as musical director for St. Paul’s Ethiopian Evangelical Church, complete a place to live and a scholarship to continue is studies. He started nosing around downtown Minneapolis in his spare time, started sitting in at Jasmine’s with Prince drummers Kirk Johnson and Michael Bland, Ipso Facto guitarist Wain McFarlane and others. In short order, his rep got around and the rest, as they say, is history. Presently, he’s writing new material as well as producing other local and international artists. Tona just got out of the studio, working with 4-time Minnesota Music Award winning vocalist-composer Alicia Wiley on her new album Halfway Home. Wiley states, “Yohannes brings my music to places I didn't know it could go. His playing is magical.” “Sand from the desert….is a funk-fusion tour de force, showcasing range, texture, finesse and pure fire.” Dwight Hobbes, Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Daily Planet

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YOHANNES TONA's Friends Comments
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Michele

Michele



Nov 29 2009 8:14 AM

Thanking u for the add; and the show on Nov.24th.....with Jempi!  
Showin u and ur page sum luv!
Return the luv please!!

Chow!
Mango Machine

Mango Machine



Nov 7 2009 7:23 AM

Greetings and best wishes from Finland.
Thanks for the add.
MANGO MACHINE
www. mangomachine. fi
Agnieszka Grela

Agnieszka Grela



Nov 7 2009 7:23 AM

Hello,
Thanks for the Add.
Great music!
Greetings from Poland :)

Agnieszka
Ms. G if you're nasty...

Ms. G if you're nasty...



Nov 7 2009 7:22 AM

Hope 2 catch u live sometime here very soon. I listen to your disc every day, it is amazing work.
Have a lovely rest of your week!
Ann

Ann



Nov 7 2009 7:22 AM

Thank You for the add! :-)

One Love Duva

All the Best of Greetings from Sweden! :-)
R.Jenkins

R. Jenkins



Nov 7 2009 7:21 AM

Enjoy your week! Great Music!

-RJ
~trice ~ phillipians 3:13-14

~trice ~ phillipians 3:13-14



Nov 7 2009 7:21 AM

Hey Yo! When will the baby be here! I miss you and I hope that you and your beautiful wife are doing exceptonally well! pd
Isaac Cates and Ordained

Isaac Cates and Ordained



Nov 7 2009 7:20 AM

Yohannes, sir you are the baddest!! thanks for helping us out at the cd release!! Ima tell everyone i got to play with you LOL!
Curtis E

Curtis E



Nov 7 2009 7:19 AM

Hey Brother how u been?
Alex"BamBam"Smith

Alex"BamBam"Smith



Nov 7 2009 7:19 AM

that cut wit you & stokley is sick man...
G dot

G dot



Nov 7 2009 7:19 AM

Yohannes, thanks for the add and support
Mel

Mel Lejones



Nov 7 2009 7:18 AM

you rock! keep rockin! <3<3

Mutant Bass

Mutant Bass



Nov 7 2009 7:16 AM

whut up!!! how's everything in here? hope all is well with life and music!

it's been a while!

hope your finding time to yourself! take it easy!

---posido
www.mutantbass.com
George Moye

George Moye



Nov 7 2009 7:16 AM

What's up Yohannes?

Thanks for letting me sit in at the jam. I appreciated it. You sound great, Best of luck and congrats on the CD project.

" Dr. Funk "
GM
ethiopian soul

ethiopian soul



Jul 27 2009 9:12 AM

what's happening man? i just put some new music on my page check it out when you get a chance.
CM

CM



Jul 27 2009 9:09 AM

Hey thanks for the use of your bass that was really nice of you. I just wish I was more prepared at the time,
You take care And I will talk to you soon.

CM.........
Dokun

Dokun



Jul 7 2009 8:28 AM

yohannes,how are you.I love the track called THE KERIMS.
i will try to call u this weekend peace from Dokun
Misa Lowe

Misa Lowe



May 20 2009 8:35 AM

I seen you down at the dakota a few weeks back awesome job!
Alicia Wiley

Alicia Wiley



May 20 2009 8:35 AM

you.

rule.
Erick Ballard

Erick Ballard



May 20 2009 8:35 AM

Hello! Mark your calendar!! If you dont know, I play for a blues artist named Bernard Allison & we will be performing at the fifth annual Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Festival that will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2009, from Noon to 10:30 p.m. at Peavey Plaza in Downtown Minneapolis (outdoors at 11th St. and Nicollet Mall)

Bernard Allison is performing on the main stage at 7:00 – 8:30 PM

The Band includes:

Bernard Allison - (Lead Singer, Guitar)

Bruce McCabe - (Vocals, Keyboards)

Jose James - (Vocals, Sax, Percussion)

Jassen Wilbur - (Bass Guitar)

Erick Ballard - (Drums)

The festival is free to the public. More information is available at www.famousdaves.com/bluesfest or the Festival Hotline at (952) 294-1299.

Bernard Allison is a National/ Internationl performing band & this is the only time in 2009 that you can catch our concert in the Twin Cities & I'd like for you to come to the show & eat some BBQ!!

I hope to see you there!!
MAJESTIC ESSENCE

MAJESTIC ESSENCE



Apr 24 2009 8:02 AM

WELL. . .HELLO THERE MELODIC MUSICAL1. . .SMILE. . .I JUST WANTED TO DROP BY YOUR SITE AND SHO-SUM-ESSENCE LOVE TO YOU. . .BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS AND ABUNDANT LOVE TO YOU AND YOURS. . .ALWAYS. . . INSPIRING INSTRUMENTALIST. . .SMILE. . .
MAJESTIC ESSENCE
david harland

david harland



Apr 24 2009 8:01 AM

Love your playing Yohannes! Would love to have you play on my upcoming release.
David Harland.
G dot

G dot



Jan 14 2009 8:02 PM

Hey, vote for me! "We Call Dat Sh!t Da Soda Pop" has been nominated for a TC Hip Hop awards "Best EP" Category. I cannot win without your help. Go to http://www. myspace. com/tchiphopawards to vote for me!

Thanks for your support.

G dot

YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE EP ON MY PAGE TO SEE WHAT YOU THINK
Аlisa *Miss International*

Аlisa *Miss International*



Mar 11 2009 8:07 PM

i miss u wendimye, endet neh? hope to catch your show when you come back from France. abshir, eshe.
:)
Darnell Davis & T/R ~ No Compromise~

Darnell Davis & T/R ~ No Compromise~



Feb 15 2009 7:25 AM

Yo, man.......y'all was hittin tonight! Love the new music i heard. We might have to put some of that in the set..lol

-D Davis
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