Berklee／Hammond Organ Complete Tunes,
Tones and Techniques
for Drawbar Keyboards
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ALBUM INFO
Sweet And Funky
MYCJ-30264
member:
AKIKO TSURUGA (HAMMOND B3 ORGAN)
Eric Johnson（Guitar）
Vince Ector（Drums）
Wilson "Chembo" Corniel (Percussion）1.3.5.6.7
Recording :
Showplace Studios NJ August 10 2006
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Hailing from Osaka, Hammond B3 organist Akiko Tsuruga played
with jazz superstars
such as Roy Hargrove and Grady Tate while still in Japan.
Tate convinced Tsuruga to emigrate from Osaka to New York
City in 2001 and took her
under his wing. Very quickly, she established herself as an
in-demand player in the hot
NYC jazz scene.
Tsuruga’s debut CD Harlem Dreams, which featured Grady Tate,
was released in 2004
and quickly became a best-seller in Japan.
Tsuruga’s free yet cohesive organ grooves have been further
seasoned under a long
tutelage from organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith.
Sweet and Funky is Tsuruga’s US CD debut, and was produced
by Grammy-winning
producer Jack Kreisburg.
Allegro Media service to top one hundred jazz print magazines.
NPR and college
radio blanketed nationally.
Full radio service to JazzWeek reporting stations.
All About Jazz, June 2007,
By Budd Kopman
All About Jazz June 14, 2007
By C. Michael Bailey
Jazzreview.com
By Thomas R. Erdmann
Jazz Week July, 2007
Downbeat Magazine November, 2007
By Philip Booth
Bells of the B3:Scott, Tsuruga & Dennerlein
December, 2007
By Elliott Simon
Downbeat Magazine December,2007
Jazz Times Feb, 2008
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