DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
BEST OF 2025 LIST

Under The Surface lands on DownBeat Magazine’s Best Albums of 2025
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DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE PRAISES ‘UNDER THE SURFACE’

“…the sextet devotes itself explicitly to Tonooka’s singular music, realizing it to a ‘T’ and requiring she be considered an artist of expansive vision.  Regarding Monk, Mary Lou Williams and Stanley Cowell as influences, Tonooka is a thoughtful, inquisitive, expressive pianist. Those qualities imbue the seven tracks of her suite.”

FOUR STARS ★★★★
HOWARD MANDEL – DownBeat Magazine
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NEW ALBUM

UNDER THE SURFACE is out now!

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