SOMI TV shooting session

SOMI's TV shooting session at Southpaw, Brooklyn.
(for Food network? not sure yet.)

This was my 3rd TV appearance this year.
The next step for me would be a movie appearance, right?

Check out also TVJapan, NY Music Love
April 17th (Sat) 11:17pm-12:17am.

JAfro debut!

I might have tried to play TORU DODO's music.

But I got to feel like I can't limit music.
Music is supposed to be for every human being.

Then I came up the word "JAfro".
I felt like this word would
give me more direction.

So I decided to start playing JAfro music.
People may want to ask "what is JAfro?"
I'd answer "what is Jazz?"


JAfro Live at Shrine , April 2 , 2010

Toro Doro -keys
Yasushi Nakamura-bass
Keita Ogawa -perc.

Aoril 2nd (Fri) JAFRO @ Shrine, 6pm-7pm, Free!

I don't know what JAFRO really is but
I will play some JAFRO music this Friday.
It's free admission.

April 2 (Fri)

Toru Dodo -JAFRO
@ Shrine

6pm-7pm

Toru Dodo -keys
Yasushi Nakamura-bass
Keita Ogawa-perc

Tadahiro Uesugi got the Annie Award!

I'm very happy to inform you that
Tadahiro Uesugi received this year's Annie Award
for his work of production design for the movie" Coraline".
Tadahiro has done my 2 CD's cover design.
Congratulations!!!

Happy New Year! (too late?)

It may be too late to say Happy New Year after a month and a couple days passed already.
But hey, Happy New Year!

On January 29th , I had a chance to be on TV.
( BRONXNET TV , Bronx Local TV station. "OPEN")
I played on keys and took a interview by Rhina Valentin.

Speaking in front of camera is something and
also speaking in my second language is something.
I don't remember what I spoke out of my nervousness.
It could be a disaster.
Luckily , it seems like the BRONXNET website would not post the archive where I was on.
So my appearance is kept in secret for people not living in the Bronx.

Souvenir from Rome

Nov.24 , 2009 @AlexanderPlatz, Rome
"Air " written by Toru Dodo
Toru Dodo-piano
Joseph Lepore-bass
Nicola Angelucci-drums

Toru Dodo goes to Rome

It's going to be my first time to go to Rome.

Nov. 23th, 24th & 25th
at Alexander Platz

Toru Dodo-piano
Joseph Lepore-bass
Nicola Angelucci-drums

Come and Cheer us!