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	rage Restaurant - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Akiko Tsuruga Quartet - AMAZING!!!
DESCRIPTION:New York City based Hammond Organist and pianist\, Akiko T
	suruga\, has established herself as an ’in demand’ player since ar
	riving from her hometown of Osaka\, Japan in 2001. Akiko began organ l
	essons at age three\, and starting performing professionally throughou
	t Japan after graduating from Osaka College of Music. While performing
	 in Japan\, she met and played with many noted American musicians\, Ro
	y Hargrove\, Jeff “Tain” Watts and Grady Tate to name a few. She c
	redits Grady Tate as being the biggest influence in her career. He pla
	yed on her debut CD\, “Harlem Dreams” and encouraged her to move t
	o New York. After arriving in New York\, Akiko established herself as 
	one of the area’s top organist /pianists. Her trio featuring guitari
	st Eric Johnson and drummer Vincent Ector has been one of the area’s
	 top groups\, working at many jazz nightclubs including Dizzy’s (at 
	Lincoln center) and The Blue Note. Her trio also plays private parties
	 and summer outdoor concerts. Her long awaited debut CD\, “Harlem Dr
	eams” featuring Grady Tate and Frank Wess was released in Japan on t
	he M&I Company label on May 19\, 2004. Akiko’s CD is so popular in J
	apan she has returned twice to perform. Her CD release tour in August 
	2004 featured Grady Tate on drums and guitarist Satoshi Inoue. In Sept
	ember 2005\, she returned to Japan with guitarist Eric Johnson and dru
	mmer Fukushi Tainaka. It was this trip that caught the eyes and ears o
	f Hammond Suzuki officials. The group was invited to the factory and M
	r. Suzuki personally awarded her a Hammond XK-3 organ and endorsement.
	 Among her accomplishments is a jazz organ instructional book “Hammo
	nd Organ Complete” (Berklee Press) which was translated from English
	 to Japanese and has been published in Japan. When she’s not leading
	 her trio\, she still enjoys working as a featured sideman in Grady Ta
	te’s vocal group and with saxophonist Lou Donaldson among many other
	s.Akiko’s new CD “Sweet and Funky” is now finished and will be r
	eleased in both Japan (M&I Company) and in the United States and Canad
	a on 18th & Vine. Akiko was also featured playing piano in the Japanes
	e movie “Last Love”. 2007 was an especially fruitful year for Akik
	o. Highlights included performances with the Lou Donaldson Quartet at 
	Birdland\, the Village Vanguard\, and Carnegie Hall. She also performe
	d at various jazz festivals and on jazz cruises throughout the US. "Sw
	eet and Funky"\, Akiko’s first release in the US and Canada and her 
	second in Japan\, has been receiving rave reviews. It has reached 13 o
	n the jazz radio charts and received a four-star review from Downbeat 
	magazine. In October\, Akiko released her third album in Japan\, "St. 
	Louis Blues"\, featuring Bernard Purdie on drums and Houston Person on
	 saxophone. After the CD release\, Akiko embarked on a highly-acclaime
	d tour of Japan with her regular working trio. This recording received
	 Swing Journal magazine’s New Star Award\, a first for an organist\,
	 which is truly a remarkable achievement.
LOCATION:Garage Restaurant @ 99 Seventh Avenue South, New York, New Yo
	rk 10014 United States
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