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Hideaki "Heday" Tokunaga Quintet: Live at Plaza de la Raza

Read "Live at Plaza de la Raza" reviewed by Jack Bowers


A little more than a decade ago, when guitarist Hideaki Tokunaga was a student at Cal Arts in Valencia, California, he was named Down Beat magazine's Outstanding Jazz Soloist among collegiate musicians. Based on evidence submitted in this likable session, recorded live in June '02 at the Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles, that was an excellent choice. Tokunaga plays almost classically, with an enviable clarity of line and tone that underlines a keen grasp of jazz convention. He ...

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Alpine Field
2011

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Music Sweethearts
2006

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