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Sumi Tonooka | Russell Malone at @exuberance
Courtesy of Brendan McGeehan | Posted on December 19, 2016
Where
@exuberance
1220 N. Mascher St.
Philadelphia, PA
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When
Mon, January 16, 2017
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Sumi Tonooka
pianoRussell Malone
guitar, electricAbout
Sumi Tonooka opened our jazz salon series here last July. She returns on Martin Luther King Day with jazz guitar master Russell Malone for an evening of duets—frets and keys.
You might think of Russell Malone from his history with vocalists like Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves. His lyrical phrasing typically suggests the singing voice.
"I try to do with my guitar what they do with their voices, including breathing. It’s very easy not to breathe when you’re playing a piano or guitar. You can play all these notes. … But I want that human quality."...