Akiko Tsugura

Another SteepleChase debut album here by Japanese-born “so cute, so bad” B-3 organist Akiko Tsuruga who hails from Osaka, Japan’s second largest city brimming with vitality and keen sense of good life. With her working group including husband trumpeter Joe Magnarelli Akiko leaps out with electrifying energy and at the same time displays her knack for elegant phrasing.

PERSONNEL:

• AKIKO TSURUGA - (B3 Hammond organ)
• JOE MAGNARELLI - (trumpet)
• JERRY WELDON - (tenor saxophone)
• BYRON LANDHAM - (drums)
• ED CHERRY - (guitar)

Recorded February 2023

TRACKS:

• 01. TIGER
• 02. HAPPY BLUES
• 03. MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE
• 04. BACK TRACK
• 05. I'LL CLOSE MY EYES
• 06. BEYOND NOSTALGIA
• 07. MACK THE KNIFE
• 08. DANCING CATS
• 09. WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES