Pianist and Composer Sumi Tonooka, Interview Part I
In Part I of her Life History in Jazz Interview, Sumi Tonooka talks about her family, growing up in Powelton Village in the 1960s in Philadelphia, and her mother’s experiences being interned during World War II as a Japanese American. She discusses how she found her love of music and jazz: seeing Monk at the Aqua Lounge when she was a young girl and being up in the peanut gallery at the Academy of Music to see world famous guitarist Segovia.
Interviewer: Suzanne Cloud Videographer: Jason Fifield
Partially funded by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and supporters of the Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project. phillyjazzhistory.org
via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Z2uT5WwiQ