NEWS

HI GUYS!  Just got the call directly from the head of LA Music Awards -- we've been nominated for

"Jazz Artist of the Year" by LA Music Awards!

This is a GLOBAL category and I'm so excited. We will be playing a showcase at The Whiskey in Los Angeles on May 27th so please stay tuned for info directly from me on DISCOUNT tickets!

IThe new music is hip, it's fresh, it's urban and its dancable!  The band is hoping to continue to update the sound and bring in an exciting, new audience.  Think Brazilian jazz, electronica rock.  And then some. 

Check out a gig, because nothing has been recorded yet, and its impossible to describe in liner notes.  Check out recent press on the subject:

Free For-All (SD Reader)
“When I did a short tour of New York City a couple of years ago, this guy at Verve Records told me that I’m going to die in obscurity in San Diego,” says Brazilian jazz singer Tokeli, whose debut Where Do You Start, produced by Peter Sprague, was SDMA-nominated Jazz Album of the Year in 2007. Read the Article

Examiner

"Tokeli Band Redefines World Music"  October 2009

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Interview with local jazz musician Tokeli
(San Diego Entertainer Magazine)
You know the joke about the difference between blues musicians and jazz musicians? A blues musician plays three chords to a thousand people, and a jazz musician plays a thousand chords to three people.” Read the article

KSDS, Jazz 88.3FM featured Tokeli & the Samba de Toquali Trio at 6:15pm on Monday evening’s “Jazz Voices” Program (hosted by Jeff Dalrymple). Click icon to hear interview.