Fumi Tomita's guest appearances

Fumi Tomita

Contrabass Conversations

The Outside in Music Podcasts

David Allen

Paul Simon

Brian Johnson

Willie Nelson

Henry Chen

William Parker

Steve Metcalf

Scott Dixon

Michael Thomas

John Davis

Chris West

Leonard Bernstein

Paul Johnson

Miles Brown

Kevin Brown

OwlTail

Fumi Tomita just released a new album called Celebrating Bird: A Tribute To Charlie Parker.  This new release from Fumi explores the ideas of Bird in a fresh and creative way.   We dig into all kinds of topics, like what it was like growing up in New York City, Fumi’s move into academia, and his current position at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the surprises and opportunities of this career pivot, and much more.   Check out the latest album and more on Fumi’s website, and be sure follow along with him on YouTube and Instagram!   Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle! Check out my Beginner's Classical Bass course, available exclusively from Discover Double Bass!   Contrabass Conversations production team:  Jason Heath, host Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing Mitch Moehring, audio engineer  Trevor Jones, publication and promotion Krista Kopper, archival and cataloging theme music by Eric Hochberg  Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

<a href="https://fumitomitamusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fumi Tomita</a> just released a new album called <a href="https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/762183557527" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celebrating Bird: A Tribute To Charlie Parker</a>.  This new release from Fumi explores the ideas of Bird in a fresh and creative way. We dig into all kinds of topics, like what it was like growing up in New York City, Fumi’s move into academia, and his current position at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the surprises and opportunities of this career pivot, and much more. Check out the latest album and more on <a href="https://fumitomitamusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fumi’s website</a>, and be sure follow along with him on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCESuSYgREi7QPP0BKXCT1Eg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fumitomitajazz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</a> Check out my <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/course" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beginner's Classical Bass course</a>, available exclusively from <a href="https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Discover Double Bass</a>! Contrabass Conversations production team: <ul> <li><a href="http://doublebassblog.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Heath</a>, host</li> <li>Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing</li> <li><a href="http://mitchmoehring.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mitch Moehring</a>, audio engineer</li> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/2016/04/20/cbc-205-trevor-jones-on-musical-pit-work-scheduling-creativity-and-finding-balance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Trevor Jones</a>, publication and promotion</li> <li><a href="http://thebackstagecreative.libsyn.com/2019/03" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Krista Kopper</a>, archival and cataloging</li> <li>theme music by <a href="https://erichochberg.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Hochberg</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the podcast</a> to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

736: Fumi Tomita on playing jazz and academia 

David Detweiler

On this episode Alan talks with Fumi and David about their upcoming release, "Celebrating Bird | A Tribute to Charlie Parker". They talk about how it was paying tribute to Charlie Parker, how they approached composing the tunes, and teaching during CoVid19.

OverHERE with Fumi Tomita and David Detweiler 