Tomás Doncker
Tomás Doncker | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City, United States |
| Genres | Blues, R&B, Rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, Vocals, Bass |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | True Groove Records |
Tomás Doncker is an American musician, and the CEO of True Groove Records.[citation needed] In 2011 CNN credited him with creating a new genre, Global Soul.[1] He is best known as the lead guitarist in James Chance and the Contortions.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with New York No Wave acts including James Chance & The Contortions, Defunkt and J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz among others.[3] He is noted for touring and recording with Japanese jazz musicians Sadao Watanabe and Masabumi Kikuchi.[4] This led to him to producing studio and songwriting sessions with Bootsy Collins, Yoko Ono, and The Itals.[5]
Doncker has worked with artists including Madonna, Ivan Neville, Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello, Corey Glover of Living Colour, former Parliament Funkadelic keyboardist Amp Fiddler, Grammy winning producer/bassist Bill Laswell, Chocolate Genius, and 2016 Grammy award nominee Shemekia Copeland.[6][7] His ongoing collaborations with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa have received massive critical acclaim.[8] He has produced hundreds of records for independent musicians.[8] He is the founder and CEO True Groove Records.[citation needed]
In recent years Doncker has completed successful Chinese and European tours as a solo musician.[8][9] He has also performed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Milwaukee Summerfest, and New York Summerstage.[10][11] With James Chance and the Contortions he played six sold out shows at The Blue Note Tokyo in January 2016.[12][13]
Doncker was recently invited to support Fun Lovin’ Criminals on their extensive tour throughout the UK and Europe alongside his band, The True Groove All-Stars, which include members of The Specials Horns.
Discography
[edit | edit source]- Inside Out (2007)[14]
- Small World Part 1 (2008)[14]
- Power of the Trinity (2011)[14]
- Howlin' Wolf EP" (2014)[15]
- Power of the Trinity... A Slight Return (The Global Soul Mixtape Vol. 1) (2014)[16]
- Moanin' At Midnight: The Howlin' Wolf Project (2014)[17]
- Big Apple Blues (2014)[18]
- The Mess We Made (2015)[14]
- Hard Is Hard (2025)
References
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