Tomoki Sanders Quartet

Tomoki Sanders is a free electron who greedily explores Great Black Music, urban music, electronic, and the avant-garde. Child of the legendary Pharoah Sanders, Tomoki has been making their mark for the past five years with Kassa Overall‘s supergroup, and as an active member of the new generation of New York musicians that they present during Tomo Tuesdays, a vector of openness and diversity reflective of Tomoki’s dual Afro-American and Japanese culture and their non-binarity.

Born in New York City in 1994, Tomoki (they/them) started playing percussion at age 4, and clarinet at 6. At 10, their father gave them a saxophone. They had their first gig at 13, and began performing in schools, venues, and clubs around Japan’s Kanto Region, before studying performance and music production at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. On their first album, to be released in 2026, they recreate the link with the rich hours of the Impulse! label and, with all their fantastic personality, rush through the door re-opened by Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutchings.

Sanders has performed with their late father, as well as with the Jack DeJohnette Trio. They currently live in New York, performing alongside artists such as Moses Sumney, Ravi Coltrane, Tatsuya Nakamura, Taylor McFerrin, Mark de Clive-Lowe, KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET, George Garzone, Hajime Yoshizawa, ROOT SOUL, Fumio Itabashi, TOKU, Trap Music Orchestra, and more.

They will be joined by the Todd Stewart Trio.

Presented in association with Queer Arts Festival.