Tomás Doncker

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.

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]

• 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]