Toki Asako's New Album

Popular jazz singer Toki Asako will release her upcoming currently untitled album on May 26th.

Toki Asako made her initial debut in the rock band Cymbals in 1997. Following their disbandment in February 2004, she made her solo debut with the album STANDARDS~Toki Asako Jazz wo utau~ which she collaborated on with her father, saxophonist Toki Hidefumi.

It will be almost a year and a half since her third studio album touch and this new album will feature music written by a variety of artists including Izawa Ichiyou of Tokyo Jihen as well as Ishiwatari Junji and Okuda Kensuke of NONA REEVES, amongst others. In addition, the album will also be Toki Asako's first to be released in CD and CD+DVD format which will include digest footage from her performances at Akasaka BLITZ and Billboard Live TOKYO. The DVD will also feature music videos and off-shot footage which will amount to around 40 minutes.