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Awards

The Deutsche Jazzpreis, also known as the Albert Mangelsdorff-Preis, is, together with the Hans Koller Preis, the most important jazz award in the German-speaking region...

for "it took so long" (2003)

French Grand Prix SACEM (Singing and Composition) for "about" (2005)

German Jazz Award for "about" (2005)

German Jazz Award for "i wish" best of 99/00 (2005)

DVD "live in Bratislava" (2005) nominated for "Award Of German Record Industrie"

German Jazz Award for "from soul to soul" (2006)

Spain "Reach out and sway your Booty" (2007) nominated for the best Live Album 2007

German Jazz Award for "50 ways to leave your lover" (1999)

Members

Before founding Tok Tok Tok in 1998 Tokunbo Akinro (lyrics) and Morten Klein (Composition and Arrangement),
the creative and organizing heart of the band, worked together in various other projects.
Their musical search for melodic beauty associated with groove and soul led them to find their completing parts in each other.
They continue to concentrate on the song qualities of their acoustic soul compositions, as exemplified on Ruby Soul (2002).

Tokunbo Akinro - vocals.

Morten Klein- tenor saxophone

Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

, guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, mouth percussion and drums.

Christian Flohr - double- and electric-bass.

Jens Gebel - Fender Rhodes and other keys

Discography

1998: This Can't Be Love
1999: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
2000: Love Again
2002: Ruby Soul
2003: It Took So Long
2005: About...
2005: Live In Bratislava (DVD)
2005: I Wish (Best Off 99/00)
2006: From Soul To Soul
2007: Reach Out...And Sway Your Booty (live)
2008: She And He
2010: Revolution 69

Interviews

External links

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