Tomás Doncker

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]

Tomás Doncker
Background information
Origin	New York City, United States
Genres	Blues, R&B, Rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals, Bass
Years active	1979–present
Labels	True Groove Records

Career

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]

Discography

• 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]