Tomoko Funaki was born in Japan into a musical family. Following in the footsteps

of her parents, both musicians, she studied classical violin and flute. A move to New

York exposed her to a broad range of musical genres but she found herself

increasingly drawn towards jazz. After moving to San Francisco in 2002, she began

studying upright bass and quickly immersed herself into the San Francisco jazz

scene, studying and performing with luminaries including Ray Drummond, Rodney

Whitaker, Rufus Reid, the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Andrew Speight, Vince

Lateano, Mark Levine, Donald "Duck" Bailey, Allan Harris and Denise Perrier. She

has also been involved in jazz education programs such as ‘Stanford Jazz

Workshop’ and SFSU ICA ‘The Generations Jazz Project’ in recent years.

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