Tomoki Sanders

Tomoki was born in New York City, NY on November 13th, 1994. He started playing drums and piano at the age of 4 and started Eb Clarinet at the age of 6. At the age of 10, his father got him an alto saxophone. Sanders switched to tenor saxophone at the age of 14.
He had his first gig at the age of 13 and had been performing around various schools, venues and clubs around the Kanto Region area in Japan.
He had his first recording as a sideman with the psychedelic rock band TENGOKU BATAKE JAPON (天国畑JAPON) on their second album, “Karomi No Step" [かろみのすてっぷ].
Sanders has also performed alongside jazz drummer Tatsuya Nakamura (NEW YORK UNIT), Ravi Coltrane, Taylor McFerrin, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Maurice “Mobetta” Brown, Shing02, KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET, Matthew Garrison, George Garzone, Hajime Yoshizawa, ROOT SOUL, Fumio Itabashi, TOKU, Raymond Mcmorrin, Jack DeJohnette Trio and Trap Music Orchestra, etc.
He is currently living in Boston as a student at the prestigious Berklee College of Music studying Performance. Studying with world-renowned musicians such as George Garzone, Frank Tiberi, Jackie Beard, Divo Govoni, Shannon LeClaire, Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi, Jim Odgren, Ralph Peterson, Billy Kilson, Neal Smith and Tia Fuller. He's currently in a group called “///ＶＩＳＡＧＥ”. A 5-piece Experimental Hip-Hop band blending jazz with 808s, and samples.