736: Fumi Tomita on playing jazz and academia

<p class="p1"><a href="https://fumitomitamusic.com/">Fumi Tomita</a> just released a new album called <a href= "https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/762183557527">Celebrating Bird: A Tribute To Charlie Parker</a>.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> This new release from Fumi explores the ideas of Bird in a fresh and creative way.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">We dig into all kinds of topics, like what it was like growing up in New York City, Fumi’s move into academia, and his current position at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the surprises and opportunities of this career pivot, and much more.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Check out the latest album and more on <a href= "https://fumitomitamusic.com/">Fumi’s website</a>, and be sure follow along with him on <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCESuSYgREi7QPP0BKXCT1Eg">YouTube</a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/fumitomitajazz/">Instagram</a>!</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</em></a></span><span class= "s2"><br /></span></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1">Check out my <a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/course">Beginner's Classical Bass course</a>, available exclusively from <a href= "https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath">Discover Double Bass</a>!</span></p> <p class="p6"> </p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1">Contrabass Conversations production team:</span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s3"><a href= "http://doublebassblog.org/"><span class="s1">Jason Heath</span></a></span><span class="s4">, host</span></li> <li class="li5"><span class="s5">Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s3"><a href= "http://mitchmoehring.com/"><span class="s1">Mitch Moehring</span></a></span><span class="s5">,</span> <span class= "s4">audio engineer</span></li> <li class="li5"><span class="s6"><a href= "http