AfuriKo – African Infused Jazz Duo

AfuriKo’s new music really flies in the face of jazz, opening up your ears to a world of possibilities. [...] The Queens, NY-based duo of Akiko Horii and Jim Funnell throw out all preconceptions in a truly enjoyable jazz-fusion album [...]. Tao features the African-infused jazz duo doing what they were born to do on nine completely and unapologetically individual and eccentric, yet musically pleasing instrumental tracks, focusing entirely on a higher plane.

- Carol Banks Weber, Festival Peak (Feb. 2019) -
... the magic of their music slowly took over the venue. The duo [...] seemed to be in tune with each other while playing and it was evident in their music. Their synchronization, captivating dedication [...] and the whole repertoire as a result, hooked the audience to them.

- HNS, The Himalayan Times (October 2016) -
Music that breathes, pulsates, bifurcates, trifles. That is unclassifiable and played with exquisite delicacy, in the course of sly improvisations. Elaborate yet sincere and spontaneous all the while. AfuriKo is an absolutely atypical duo. [...] I urge you to discover them and slowly enter their world.

- M. M., Afrique Asie (November 2014) -