I’m glad you have added Steely Dan to your repertoire. Excellent choice and superb cover. 🎉

My favorite Steely Dan song. Somewhere, Bernard Purdie is smiling.

I am 70 years old enjoying her very relaxing way of drumming. She brilliant drummer one of the best not only here in Asia but also in south, west and east. hope you all agree.

She nails the shuffle, the relaxed yet supertight playing and most importantly: The feel. You can’t play this as it should if you’re not feeling it.

The fact that Yoyoka is systematically performing all of my favorite songs makes me feel vindicated in my personal musical tastes.

The articulation of the groove was perfect. Bernard Purdie would certainly approve of the way you swung that spare shuffle with ease, grace and confidence. Killer job tuning the drums as usual.

This young lady is a freaking genius

Seen this one a couple of times now. You know, people post their drum covers of crazy metalcore and prog songs and such all the time. Sure, It's its own special kind of hard to do. Crazy time signatures, fast rolls, all very cool. But the *real* flex is keeping up that half-time shuffle for 6 minutes. That's what separates the good from the great. This is like a video resume for session work anywhere in the world.

That groove is worth a million dollars.

Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Rick Marotta, Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Jeff Porcaro... and Yoyoka!😊

Nailing the Purdie Shuffle.

This lady is growing up. Showing a more sophisticated style.

This is excellent. Steely Dan, IMO, is one of the tightest, in the pocket bands ever and Yoyoka was right in that pocket.

Someone should show this to Donald Fagen; how amazing would it be for Yoyoka to go on tour with Steely Dan to play this in front of huge and adoring audiences around the world? Make it happen, people!!

I stumbled upon the cover of Good Times Bad Times sometime yesterday evening. I watched it almost in disbelief at how well Yoyoka played and at only 8 years old! C'mon man can this even be real? I sat up until 4:30 am watching and listening to every video I could find of this amazing young drummer. What a talented young lady. Today I started texting and calling my musician friends and family telling them all to get online and check out her videos. I am a fan!

and dats the purdie shuffle folks!

I am 63, been drumming since the age of 8, I am not sure if I am loosing my my mind but I have been thru all of the NEXT PHENOM stuff including the Roysters etc . . The NAMM PRODIGIES, however this is by far the BEST that I have EVER had the pleasure of watching and listening to. [FULL STOP]

The Purdie shuffle is one of greatest grooves, ever. In the Classic Albums documentary regarding "AJA", Bernard Purdie demonstrates how he developed this shuffle. What a groove master !!! Yoyoka nails this groove with all the precision of her other drum covers.

I hope she can get with a band that has members as talented as she has become.

この曲本当に大好きで、発売当時からずっと聞き続けていますが、いつまでも色褪せません。このバーナード・パーディが叩いたドラムスを聴いたジェフ・ポーカロが、「このような演奏ができたら死んでも良い」言わしめた程のドラムの神曲です。よよかちゃんはハードロックの人のイメージがあったのですが、このようなソウルフルなドラムを叩ける事に驚きます。いつかはカバーだけではなく自らの演奏が名曲と呼ばれるようなドラマーに成ることを願っています。

Watching her talent grow has been such a joy.

It’s nice to see Yoyoka enjoying the groove of Steely Dan. She continues to impress with her diverse choices of music.

Nailed it! Would love to hear Bernard Purdie’s reaction to this. He is not known for sugar-coating his opinions😁

Wow! NAILED IT!!! It's the subtleties and "soft touch" in this song that make it more complex than most drummers perceive. When I did the music thing for 30 years of my life, I found the rarest of commodities was a drummer with finesse who could lay down a texture that flowed withing the music, not over it. There's "playing it" and "playing it right"... a lot of drummers don't realize this; few do (Matt Cameron, Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, etc). YOYOKA gets it! I've watched her go from a child prodigy kicking Bonham/Zep as a 6-year-old to developing into this musical Godzilla who can play stupid pop songs to ass-kicking rock/metal to complex progressive and jazz... ALL with both authority and skills of someone two or four times her age!

I listened to 3 of your videos this week without looking at the computer. I was making lunch. Each time I stopped to look I was expecting to see a drummer who is concentrating with their eyebrows stuck together a bit, but I only saw fluid and smooth movements with zero signs of stress. You really capture the groove of whatever you play effortlessly. That is a very rare talent. 🦄

You've got Bernard Purdie down right! He did this recording in one take as well. In the control room Donald Fagan said after one take, "Sounds good, now let's go lay it down." Purdie said, "I did" and when they went back and listened, sure enough his take was perfect! FABULOUS!!! YOYOKA

For me it is still a mystery how such a young girl can have such a deep understanding of the songs she covers. Of course i am also impressed by her physical skill of playing the drums, but to actually play like she does requires a real "understanding" of the music. And she does both with an amazing ease ... a true miracle!

She doesn't PLAY the rhythm, she IS the rhythm. Must be the magic socks!

IVE LISTENED TO THIS FOR 45+ YEARS - GREAT DRUMMING !!

So much fun watching her play that if I weren't 69 years old, almost makes me want to start playing the drums.

Yoyoka, your accomplishments just continue to amaze me. Rock, pop, funk, metal, fusion, you play them all like a pro. Sitting in with experienced professional musicians, playing with no rehearsal or sound check. Improvising unique and technical solos on the spot. Leading live performances with your atomic clock level time-keeping. And busting out note-perfect drum covers of the most challenging drum tracks ever, even though I don’t think you’ve had a home studio since you moved to SoCal. I’m so excited to watch it happen for you, thanks again for sharing your journey!❤

Thank you for inviting me YOYOKA. Good with me. Meaning I think YOYOKA is a good human human.

Waooooooooo ! I am a fan of steely dan 😊. This young girl is mindblowing !

Yoyoka's groove is really exceptional. And I think her groove comes from her huge love of music.

I’m a Steely Dan freak. And this is one of my all time favorite songs of theirs. Yoyoka, you do an amazing job on it! Thanks for posting 😊

Yoyoka is having so much fun, which makes her performance that much sweeter. She handles Steely Dan masterfully, there's not a rough spot on her. I love her getting into it, got her shoulders in gear. What extraordinary rhythm, timing, power and accuracy under control! Yaaaaayyy Yoyoka! She's the best! More Yoyoka! I love her more! Home at Last! 😂 ❤

Yoyoka - your progress as a drummer - and your incredibly mature appreciation of quality music - moves me greatly. Steely Dan is one of THE greatest artists of the last 60 years, and this - to me - is one of their best songs. You played the Purdie Shuffle with aplomb, even adding your own little fills (which fit, of course!). I continue to be amazed by you and am eagerly looking forward to following your musical career.

I have listened to this song countless times in my 67 years and honestly, it sounds just like the original.... beat for beat, cymbal strike to cymabl strike. She is the best....

At 14, she's done most of the works. Now it's up to us to support her career. From Canada, Peace out!!

She’ll be playing on many recordings in the future!

My taste in music has been expanding as I've been listening to Yoyoka over the years since she was 8.

Yoyoka is living proof that you can swing and rock at the same time. Well done!

Anyone else get teary-eyed?

Love that Purdy shuffle. Excellent groove Yoyoka.

YOYOKA Is a modern maestro, this girl has a great "Ear for Music" she can replicate any song if she chooses. I Love Yoyoka

Yoyoka, I’m amazed with your playing over the years! Not only do you have on-the-spot rudiments, you match it with dynamics, complexity, and emotion to every song you play… love it! You are such an inspiration to drummers young and old!

Let’s see… what was I doing when I was 13 years old? Oh.. I was playing Army with little green plastic soldiers burning ants with a magnifying glass. This little girl is so mature and is a genius drummer playing drums in all the big venues! I hope she can continue with her success and not take a wrong turn in life but I know her Mom and Dad have raised her to be a responsible and loving person. ❤❤❤❤

Ok folks. I have the original vinyl recording of this recording from 1976. I listened to it this week due to some suggestions from YOYOKA’s upload of a glimpse of the 3rd album recording session last Saturday with Ken Okada . Bernard P is a genius - no question. 47 years have passed. YOYOKA delivers a more precise rendering of this, part in due to Aki’s brilliant isolation of her performance on the mix. I listen to drums and bass primarily in music. I challenge to anyone to define or articulate how her cover is not the same or superior to Bernard’s. Humans evolve. I have said that a session with YOYOKA and Bernard would make a Fabulous YOYOKA drum lesson Numder ##. I believe that many listeners are stuck 100% in the past and that no living person could ever replicate or better the masters of the past. Total bollocks. Simple example: Glen Gould’s Brahms’s Variations. True masters are truly satisfied when their students exceed them.

Incredibly good once again and it's good to hear Yoyo perform a beautiful piece of music, especially Steely Dan, but what a contrast with the last performances at Whiskey-a-gogo, thank you Yoyoka for everything.

YOYOKA...what a wonderful treat. You made my Thanksgiving holiday complete. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world. You are a blessing. And as always, you played with perfection. Another YOYOKA moment to cherish.

Fun stuff. I think Bernard Purdie would be proud

Yoyoka drumming as smooth as Maxwell House

Purdie is smiling. I’m convinced.

I have many favorite Yoyoka covers but this is one of my top three. ❤

Yoyoka's use of posturing and enthusiastic technique as well as improvisational originality and cymbal work is quite outstanding. Her surprising power shots and interludes are also quite on point. I really don't know what else to say except that her playing leaves me😮...🎉 WOW!

There is just simply something magical about Yoyoka. This was exquisitely precise and totally enjoyable.

One of my favorite Steely Dan songs and her drumming is spot on. She can do the Bernard Purdie shuffle.

Yoyoka “Pretty” Soma!

Couldn't help but notice her facial expressions in this. She's propelling the groove in her mind and deftly transmitting it to her kit. A beautiful thing to see from any musician.

Rock solid, young Lady. Bless you for putting in the effort to learning a great song and for all the others you have covered.

バーディーシャッフルの美しい曲ですね。すでにYOYOKAシャッフルと命名したいくらいの完璧な演奏でした！オリジナルを凌駕するテクニックとセンス！

先日、日本が誇る12歳のヴァイオリニスト、HIMARIさんの演奏を視聴して感動しました。 サッカーの三苫さん、野球の大谷さん、ボクシングの井上さん…等々、スポーツでも音楽でも日本人って凄いな～と思います。ノーベル賞受賞者も多いですしね。 そしてYOYOKAさん、あなたは世界一のドラマーになれます！久しぶりに見たら少し大人びてきましたね。スティーリー・ダン大好きなので嬉しかったです。

Thank you Yoyoka. This is my favorite song of all times and Bernard would be proud.

IMO Flawless. This is her bread and butter. Not only flawlessly covering a beautiful tune but adding subtle changes that enhance the tune. She certainly knows her way around a shuffle-Rosanna, Fool in the Rain, 50 ways to leave your lover and now this. 🎶 Lucky us!😊 But I am biased.

My new favorite cover of Yoyoka. One of, if not my all time favorites of Steely Dan. Played to perfection. She rides that pocket just as well as Pretty Purdy.

In the pocket. WAY in the pocket. She's so into the music. Steely Dan is the Everst of pop music. How's the view, Yoyoka? Subbed!

Channeling Bernard in many ways. Such groove. So relaxed.

Absolutely FABULOUS -- Bernard Purdie would be proud! Yoyoka has it all -feel, groove and tons of soul!

Perfect sound level on the ghost notes. The ease that she can play. She just a step above.

Can't buy such a musical thrill as this when a Steely Dan song is played by a girl from Aja. Awesome.

So many forgotten songs that deserve to be given a new life by Yoyoka. Carry on with your mission.❤

I remember 8 year old Yoyoka smashing Led Zep, what a lovely young lady you've grown up to! Always love your stuff - and your talented family too!

What a smoking performance. Love your drumming. So smoothe and you are so relaxed and happy playing. Beautiful my friend.

Excellent feel, the shuffle is spot on, the tiny nuances of open/close hi hat, snare ghost notes, and her whole presentation of a tough tune to "copy". also love how she plays the song. May i suggest some Gino Vannelli tunes, he always had the best drummers and more intricate beats- Brother to Brother, Seek and you shall Find, Night walker, Apaloosa as examples. Keep up the great work, would love to see you live someday! (64 yr old drummer here still learning!)

Steely Dan is timeless. Great job!

MAGNIFICANT PROF, YOUR NOW A REAL BAD ASS DRUMMER, WHO CAN DO THE LOT.

Yoyoka, I hope Bernard Purdie sees this- if he does, he'll be very proud of you 🙂

Those quarter note opening hats during the chorus is so much harder than it sounds. Look at that foot camera 🙌. Chops and speed are cool and all, but drummers know it's so so hard to FEEL the shuffle like this. You are the best Yoyoka.

Yoyoka: one of my favorite SD drummers was Jeff Pocaro. (Toto as well).Yoyoka has an uncanny understanding of the music she chooses to play. She is a master!

ハーフ・シャッフルをここまで正確にグルーブ感増々で叩くとは～～～素晴らしい！！！

She is a MASTER of her drumming domain… honestly a prodigy…. Such an amazing and naturally born drummer….

This young lady is so good for not just her age, but for any age.. it's scary. WOW. Said it before along with lots of other people. Amazing. Scary.

いつも選曲が渋いのが素晴らしい。自分で選んでいるんでしょうがそれもセンスがいいですね。

よよかちゃんほんとに、大人になってきましたね、貴方のテクニックは、小さい頃 から完成されていたけど経験を積むごとに、貴方らしい色気が出てきましたね！このシャッフルを力む事なく気持ち良さそうに、貴方らしく、無邪気に演奏する様は、見て聴いている、私しを、心地よくさせてくれます、この感性唯一無二貴方の貴方だけのものです、天才という言葉は、もう卒業ですね、世界のトップ ミュージシャンだね！ずっと 応援してます、また、素晴らしい演奏待ってます、田舎のリッチーブラックモアより😊

I love what a student of different genres and drummers she is. That’s what greatness does, studies and learns from the best. Yoyoka is the real deal, folks .

1000th comment for this perfect performance!!!

I am very, very impressed! I was hard pressed to tell the difference between this and Bernard!

Hi Yoyoka brilliant doing Steely Dan as I have most Albums in my Collection and Wonder if You may do Level 42 in the near future that would make me very Happy and is there anything With Ellen Plays Bass in the Future. ? Chris Tredwell Birmingham UK 😆😆😆

They were famous for picking exceptional session musicians - and you fit right in! 😉

Someone taught you Heart, Passion, selfless, such Incredible qualities and so young, so wonderful to see, the drumming is Superb too. 😎.

Very tight shuffle, one of my fav SD songs...

Purdie shuffle!!! She knows the tune so well, she nailed the tempo change after the intro. Great job!! Has she done AJA, yet? If not, please do it! Also, since you're in the fusion mindset, could you do Rumble by Chick Corea Eletrik Band (1986?). Keep up the good work. You are amazing!!

Steely Dan always a serious drum part. You just rock Yoyo, excellent cover. Thank you for sharing. Pat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Superb shuffle.. quintessential American band, played with Japanese precision and feel. Most awesome young ladie.. awesome.

Smooth, nuanced, and classy. The difference between hitting the kit and playing the kit. Percussion to soothe the soul. 🙏 😌

STEELY DAN is a great great band and I love them! I've been listening to them every day for 30 years. and I find it incredible that YOYOKA is making this music. Thank you very much for purchasing.

I didn't know Christmas comes the day after Thanksgiving. Wow. She covered another classic from Aja. Nice. Thank you, Yoyoka!

YOYOKA does the Purdy shuffle justice. A great song from my all time fav Steely Dan album. 10 out of 10!!!

Very good 👍 👍👍👍👍

スティーリー・ダン❗️リラックスしてあまりにもスムーズな音。気持ちの良い休日の朝となりました。ありがとう😊