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1959 –1964
Faculty of Education in Nitra; leader of an amateur band playing in the Tatra Hotel in Nitra
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1962 – 1963
founded a trio (Viktor Zapner – piano, Tibor Platzner – bass guitar, Jozef „Dodo” Šošoka – percussion), winner of the 1st place at the Young Creation Contest
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1963
member of a Bratislava band Istropolitana
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1966 – 1967
member of the Combo 4, (lead. Karol Ondreička); appearances at the Czechoslovak Amateur Jazz Festival (1966, 1967)
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1967
founder of the rock band The Gentlemen; member of Braňo Hronec’s Orchestra
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1973
performances abroad: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Syria – the tour had an immense influence on Šošoka – took interest in exotic percussions; break-up of The Gentlemen; engagement in Ivan Kača’s band; another performance in Cairo
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1977 – 1992
music editor with the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava; directed exclusively towards jazz
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1977 –1980
leader of the Slovak Jazz Quintet
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from 1980
permanent member of Ladislav Gerhardt’s Quartet, appearances during the Bratislava Jazz Days (1981, 1982) and International Jazz Festival Prague (IJFP, 1980); co-author of various international jazz projects, with personal participation
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1982
cooperation with Hans Koller, saxophonist (AT) and Wolfgang Lackerschmied (DE) vibraphone player (among others appearance in the TV programme “M Music Studio”)
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from 1983
appearances with Lee Harper (trumpet, USA), Bireli Lagren (guitar, FR), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, cornet); participation with Josef Vejvoda in the „percussion music” project, (presentation of pieces for percussion); guest appearances with the Prague Jazz Quartet (P. Kořínek, S. Košvanec, Š. Markovič), performing with them at the Bratislava Jazz Days ‘84
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1985
appearances with Lauren Newton, Bernd Konrad (Carlsbad, Ost-West Festival in Nuernberg etc.); leader of the Slovak Jazz Quartet
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1986
Bratislava Jazz Days ’86 (with Bireli Lagrene Quartet)
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1988
studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA)
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1989
leader of the Boston Jazz Quartet, (tours across USA and Europe); cooperation with Barbara Dennerlein, organist (DE)
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1990
establishment of the Meditation Jazz Trio, participation in the Slovak Jazz Festival in Žilina (1990)
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1991
establishment of the Czecho-Slovak-Amercian Jazz Quartet
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1992
vice-president of the Percussion Society in the Czech republic and Slovakia
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1993
tour in Gambia, studies of exotic percussions; performance at the Bratislava Music Festival (Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone, USA; Etta Cameron – vocals, USA; Jeff Gardner – piano, USA; Wayne Darling – double bass, USA)
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1994
Bratislava Jazz Days ‘94 (Jozef „Dodo” Šošoka & His Friends: Eugen Cicero – piano, CH; Lils McKintosch – vocals, NL; D. Badila – bass guitar, RO; Harry Sokal – saxophone, AT; Jan Jankeje – double bass, DE); tour across Italy with the Antonio Ciacca’s Quartet
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1994 – 1996
vice-president of the Slovak Jazz Society
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1995
co-author of a concert in Bratislava: Larry Smith – alto saxophone, USA; Antonio Ciacca – piano, IT; Juraj Griglák – double bass, SK
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1996
European Culture Week festival in Vienna with his solo act Drums and Percussions Acoustic Music
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1997
appearance with the Slovak Jazz Quartet (Jozef „Dodo” Šošoka, Juraj Bartoš, Matúš Jakbčic, Juraj Griglák, Gabo Jonáš) in Jerusalem, Zagreb, London etc.
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1998
member of the International Percussion Ensemble
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1999
appearance at the Slovak jazz festival during Bratislava Jazz Days („Dodo” Šošoka & Friends)
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cooperation:
Muddy Waters, Allan Praskin, Larry Porter, Christian Jacob, Linda Sharock, Wolfgang Puschning, Carl Ratzer, Tomasz Stanko, Anca Parghel, Christian Muthspiel and others