• 1959 –1964

    Faculty of Education in Nitra; leader of an amateur band playing in the Tatra Hotel in Nitra

  • 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

  • 1963

    member of a Bratislava band Istropolitana

  • 1966 – 1967

    member of the Combo 4, (lead. Karol Ondreička); appearances at the Czechoslovak Amateur Jazz Festival (1966, 1967)

  • 1967

    founder of the rock band The Gentlemen; member of Braňo Hronec’s Orchestra

  • 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

  • 1977 – 1992

    music editor with the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava; directed exclusively towards jazz

  • 1977 –1980

    leader of the Slovak Jazz Quintet

  • 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

  • 1982

    cooperation with Hans Koller, saxophonist (AT) and Wolfgang Lackerschmied (DE) vibraphone player (among others appearance in the TV programme “M Music Studio”)

  • 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

  • 1985

    appearances with Lauren Newton, Bernd Konrad (Carlsbad, Ost-West Festival in Nuernberg etc.); leader of the Slovak Jazz Quartet

  • 1986

    Bratislava Jazz Days ’86 (with Bireli Lagrene Quartet)

  • 1988

    studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA)

  • 1989

    leader of the Boston Jazz Quartet, (tours across USA and Europe); cooperation with Barbara Dennerlein, organist (DE)

  • 1990

    establishment of the Meditation Jazz Trio, participation in the Slovak Jazz Festival in Žilina (1990)

  • 1991

    establishment of the Czecho-Slovak-Amercian Jazz Quartet

  • 1992

    vice-president of the Percussion Society in the Czech republic and Slovakia

  • 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) 

  • 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

  • 1994 – 1996

    vice-president of the Slovak Jazz Society

  • 1995

    co-author of a concert in Bratislava: Larry Smith – alto saxophone, USA; Antonio Ciacca – piano, IT; Juraj Griglák – double bass, SK

  • 1996

    European Culture Week festival in Vienna with his solo act Drums and Percussions Acoustic Music

  • 1997

    appearance with the Slovak Jazz Quartet (Jozef „Dodo” Šošoka, Juraj Bartoš, Matúš Jakbčic, Juraj Griglák, Gabo Jonáš) in Jerusalem, Zagreb, London etc.

  • 1998

    member of the International Percussion Ensemble

  • 1999

    appearance at the Slovak jazz festival during Bratislava Jazz Days („Dodo” Šošoka & Friends)

  • cooperation:

    Muddy Waters, Allan Praskin, Larry Porter, Christian Jacob, Linda Sharock, Wolfgang Puschning, Carl Ratzer, Tomasz Stanko, Anca Parghel, Christian Muthspiel and others

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