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Yoko Miwa Trio with Mikayla Shirley — The Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT Fresh from a sold-out performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, Yoko Miwa returns to Connecticut with her trio and special guest vocalist Mikayla Shirley for one unforgettable night at The Palace Theater’s Poli Club. Friday, September 11 Yoko Miwa Trio with…
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Yoko Miwa is based in Massachusetts, a state that many musicians have called home over the years. In this post, we pay tribute to some of the jazz family who were born in MA (hence the title). Chick Corea (12 June 1941, Chelsea) Jaki Byard (15 June 1941, Worcester) Dave Lambert (19 June 1917, Boston)…
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Yoko Miwa’s birthday is on May 22. This year, we thought we’d look up other musicians born on this day to see what kind of birthday band we could put together. It’s going to be a quintet, but right from the start it’s a very different kind of band. Two pianos, a cosmic tone organ,…
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