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All this month we’re featuring songs that mean something to Yoko. Her third selection is the title track of Oscar Peterson’s 1963 album Night Train. Yoko: “I can’t talk about specific performances of particular songs without mentioning Oscar Peterson’s version of ‘Night Train.’ I learned a lot about the style of playing blues piano by…
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All this month we’re featuring songs that mean something to Yoko. Her second selection this month is from Bill Evans’ 1961 live recording Sunday At The Village Vanguard. Yoko says: “I remember putting on Bill Evans Sunday Live at the Village Vanguard for the first time. The first song was ‘My Foolish Heart’ and I…
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All this month we’re featuring songs that mean something to Yoko. Her first selection is from Keith Jarrett’s album At The Deer Head Inn. Yoko says: “Here’s an example of a well known standard tune which I already knew and liked. Keith Jarrett sounds so liberated on this performance and I can hear how much…
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