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The Yoko Miwa Show #11: Influences & Beyond

In this episode, Yoko talks about how to learn from your musical influences, and how to move past them to find your own sound.

Influences #3: Oscar Peterson

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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Influences #2: Bill Evans

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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