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Yoko on the music she listened to growing up
I always loved music. My mother was already playing music for me when I was in the womb. She would play Bach, Debussy and Tchaikovsky. She played all kinds of music around the house in my early years. She would play Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, sing along with Sammy Davis Jr. — she could…
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Yoko looks back at some career highlights
Let me start by saying that every moment I spend playing music is a memorable one. Of course when you are performing with a well known musician you are more conscious of trying to remember the moment but the truth is good music knows no names. I get asked the question a lot about who…
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“Mom and Dad, I’m going to be a jazz musician.”
“My family thought, as did I, that I’d return to Japan after completing my studies at Berklee. After graduating I did like a lot of international students and did practical training which allowed me to stay here and work for one year. I was just starting to play a lot professionally in Boston so I…
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