Jazz Articles about Yoko Miwa

Yoko Miwa: Canopy of Stars

by Dan McClenaghan
December 22, 2007

Japanese-born, Boston-based pianist Yoko Miwa follows up her 2004 release, Fadeless Flower (Polystar Records) with A Canopy of Stars, building on her crisply incisive percussive approach that bubbles with warm melodies and an array of colors, whether on the bright Brazilian-flavored opener, “La Estacion," or the melancholic, dark-hued “Solitude," which features bassist Bronek Suchenek bowing the melody. Miwa takes the same tune and remakes it into a tango--handling the melody herself--on “Tango Soledad."Miwas's more abstract side is displayed ...

Meet Yoko Miwa

by Ludwig vanTrikt
June 22, 2005

All About Jazz: For your American audience, please introduce yourself. Yoko Miwa: My name is Yoko Miwa. I am a jazz pianist born in Kobe, Japan, now living in Boston. I started taking piano lessons at the age of 4. My family was always very supportive of my interest in music. Maybe they were impressed because I could hear music and play it back on the piano, whatever it was--pop music on the radio, cartoon ...

The Yoko Miwa Trio: Fadeless Flower

by Jerry D'Souza
June 21, 2004

If the music is the arbiter then the title Fadeless Flower is an apt one. Yoko Miwa has filled it with compositions that are not only drenched in melody but also give the performers a chance to open them and let them bloom. She has the perfect complements in Greg Loughman on bass and Scott Goulding on drums; after all, they are her regular accompanists and have moulded an evident rapport with her.

Miwa gives her tunes ...