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Pianist-composer Yoko Yates Deepens Her Evocative, Original Vision With 'Eternal Moments,' To Be Released September 19 By Banka Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Pianist-composer Yoko Yates expands on her unique musical concept on her Eternal Moments, her stunning sophomore album, set for a September 19 release on Banka Records. Retaining the quintet from her 2022 debut Mystic Life—flutist Jamie Baum, multi-reedist Sam Sadigursky, bassist Aryeh Kobrinsky, and drummer Jeff Hirshfield—it also includes 10 original post-bop jazz compositions that explore Yates’s enmeshed fascinations with visual imagery, autobiography, and the natural world. Eternal Moments is thus a natural, entirely organic follow-up to the much-lauded Mystic ...
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Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa Performing at les Zygomates in Boston on January 31
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Japanese Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa Performs at les Zygomates in Boston on New Year's Eve
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
This New Year's Eve, jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at Les Zygomates Wine Bar and Bistro in Boston on Saturday, December 31, 2011. Yoko performs solo piano from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m, and then with her trio from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. to usher in the New Year. There is no cover charge, but reservations are recommended. Call 617 542-5108. A native of Kobe, Japan, Yoko studied piano at Koyo Conservatory before coming to Boston on a full ...
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Japanese Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa Performs at Ryles on Sunday, November 13
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Japanese jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at the Sunday Jazz Brunch at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To see the Sunday Brunch menu, click here. For upcoming jazz events at Ryles, located at 212 Hampshire Street in Inman Square, click here. You can find a list of jazz brunches in Massachusetts taking place throughout the year, or visit MassJazz.com for a schedule of concerts, night clubs, campus ...
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Japanese Pianist Yoko Miwa Performing Two Free Concerts at Boston's Jazz in July Series on Tuesday, July 26
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Japanese jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing two free concerts in downtown Boston, as part of the Jazz in July concert series, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. At noon Yoko and her trio perform at Shopper's Park at Washington and Franklin Streets in downtown Boston, starting at noon. Then in the afternoon Yoko gives a solo performance at Les Zygomates starting at 5:30 p.m. Tickets to this event are free but reservations are suggested. The Jazz in July series is ...
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Jazz in July Series Kicks Off in Downtown Boston on Friday, July 1 with Yoko Miwa Trio
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
The popular Jazz in July series of live jazz performances sponsored by Downtown Boston BID kicks off on Friday, July 1, 2011, with a live set by the Yoko Miwa Trio from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Summer Street in front of Macys Department Store. And later that evening, the Andrew Van Tassel Quartet performs at Hyatt's Terrace at Avenue One from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For a full schedule of events in this year's Jazz in July series, click ...
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Greg Abate and Yoko Miwa Performing at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, June 1
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Jazz saxophonist, composer and teacher Greg Abate is performing with pianist Yoko Miwa at Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Guest Suites by Hilton Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $22 ($60 for dinner and show) and can be ordered online. Located at 400 Soldiers Field Road in Boston's Allston neighborhood, Scullers is regarded as one of the country's best jazz venues. For a schedule of upcoming events at Scullers ...
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Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Releases "Waiting For the D Train" Single
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All About Jazz
From Fluxus and performance-art pioneer and Two Virgins to chart-topping dance-music heroine (inspiring punk rock along the way!), Yoko Ono has been an innovative and influential force on music and art, while simultaneously campaigning for peace on the world's stage. At 76 years young, Yoko continues to kick ass -- and is preparing to release Between My Head and the Sky, a career-defining album made with her new Plastic Ono Band. The record is a gorgeous, mind-melting blend of styles, ...
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Yoko Ono Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at "Mojo" Magazine Awards
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All About Jazz
June 6 - Yoko Ono receives Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale
June 14 - Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND with special guests Ornette Coleman, Antony Hegarty & Mark Ronson.
DON'T STOP ME! gives a taste of the YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND 15-song album BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY coming in September
DONT STOP ME! EP Featured In iTunes “What's Hot" Section
The legendary Yoko Ono won the lifetime ...
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Yoko Ono Fighting for Lennon Video Copyright
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All About Jazz
They are rare, intimate images of John Lennon just before the breakup of the Beatles: He's hunched over a piano writing songs, smoking pot, joking about putting LSD in President Nixon's tea. Almost four decades after the footage was shot at Lennon's estate in England, his widow is in court, fighting to keep the images private. World Wide Video LLC, a Lawrence, Mass.-based company, claims it owns the 10 hours of raw footage, but Yoko Ono claims she is the ...
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