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News: Performance / Tour

Japanese Pianist Yoko Miwa Performing Two Free Concerts at Boston's Jazz in July Series on Tuesday, July 26

July 26, 2011

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 ...

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Canopy of Stars

By Yoko Miwa

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: La Estacion; Canopy of Stars; Solitude; Borders; Waltz for Willie; Tango Soledad; Appalacian Trail (North); Behind the Clouds; Secret Sources; The Silver Screen; Appalachian Trail (South).

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Article: Album Review

Yoko Miwa Trio: Canopy of Stars

Read "Canopy of Stars" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
January 22, 2008

Born in Kobe, Japan but now a Boston area resident, pianist Yoko Miwa offers up another tasty collection of originals for her third release. She is accompanied by her longstanding trio of bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Scott Goulding, drums with bassist Bronek Suchanek subbing on two tracks. In a typically interesting series of ...

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In The Mist Of Time

By Yoko Miwa

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007

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Article: Album Review

Yoko Miwa: Canopy of Stars

Read "Canopy of Stars" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

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 ...

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Canopy of Stars

By Yoko Miwa

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: La Estacion; Canopy of Stars; Solitude; Borders; Waltz for Willie; Tango Soledad; Appalacian Trail (North); Behind the Clouds; Secret Sources; The Silver Screen; Appalachian Trail (South).

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Article: Interview

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. ...

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Fadeless Flower

By Yoko Miwa

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2004
Track listing: Sorrowful Moon; Fadeless Flower; Blues in the Cave; In My Heart; Momentum; Flood of Tears; Black Bunny; Love; Finding the Sun

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Article: Album Review

The Yoko Miwa Trio: Fadeless Flower

Read "Fadeless Flower" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

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 ...