On Thursday, April 18, the Yoko Miwa Trio will be performing at Regattabar in Cambridge, MA. If you want to know more about the venue, stay tuned for an upcoming blog post, but to really get the feel of the place, this video shows moments from the trio’s past performances at Regattabar. If the video…
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Live music on a weekend morning? Absolutely. The second and fourth Sundays every month, the Yoko Miwa Trio plays at 10:30 at Ryles Jazz Club, one of the gems of quirky-hip Inman Square, Cambridge. You may also know Ryles as a popular dance spot for latin, salsa, swing, and more — it’s the same club,…
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In January, I reviewed the first episode of Ken Burns’s 2001 documentary JAZZ. Today, I continue with episode two, The Gift. One of the best anecdotes in the episode is the story of Louis Armstrong’s first record, made with King Oliver’s Band. Before microphones, musicians stood around a horn like the one on a phonograph to record.…
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