Month: April 2015

  On the second episode of the Yoko Miwa Show, Yoko talks about her college years in Osaka, Japan, and the movie that introduced her to jazz.  

In my opinion, “My Funny Valentine” ranks up there with “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and Extreme’s “More Than Words” as one of the creepier, more disturbing songs ever written. I’ll tell you why in a moment, but first here’s Yoko playing “My Funny Valentine” with vocalist Rebecca Paris: The song was written in 1937 by…
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REMINDER: Get your tickets NOW for Yoko’s May 15 show at the Regattabar! This is part 2 of an occasional series in which our blog administrator, Jason Crane, remembers his jazz-related experiences in Japan. In the first installment of this series, I talked about meeting Eddie Gomez and Jimmy Cobb at a jazz club in…
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