From: Wesley (wesleyhongkong@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 00:40:43 CET
ECLECTIC Japan
[Sound :: Lounge] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoundLounge
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Concert :: Monday Michiru/New York Blue Note, 02.12.26
soul-jazz singer-songwriter Monday Michiru will play at the New York
Blue Note the day after Christmas. so if you don't that gift you wanted
on Christmas, treat yourself with this show the next night--should more
than make up for it. shows @ 8 and 10:30PM.
-Wesley
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source: Blue Note
EAST MEETS WEST JAPANESE CHRISTMAS AT THE BLUE NOTE: MONDAY MICHIRU
2002-12-26
8PM and 10:30 PM
MAKE RESERVATION
BAR $10.00
TABLE $20.00
Monday Michiru is one of Japan's finest soul-jazz singer-writers of the
1990's whose cosmopolitan sensibility have made her stand out among her
contemporaries. Born in Tokyo to pianist and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi
and alto sax jazzman Charlie Mariano, she was raised in the United
States. Michiru started out as an actress, but in 1991 her artistic
interest shifted to composing music and performing, appearing in small
Tokyo jazz clubs and releasing her first album "Mangetsu," which brought
her to the attention of Tokyo's burgeoning dance and acid jazz scene.
Soon she was appearing on records by Mondo Grosso, DJ Krush, Kyoto Jazz
Massive, and United Future Organization. She started releasing an album
a year, including 1994's "Maiden Japan" and 1995's "Jazz Brat," in which
Michiru's style dabbles with hip-hop, rap, jazz ballads, Latin, and rock
with lyrics that are often probing examinations of culture in Japan,
especially as it pertains to women. Her album "Double Image" (1999) is
considered by many to be her finest works while on "Optimista" (1999)
she abandoned the heavy production for a stripped-down acoustic sound.
She has since released three more albums: "Premiumix" (1999), "4
Seasons" (2001), and "Episodes in Color" (2002).
-- ECLECTIC Japan [Sound :: Lounge] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoundLounge
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