Re: [acid-jazz] [Fwd: [soundlounge] Concert :: Monday Michiru/New York Blue Note, 02.12.26]

From: John Book (johnbook9@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 03:08:51 CET

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    If anyone is going to this show, e-mail me offlist, I
    want to give her my "michiru (monday)" record and if
    someone can somehow pass it to her, that would be
    cool. I don't think she'll make it to the Pacific
    Northwest for a show so... let me know.

    p.e.a.c.e.
    -John Book
     http://www.john-book.com

    > -------- Original Message --------
    > 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
    > -----
    >
    > 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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