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Charles Mingus said jazz was a word invented to separate musicians from their money. Music for a Free World brings us together, drawing listeners to the healing power of smooth free jazz. Each week, surprise guests bring their own sides to spin and their instruments of choice to spontaneously jam.

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Sat. Mar 29th, 2pm - 5pm: Special Guest: Haruna Fukazawa (More info...)

Favoriting March 29, 2025: Haruna Fukazawa is a New York-based flutist, improviser and multi-time winner of the National Flute Association. Her album was ranked on Jazz Week, and was featured on the cover of the Hot Jazz magazine.
https://www.harunaflute.net

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Haruna Fukazawa  Contact   Favoriting Departure  Summit     
Haruna Fukazawa  Cat's Meeting   Favoriting Departure  Summit    0:11:21 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  Bassi Blues   Favoriting Departure  Summit Records    0:21:20 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Claire de Brunner, Shu Odamura, Haruna Fukazawa, Jarred Chase, Trevor Bajus  2024_0331_track08   Favoriting 2024_0331    https://trevordekebajus.bandcamp.com/album/2024-0331?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2n8ntgxiXJcs2xEJceQE-lNUF46_uStMhsi8B4NgrJNqv9TbYpK5oRIUI_aem_Ab1r-rCvSKwAKLUx-eO8DIAhgu-C14xvNFnIheXCdWEUoj_LySuBXfGFG649rEU6XCVQbe9b7JSxGRtPF4096oAz  0:29:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jazz Triangle 65-77  Ayutthaya   Favoriting Ayutthaya    https://jazztriangle65-77.bandcamp.com/track/ayutthaya  0:49:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jazz Triangle 65-77  Tea for Three   Favoriting Tea for Three    https://jazztriangle65-77.bandcamp.com/track/ayutthaya  0:56:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Judi Silvano  Flock of the Three   Favoriting Garden Wind Project  JSL Label  Haruna Fukazawa Claire de Brunner Judi Silvano UNRELEASED until Summer 2025!  1:00:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Judi Silvano  Stravinsky   Favoriting Garden Wind Project  JSL  Haruna Fukazawa Claire de Brunner Judi Silvano UNRELEASED until Summer 2025!  1:06:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Judi Silvano  Flower Talk   Favoriting Garden Wind Project  JSL Label  Haruna Fukazawa Claire de Brunner Judi Silvano UNRELEASED until Summer 2025!  1:08:59 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  Retrato de Carl Nielsen   Favoriting Live Recording      1:17:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  Improvisation as Human Experience   Favoriting Remote Recording      1:25:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  A Flower is a Lovesome Thing   Favoriting Departure  Summit Records    1:31:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa and Dave Sewelson    Live on WFMU  GTDR Records and Tapes    1:38:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  I Wish You Love   Favoriting Departure  Summit Records    2:00:32 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  Juicey Lucy   Favoriting Departure  Summit Records    2:06:03 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jazz Triangle 65-77  Someone to Watch Over Me   Favoriting Someone To Watch Over Me    https://jazztriangle65-77.bandcamp.com/track/someone-to-watch-over-me  2:20:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jazz Triangle 65-77  James   Favoriting James    https://jazztriangle65-77.bandcamp.com/track/james  2:26:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa  No Fine Weather   Favoriting Departure  Summit Records    2:47:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Haruna Fukazawa and Dave Sewelson    Live on WFMU  GTDR Records and Tapes    2:53:10 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Dave Sewelson:

Welcome to the Free World
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tom tom the pipers son:

hi dave and guest….
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northguineahills:

dave! haruna! free bird worlders!
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ northguineahills @2:02
hey ngh....
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Mxter Baba:

Hello, Dave, Haruna, and folxes!
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tom tom the pipers son:

hi haruna…do you feel there’s a different vibe in the ny jazz scene than in japan…what do you think the difference is if there is one…?
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ Mxter Baba @2:10
hey Mxter Baba....
  2:13pm
cherylflute:

dig.. more flute .swingin
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tom tom the pipers son:

hee-llo-ooo daaa-aave….present!!
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ cherylflute @2:13
Hey Cheryl....
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:14
hey tom tom...
  2:17pm
DavidJ:

Here and digging this! Hi all!
  2:17pm
cherylflute:

↳ Dave Sewelson @2:15
hey dave . dig
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ DavidJ @2:17
hey DavidJ.....
  2:27pm
Fred R:

Hi Dave and guest! Enjoyable set this afternoon
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ Fred R @2:27
Thanks Fred...more to come....
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tom tom the pipers son:

@ dave…did haruna bring her flute and will you guys improvise for us…?
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:32
yep tom tom...that will happen....
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tom tom the pipers son:

👍🏻
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Dave Sewelson:

any other questions for Haruna?
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tom tom the pipers son:

@2:12….
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tom tom the pipers son:

bitte schön
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northguineahills:

↳ Dave Sewelson @2:37
i have to leave in about 30ish minutes, but where did she grow up? i grew up in ayase-shi, kanagawa-ken.
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tom tom the pipers son:

yes...
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northguineahills:

i've been to the akasaksa temples! (in vermont now)
  2:49pm
Judi:

hi there Dave & Haruna - yes I'm here and enjoying the conversation & music!! more more!!
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Mxter Baba:

enjoying this all very much!
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northguineahills:

↳ Mxter Baba @2:50
babbbbbaaaaa!!!!
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ Judi @2:49
that's for stopping by Judi....
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Mxter Baba:

↳ northguineahills @2:50
nghkins!
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tom tom the pipers son:

65th street etc in forest hills? there is a japanese community there...
  2:56pm
Judi:

Jazz Triangle - better than square or round - perfect.... a Collective!
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tom tom the pipers son:

if it is, continental ave is a main drag… so for a name 'continental drift'…or ‘divide'
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:51
Jackson Heights....
  3:01pm
Judi:

Nice Arrangement from Shu!
How do I get a little photo next to my post?
Oh.. now that's something different now. We had some fun!
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northguineahills:

i know nyc is a big town, I was also wondering if haruna knows keiko uenishi (aka: o.blaat). my dj mentor, toshio kajiwara moved back to tokyo.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dave Sewelson @3:01
ah just an express stop away…i’ sure haruna know continental ave...
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ Judi @3:01
Judi...if you make an account then edit your profile.....
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northguineahills:

↳ Judi @2:56
i was going to say pyramid, but i think that's taken...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Judi @3:01
yes go to profile then profile settings at top
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fred:

Does Haruna ever feel right about her choice of instrument when the bass player struggles to get through customs/TSA?
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @3:02
both two of the first people i met when i moved to nyc.
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northguineahills:

↳ fred @3:04
jajaja!
  3:05pm
Judi:

Improvised by all 3 of us:
Haruna Fukazawa
Claire de Brunner
Judi Silvano
UNRELEASED until Summer 2025!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Flock of the Three" by "Judi Silvano"
digdug!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Stravinsky" by "Judi Silvano"
igoring the fact

/couldn't come up w/ another pun w/ stravinsky....
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @3:04
flute may be deemed ‘un american’ for some reason i can’t dream of and be reason for getting turned back at u.s. customs soon
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Flower Talk" by "Judi Silvano"
travelling flower talk band!

/old fave japanese band///
  3:11pm
Judi:

Haruna, you sound great! And I love rubbing some notes with you and Claire!
Thankx for playing this!!!
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tom tom the pipers son:

dave is old school with a land line...
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fred:

↳ Song: "Stravinsky" by "Judi Silvano"
Stravinsky is both the address of my workplace (the only one on the place) and the biggest meeting room there (others are Berio, Nono, Varese, Messiaen and... Shannon)
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northguineahills:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:09
i'd be more worried about a double-bass being damaged on a flight....

never had a problem getting flight cases in and out of mexico, but canada, i was detained for 45 mins...
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drumbone:

Dave's not here
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ drumbone @3:14
ha!
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northguineahills:

↳ fred @3:14
i know the square! (well, from maps)
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ northguineahills @3:14
fred was just making a joke i assume…; )
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @3:15
i unsuccessfully did as well!
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coelacanth∅:

Greetings Dave and Haruna and Freeworldlings
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northguineahills:

wow, i was just chatting w/ an old argie friend in buenos aires this week.
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northguineahills:

ok, running! thanks dave, haruna, judi, and friends!
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tom tom the pipers son:

bye ngh...
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ northguineahills @3:18
later, ngh....
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ coelacanth∅ @3:16
hey sealy....
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ fred @3:14
wow...fred...
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tom tom the pipers son:

re: tango…does haruna know of astor piazolla who i believe featured flute occasionally…. this is very piazolla
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WR:

↳ Song: "Retrato de Carl Nielsen" by "Haruna Fukazawa"
was Saul Zaks involved in the performance?
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ WR @3:24
nope...
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tom tom the pipers son:

story about stravinsky… someone asked him why he only had a cheap record player…he said “people can have their million dollar sound systems, i have million dollar ears” while working at the morganatic library i went though a box of business cards that were donated….on was stravinsky’s with his los angeles address another was wagner with no address
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fred:

A sho player I met once had trouble at a US airport, they thought it was a weapon. She gave an impromptu concert to demonstrate. Lucky people in that lane (well, except those who missed their flight)
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tom tom the pipers son:

morgan...
  3:26pm
Judi:

↳ fred @3:14
Well, Stravinsky looms large, although those other rooms must be fun to work in...
  3:27pm
Judi:

↳ northguineahills @3:18
I have to run soon too, anyway nice to meet you, thankx for coming and listening, see you soon!
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tom tom the pipers son:

What did haruna think of andre benjamin’s flute album…..
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fred:

↳ Judi @3:26
Meeting rooms are for napping, not working though (I'm no executive)
  3:33pm
Judi:

Improvisation as Human Experience, I like that.
Ooooh, this one is Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" - not lonesome.... Barry Harris taught us all that song so long ago and he emphasized the V in the title....
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tom tom the pipers son:

the theme from hitchcock’s ‘vertigo’ is basically a quote of this strayhorn tunage
  3:36pm
Haruna:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:02
Forest hills?
I know!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Haruna @3:36
yes figured…was just suggesting continental drift for a group name
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ Judi @3:33
the robot made me put an n in there
  3:38pm
Judi:

Yeah, Dave, my spellcheck changes things all the time too without my consent!!!!

GORGEOUS
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Mxter Baba:

gorgeous
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Mxter Baba:

the robot AI’d my homework
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:37
japanese grocer on austin street
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Judi @3:38
insidious a.i.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:38
ha ah!!~
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WR:

↳ Song: "Haruna Fukazawa and Dave Sewelson"
Fukagawa-san, you have gorgeous tone and intonation on the flute. I was thinking that during the previous recording but was wondering how much it was due to excellent recording. Live on the mic now and it's all there.
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tom tom the pipers son:

this is a little like the meeting of an elephant and an egret….maybe the egret is on the elephants back...
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:44
Or the other way around...
It can work in music
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @3:47
great point...
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tom tom the pipers son:

i knew my analogy was incomplete...
  3:49pm
Judi:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:38
Wow - cool Duo Improv!
Wonderful listening to the show Dave & Haruna! Thankx
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tom tom the pipers son:

that was so enjoyable
  3:49pm
Tara:

this is great !
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drumbone:

THAT was really nice, you guys....Thanks!
  3:51pm
Judi:

Chocolate Reeds? wowwww
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fred:

A beard helps with sax, so I heard
  3:53pm
Judi:

How would you feel if you were air going through a flute? Yeah Dave, that's a deep question!
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fred:

African or European air speed?
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ Tara @3:49
glad you dig it Tara...
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ fred @3:57
miles or kilometers...
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fred:

↳ Dave Sewelson @4:07
That was a failed Monty Python reference
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WR:

Reading bio info on the Summit web page it mentions studying with Frank Wess. If that wasn't already discussed, how did Haruna get connected with Wess?
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ WR @4:13
a friend hooked them up...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @3:57
that would have worked with clay pigeon...
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steveo:

Hi! Feeling flutey!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:18
sorry …swallow...
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ steveo @4:20
you are in the right place steveo....
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Someone to Watch Over Me" by "Jazz Triangle 65-77"
Hi all. Sounds a bit at times like In a Sentimental Mood.
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tom tom the pipers son:

@dave... was wondering what harumi thought of andre benjamin’s flute album
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @4:22
(Similar acending melody line...)
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:22
hasn't checked it out yet...
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ doctorjazz @4:24
yeah doc...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dave Sewelson @4:24
ah thx
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Someone to Watch Over Me" by "Jazz Triangle 65-77"
This is a beautiful SOUNDING recording (aside from the beautiful playing). Comes through even traveling through compressed digital pipes.
  4:27pm
DavidJ:

Lovely
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:18
I can't comment on that show anymore
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @4:28
ah... no big loss...
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Dave Sewelson:

people you can buy things here.
www.harunaflute.net...
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Gina Bacon:

Hi Dave and Haruna and all!
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tom tom the pipers son:

@ haruna…. a player you might want to watch for is dble bassist maggie cox a classically trained musician who is just starting in improv but she is very good…a possible team mate
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:31
well a suggestion not a recommendation...
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fred:

If you don't know what to play, what about another improv session?
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fred:

Heavy metal flute! Do it!
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WR:

Subway going underground, so writing my thanks for great show! Thank you!
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks, dave and haruna… later all….
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drumbone:

more improv please
  4:48pm
Haruna:

↳ drumbone @4:46
Yes, we will do
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fred:

@Haruna: Any tour dates near Paris?
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ drumbone @4:46
coming up....
  4:52pm
Haruna:

↳ fred @4:50
I hope. I’m thinking about to go to Europe if these are any opportunities.
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doctorjazz:

I came in late, any NY/NJ area gigs?
  4:54pm
David J:

Thanks Haruna and Dave, a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon!
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Gina Bacon:

Thank you both for the beautiful music!
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Dave and Haruna!
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steveo:

Fantastic show! Thank you!
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Song: "Haruna Fukazawa and Dave Sewelson"
★
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Dave! Thanks Haruna!
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Dave Sewelson:

Thanks all you listenears....
  5:18pm
Haruna:

Thank you all!
Thank you for having me, Dave!
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