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Toshiko Akiyoshi (Dairen, Liaoning, China, 12 de diciembre de 1929) es una pianista, compositora y arreglista de jazz que recibió catorce nominaciones a los premios Grammy y fue la primera mujer en ganar los premios a la mejor arreglista y compositora en la encuesta anual de los lectores de la revista de jazz Down Beat.
Toshiko Akiyoshi (秋吉敏子 or 穐吉敏子, Akiyoshi Toshiko, born 12 December 1929) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in Down Beat magazine's annual Readers' Poll.
As one of few women and Asian musicians in the jazz world, Akiyoshi infused Japanese culture, sounds, and instruments into her music. As a pianist, bandleader, and composer-arranger, Akiyoshi cemented her place as one of the most important jazz musicians of the twentieth century.
Real Name: 秋吉敏子 or 穐吉敏子 (Akiyoshi Toshiko) Profile: Japanese-American jazz pianist, composer/arranger, and band leader. Born December 12, 1929 in Liaoyang, Manchuria (now part of China). One of the most famous jazz musicians from Japan.
24 de abr. de 2023 · Toshiko Akiyoshi says, “Though I believe I contributed to jazz through composition, my nature is a pianist. Now, I want to thoroughly concentrate on playing piano.” By Hiroshi Nishida / Yomiuri...
Since her debut recording for Norgran Records in 1954, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi has recorded continually – almost exclusively as a leader of small jazz combos and of her big bands – averaging one studio album release per year for well over 50 years.
8 de ene. de 2024 · Toshiko Akiyoshi's unique contributions to the jazz world have evolved like falling dominoes through a series of events that started with a piano-loving little Japanese girl in Manchuria and brought her to prominence as an unparalleled pianist, composer and leader of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra.
