Toshiko Akiyoshi is an American jazz pianist,composer,arranger,and bandleader.
From Toshiko With Love is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor Records and in the U.S. by Jazz America Marketing –not to be confused with the 2002 Lew Tabackin Trio recording of the same name (Tanuki's Night Out). The album received two Grammy award nominations in 1981 for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and "Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording".
Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyōand Ōsaka,during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.
Insights is the fourth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band and was voted "Jazz Album of the Year" in the 1978 Down Beat magazine critic's poll. It received the Swing Journal magazine 1976 Gold Disk prize in Japan and was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the USA for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.
Ten Gallon Shuffle is the first recording released by the New York–based Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. The composition Ten Gallon Shuffle was originally commissioned by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity for the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra.
Wishing Peace is the second recording released by the New York–based Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin after 13 previous releases with their Los Angeles–based Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. "Lady Liberty","Wishing Peace" and "Uptown Stroll" form the three part "Liberty Suite" written on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.
Toshiko's Piano is the debut recording of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded in Japan in 1953 with guitarist Herb Ellis,bassist Ray Brown and drummer J.C. Heard,who were known at the time for their work as pianist Oscar Peterson's rhythm section for Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts. The album was released as a 10 inch LP album on Norman Granz's Norgran Record label. Later 12 inch LP and (Japanese) CD re-issues also include all 4 Akiyoshi tracks from 1957's Verve Records recording,Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport. The cover artwork is by David Stone Martin.
The Toshiko Trio is a jazz record album recorded in 1956 in New York City and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi - not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album,Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio.
Toshiko –Her Trio,Her Quartet is a jazz album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in New York,in 1956,and released on the Storyville record label. The album cover artwork is taken from Joan Miró's "Black and Red" series.
Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport is a live album recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve record label. All 4 Toshiko Akiyoshi tracks are also included on some later re-issues of the Norgran (Verve) recording Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi.
The Many Sides of Toshiko is a jazz piano trio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi,recorded in New York in 1957 and released on the Verve label.
The jazz album United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet was recorded in New York in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label. The recording features pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with Nat Adderley or Doc Severinsen alternating on cornet/trumpet,Bobby Jaspar playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute,Rolf Kühn on alto saxophone and clarinet,RenéThomas on guitar,Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass.
The jazz album The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi on piano and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone was recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label. This Candid recording is not to be confused with the similarly titled Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (1963),a recording of mostly Leonard Bernstein songs from the musical West Side Story,released on the Takt label.
Live at Birdand by the Toshiko - Mariano Quartet is a jazz album made from recordings taken at the Birdland Club in New York City on two separate occasions in 1960 and 1961. It was released on CD in 1991 by the European Fresh Sound label.
Toshiko–Mariano Quartet is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano and was recorded in Tokyo in 1963 and released on the Nippon Columbia/Takt label. This album is related to the similar RCA Mariano/Akiyoshi release,East and West but is not to be confused with the 1961 Candid recording,The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet.
Toshiko Mariano and Her Big Band is a jazz album recorded in Tokyo by Toshiko Akiyoshi in July 1964 and released in the US on the Vee-Jay Records label. It was also released on the Nippon Columbia label in Japan under the title,Toshiko and Modern Jazz. In addition to the 4 big band arrangements featuring a full 16 piece jazz orchestra,there are also three smaller combo tracks on this album.
Toshiko at Top of the Gate is a live jazz (quintet) album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded at the Top of the Gate in New York City in July 1968 and was released by Nippon Columbia and Denon Records.
Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label in Japan and on the JAM Record label in the USA.
Finesse is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1978 and released on the Concord Jazz record label.
The jazz album Notorious Tourist from the East was recorded by Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1978 and released in the USA on the Inner City Record label and in Japan on the Discomate record label.
