Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese–American jazz pianist,composer,arranger,and bandleader.
Live at Newport '77 was the second live recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band and was followed by another release,Live at Newport II recorded on the same day. Both albums were recorded at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival.
Live at Newport II was the third live recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band and the second release of music from the band's performance at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival.
European Memoirs is the tenth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. Akiyoshi was nominated for a 1983 Grammy award in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for the arrangement of "Remembering Bud" on this album. This would be the final recording of the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band before the principals moved to New York City in 1982 and formed a new big band,the "Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin" that released nine more albums and two live performance videos before disbanding in 2003.
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 at Mocambo was recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Mocambo club in Yokohama,Japan,in the summer of 1954. All four tracks from this recording as well as additional tracks from the same all-night live session with and without Akiyoshi were released on the 3 CD Rockwell –Polydor / Universal album,The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54 –including,reportedly,a performance of "It's Only a Paper Moon" with Akiyoshi attempting to fill in on bass.
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.
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 Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals was recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in Tokyo in March 1961 and released by King Records in Japan. All tracks from this album as well as 1961's Long Yellow Road (Trio) were later combined on a single album released by King Jazz as 1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi,a History of King Jazz Recordings.
Long Yellow Road and the nearly identical release,Tosiko Akiyosi Recital [sic] is a jazz trio recording made by the pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in Tokyo in February 1961.
The jazz trio album Dedications was recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in Los Angeles in July 1976 and was released by Discomate Records in Japan. This recording is not to be confused with the 1977 Inner City Records (USA) release of the same name,Dedications,which was also released by Discomate in Japan,but under the title Dedications II.
The jazz album Dedications II was recorded by two configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in Los Angeles in April 1977. It was released by Discomate Records in Japan and by Inner City Records in the USA.
Tuttie Flutie is a jazz album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with a flute quartet. It was released in 1980 on the Discomate (Japan) record label.
Interlude is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in San Francisco in 1987. It was released on the Concord Jazz record label.
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. She has also recorded several live albums in solo,small combo and big band settings,including three big band concert videos. Akiyoshi has released multiple albums for Victor / BMG,Nippon Columbia,Toshiba,Discomate,Nippon Crown and other labels in Japan and for Norgran / Verve,RCA,Columbia / Sony,Concord and her own Ascent label in the US. All of her big band recordings and nearly all of her other early works have been re-issued on CDs over the years.
Eugene Valentino Cherico was an American jazz double-bassist.
Leon Robert Sash,was an American jazz accordionist.
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