Toshiko Akiyoshi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Toshiko Akiyoshi Mariano, Toshiko Mariano, Toshiko Tabackin
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Toshiko's piano
- Jazu to ikiru
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 54,097
- Total plays
- 332,281
Tags
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Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. Toshiko Akiyoshi was born in Manchuria, China, and was considering a career in medicine when her family returned to live in Japan. "Japan was still heavily occupied then, and our resort city of Beppu was flooded with soldiers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Toshiko+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Liaoyang
- Spouse
- Lew Tabackin
- Child
- Monday Michiru
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Concord Records
- Image
- Akiyoshi Toshiko 1953.jpg
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- Commons category
- Toshiko Akiyoshi
- date of birth
- 1929-12-12
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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