is a Japanese–American

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pianist, composer, arranger, and

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. Akiyoshi received fourteen

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nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in '' Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. In 1984, she was the subject of the documentary '' Jazz Is My Native Language''. In 1996, she published her

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, ''Life with Jazz'', and in 2007 she was named an

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by the U.S.

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Biography

Akiyoshi was born in Liaoyang,

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, to Japanese colonists, the youngest of four sisters. In 1945, after

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, Akiyoshi's family lost their home and returned to

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, settling in

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playing " Sweet Lorraine." She immediately loved the sound and began to study jazz. In 1952, during a tour of Japan, pianist

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discovered her playing in a club on the

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. Peterson was impressed and convinced record producer

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to record her. In 1953, under Granz's direction, she recorded her first album with Peterson's rhythm section:

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on guitar, Ray Brown on double bass, and J. C. Heard on drums. The album was released with the title '' Toshiko's Piano'' in the U.S. and ''Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi'' in Japan. Akiyoshi studied jazz at the Berklee School of Music in

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. In 1955, she wrote a letter to

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, asking him to give her a chance to study at his school. After a year of wrangling with the

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and Japanese officials, Berk was given permission for Akiyoshi to enroll. He offered her a full scholarship, and he mailed her a plane ticket to

. In January 1956, she became the first Japanese student at Berklee. Soon after, she appeared as a contestant on the 18 March 1956 broadcast of the CBS television panel show ''

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'' In 1998, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee, by then known as the Berklee College of Music. Akiyoshi married saxophonist Charlie Mariano in 1959. The couple had a daughter, Michiru. She and Mariano divorced in 1967 after forming several bands together. During the same year, she met saxophonist

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, whom she married in 1969. Akiyoshi, Tabackin, and Michiru moved to

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in 1972. In March 1973, Akiyoshi and Tabackin formed a 16-piece

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composed of studio musicians. Akiyoshi composed and arranged music for the band, and Tabackin served as the band's featured soloist on tenor saxophone and flute. The band recorded its first album, '' Kogun'', in 1974. The title, which translates to "one-man army", was inspired by the tale of a Japanese soldier lost for 30 years in the jungle who believed that World War II was still being fought and thus remained loyal to the

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. ''Kogun'' was commercially successful in Japan, and the band began to receive critical acclaim. The couple moved to New York City in 1982 and assembled the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. Akiyoshi toured with smaller bands to raise money for her big band. Years later, BMG continued to release her big band's recordings in Japan but remained skeptical about releasing the music in the United States Although Akiyoshi was able to release several albums in the U.S. featuring her piano in solo and small combo settings, many of her later big band albums were released only in Japan. On Monday, 29 December 2003, her band played its final concert at Birdland in

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, where it had enjoyed a regular Monday night gig for more than seven years. Akiyoshi explained that she disbanded the ensemble because she was frustrated by her inability to obtain American recording contracts for the big band. She also said that she wanted to concentrate on her piano playing from which she had been distracted by years of composing and arranging. She has said that although she has rarely recorded as a solo pianist, that is her preferred format. On 24 March 2004, Warner Japan released the final recording of Akiyoshi's big band. Titled ''

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'', the album was recorded 28–29 November 2003.

Music

Akiyoshi's music is distinctive for its textures and for its Japanese influence. When

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died in 1974, Nat Hentoff wrote in ''

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'' that Ellington's music reflected his African heritage. Akiyoshi was inspired to investigate her Japanese musical heritage. She composed using Japanese themes, harmonies, and instruments ( kotsuzumi, kakko, utai, tsugaru shamisen). But her music remained planted firmly in jazz, reflecting influences from Duke Ellington,

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, and

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. One reviewer of the live album '' Road Time'' said the music on her big band albums demonstrated "a level of compositional and orchestral ingenuity that made her one of perhaps two or three composer-arrangers in jazz whose name could seriously be mentioned in the company of Duke Ellington, Eddie Sauter, and Gil Evans." In 1999, Akiyoshi was approached by Kyudo Nakagawa, a

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priest, who asked her to write a piece for his hometown of

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. He sent her some photos of the aftermath of the nuclear bombing. Her initial reaction was horror. She could not see how she could compose anything to address the event. Finally, she found a picture of a young woman emerging from an underground shelter with a faint smile on her face. Akiyoshi said that after seeing this picture, she understood the message: hope. With that message in mind, she composed the three-part

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''Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss''. The piece was premiered in Hiroshima on 6 August 2001, the 56th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. The Hiroshima suite appeared on the 2002 album '' Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss''.

Awards and honors

, 2007 * Jazz Album of the Year: '' Long Yellow Road'', ''

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'', 1976 * Gold Disk: '' Insights'', ''Swing Journal'' * Silver Disk: '' Kogun'', '' Salted Gingko Nuts'', '' Four Seasons of Morita Village'', ''Swing Journal'' * Special Award: ''(

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)'', ''Swing Journal'' * ''Down Beat'' magazine Readers' Poll winner: ** Arranger: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1995 ** Big Band: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 ** Composer: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986 * ''Down Beat'' magazine Critics' Poll winner: ** Jazz Album of the Year: 1978 ('' Insights'') ** Arranger: 1979, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1996 ** Big Band: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 ** Composer: 1981, 1982 *

nominations:LA Times, Grammy Nominees Database
accessed 3 June 2007 ** Best Jazz Instrumental Performance – Big Band: 1976 ('' Long Yellow Road''), 1977 ('' Road Time''), 1978 ('' Insights''), 1979 ('' Kogun''), 1980 (''Farewell''), 1981 ('' Tanuki's Night Out''), 1984 ('' Ten Gallon Shuffle''), 1985 ('' March of the Tadpoles''), 1992 ('' Carnegie Hall Concert''), 1994 ('' Desert Lady / Fantasy''). ** Best Arrangement on an Instrumental: 1981 (for "A Bit Byas'd"), 1983 (for "Remembering Bud"), 1985 (for " March of the Tadpoles"), 1994 (for "Bebop") * JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 4Class BAR

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, 2004

Discography

* 1954 '' Toshiko's Piano'' (

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) * 1955 '' The Toshiko Trio'' ( Storyville) * 1956 '' Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet'' (Storyville) * 1957 ''

Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport ''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) recordin ...

'' ( Verve) * 1957 '' The Many Sides of Toshiko'' (Verve) * 1958 '' United Notions'' ( MetroJazz) * 1961 '' The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet'' (

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) * 1961 '' Long Yellow Road'' (

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) * 1961 '' Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals'' (

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) * 1963 '' Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)'' (Takt/

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) * 1963 '' East and West'' (

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) * 1963 '' The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos'' with Steve Kuhn (Dauntless) * 1963 '' Miwaku No Jazz'' ( Victor) * 1964 '' Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band'' (

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) * 1965 '' Lullabies for You'' (Nippon Columbia) * 1969 ''

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'' (Nippon Columbia) * 1970 ''

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'' (Liberty) * 1971 ''

Jazz, the Personal Dimension ''Jazz, The Personal Dimension'' is a jazz album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet in New York City in early February 1971 and released by Victor (Japan) Records (Victor SPX-2). Track listing Side 'A' #"The Village" (Akiyoshi) #" The ...

'' (Victor) * 1971 ''

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'' (Dan Records) * 1971 '' Sumie'' (Victor) * 1971 '' Solo Piano'' (RCA Victor) * 1974 '' Kogun'' (RCA) * 1975 '' Long Yellow Road'' (RCA) * 1976 '' Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)'' (RCA) * 1976 '' Road Time'' (RCA) * 1976 '' Insights'' (RCA) * 1976 ''

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'' (Discomate) * 1977 '' Dedications II'' (Discomate) * 1977 '' March of the Tadpoles'' (RCA) * 1977 ''

Live at Newport '77 ''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 Fest ...

'' (RCA) * 1977 '' Live at Newport II'' (RCA) * 1978 '' Salted Gingko Nuts'' (Ascent) * 1978 '' Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn'' (Discomate) * 1978 '' Finesse'' (

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) * 1979 '' Notorious Tourist from the East'' ( Inner City) * 1979 '' Sumi-e'' (Insights) * 1980 '' Farewell'' (RCA) * 1981 ''

From Toshiko with Love ''From Toshiko With Love'' is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (ninth studio recording). It was released in Japan by Victor Records and in the U.S. (under the title ''Tanuki's Night Out'') by Ja ...

'' (Baystate) * 1982 ''

European Memoirs ''European Memoirs'' (a.k.a. ''Memoir'' in Japan) 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 ...

'' (Baystate) * 1983 '' Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio'' ( Eastworld) * 1984 '' Ten Gallon Shuffle'' (Baystate) * 1984 '' Time Stream (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio album)'' (Eastworld) * 1986 '' Wishing Peace'' (Ascent) * 1987 '' Interlude'' (Concord Jazz) * 1990 '' Four Seasons'' ( Nippon Crown/Ninety-One) * 1991 '' Chic Lady'' (Ninety-One) * 1991 '' Live at Birdland'' ( Fresh Sound) * 1992 '' Carnegie Hall Concert'' (

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) * 1992 '' Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream'' (Evidence) * 1994 '' Desert Lady / Fantasy'' (Columbia) * 1993 '' Dig'' (Ninety-One) * 1994 ''

Night and Dream ''Night and Dream'' is a small jazz combo album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1994 and released by Nippon Crown Records. Track listing #"Night Waltz" (Akiyoshi) – 6:16 #"Darn That Dream" ( DeLange, Van Heusen) – 8:24 #"Elusiv ...

'' (Ninety-One) * 1995 ''

Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today ''Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today - Toshiko Akiyoshi with Brazilian Friends'' is a jazz album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1995 and released by Nippon Crown Records. Track listing #"Once I Loved" ( Jobim) – 8:42 #"Pollination" (Aki ...

'' (Ninety-One) * 1994 '' Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck'' (Concord Jazz) * 1996 '' Four Seasons of Morita Village'' (Novus) * 1996 '' Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko'' (Ninety-One) * 1997 ''

Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 ''Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio featuring Motohiko Hino - Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97'' is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi featuring drummer Motohiko Hino. It was recorded in 1997 in the Tokyo Blue Note club and was released by N ...

'' (Ninety-One) * 1998 '' Monopoly Game'' (Novus) * 1999 '' Sketches of Japan'' (Ninety-One) * 1999 '' Tribute to Duke Ellington'' (Novus) * 2000 '' Toshiko Akiyoshi Solo Live at the Kennedy Center'' (Crown) * 2001 '' Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss'' (Video Arts) * 2004 ''

'' (

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) * 2004 '' New York Sketch Book'' (Ninety-One) * 2006 ''

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'' (Ninety-One) * 2006 ''

'' (T-toc Records) * 2008 ''

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'' with the SWR Big Band ( Hänssler) * 2008 ''

Vintage (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin album) ''Vintage: Duke Ellington Song Book'' is a jazz duo album by the pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and the tenor saxophonist / flutist Lew Tabackin. It was released on June 18, 2008, by T-toc Records. Track listing # "Take the 'A' Train" ( Strayhorn) – ...

'' (T-toc Records) * 2009 '' Solo Live 2004 (Live at "Studio F")'' (Studio Songs) * 2010 '' Classic Encounters'' (Studio Songs) * 2011 '' Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai'' (

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) * 2015 '' Jazz Conversations'' (Victor Entertainment) * 2016 '' Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess'' (Studio Songs) * 2017 '' My Long Yellow Road'' (Studio Songs) * 2019 ''The Eternal Duo!'' (Sony)

References

Notes

* "100 Jazz Profiles: Toshiko Akiyoshi"
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; accessed 18 May 2007 * "Jazz Import"
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'', 26 August 1957 * "Toshiko's Boston Breakout"
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, News@Berklee.edu, c. 1998; accessed 26 May 2007 * Hazell, Ed. "Playing Shape"
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Berklee College of Music, News@Berklee.edu, 2 June 2004; accessed 26 May 2007 * Helland, Dave. "Bio: Toshiko Akiyoshi"
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Down Beat.com; accessed 18 May 2007 * Jung, Fred. "A Fireside Chat With Toshiko Akiyoshi"
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'', 20 April 2003; accessed 18 May 2007 * Weiers, Matt. "An Interview with Toshiko Akiyoshi"
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''Allegro'', 2004 March (Volume CIV, No. 3). * Yanow, Scott. "Biography: Toshiko Akiyoshi" ( link, allmusic.com; accessed 18 May 2007.

External links

2007 NEA Jazz Master Profile
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