Person
穐吉敏子
Albums
54
Members
3
Active
1929–present
Origin
United States
Biography
Toshiko Akiyoshi (秋吉敏子 or 穐吉敏子, Akiyoshi Toshiko, born 12 December 1929) is a Japanese-American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. She 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. In 1984, she was the subject of the documentary Jazz Is My Native Language. In 1996, she published her autobiography, Life with Jazz, and in 2007 she was named an NEA Jazz Master by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts.
Discography
Toshiko’s Piano
Toshiko's Piano #1
Her Trio Her Quartet
Her Trio, Her Quartet
The Many Sides Of Toshiko
Toshiko & Leon Sash at Newport
Toshiko & Leon Sash At Newport
Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
The Country & Western Sound of Jazz Pianos
Jazz The Personal Dimension
The Personal Aspect In Jazz
Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
Solo Piano
Long Yellow Road
Finesse
Finesse
Notorious Tourist From The East
Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
Interlude
Four Seasons
Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
Toshiko‐Mariano Quartet (Live at Birdland)
Chic Lady
Interlude
Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
Dig
Dig
Desert Lady / Fantasy
Night and Dream
Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Volume Thirty-Six
Toshiko Akiyoshi At Maybeck
In Japan
Toshiko Plays Toshiko - Time Stream
With Brazilian Friends - "Yes, I Have No 4Beat Today"
With Brazilian Friends - "Yes, I Have No 4Beat Today"
Night And Dream
Sketches of Japan
The Many Sides of Toshiko
Toshiko Plays Toshiko
Solo Live at The Kennedy Center
New York Sketch Book
Hope
Toshiko Mariano Quartet
Let Freedom Swing
Solo Live 2004
Classic Encounters
Toshiko & Modern Jazz
Her Trio, Her Quartet
Jazz Conversations (The Other Side of Monday Michiru)
Porgy and Bess
My Long Yellow Road
Early Numbers
Toshiko’s Blues · Quartet & Trios 1953–1958
farewell