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Toshiko Akiyoshi (秋吉 敏子 or 穐吉 敏子, Akiyoshi Toshiko?, born December 12, 1929) 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. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best Arranger and Composer awards in Down Beat magazine's Readers Poll. In 1984, she was the subject of a documentary film titled 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.
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Imagination [2014]
Song | Duration |
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After You've Gone | 3:34 |
Solo Piano [2006]
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Polka Dots and Moonbeams | |
Old Devil Moon | |
Sophisticated Lady |
Japanese Trio: Live 1997 [2001]
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Sophisticated Lady | |
When You Wish Upon a Star |
The Music of Duke Ellington: Jazz Piano Essentials [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Come Sunday | 4:39 |
Night & Dream [1999]
Song | Duration |
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When You Wish Upon a Star | 6:19 |
Yes I Have No 4BEAT Today [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Star Eyes | 8:13 |
The Complete Gershwin Songbooks [1995]
Song | Duration |
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The Man I Love | 5:28 |
Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Come Sunday | 4:37 |
Polka Dots and Moonbeams | 7:02 |
Old Devil Moon | 6:04 |
Sophisticated Lady | 6:09 |
Interlude [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Solitude | 5:38 |
You Stepped Out of a Dream | 4:13 |
Finesse [1978]
Song | Duration |
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You Go to My Head | 5:53 |
Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi [1957]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Remember April |
The Many Sides of Toshiko [1957]
Song | Duration |
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After You've Gone |
Toshiko Akiyoshi & Leon Sash at Newport [1957]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Remember April |
Toshiko Akiyoshi: Her Trio, Her Quartet [1956]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Remember April | 5:35 |
Toshiko [1954]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Happy | 2:13 |
Laura | 3:27 |
Toshiko's Piano [1954]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Happy | 2:14 |
Laura | 3:27 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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I'll Remember April | 5:35 |
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