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1844:"A Non-Traditional Arrangement : After making headlines as a musical oddity in the '50s, then nearly giving it all up in the '60s, pianist and big-band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi has found her place with a distinctive blend of Eastern and Western idioms"
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Harrison, Max; Fox, Charles; Thacker, Eric; Nicholson, Stuart (2000).
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1764:"Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra Brought The Club to Concert Halls"
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NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
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Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz
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The couple moved to New York City in 1982 and assembled the
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1680:"In Conversation with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin"
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Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko
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1427:Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97
2710:Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
1583:Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
1463:Toshiko Akiyoshi Solo Live at the Kennedy Center
386:on drums. The album was released with the title
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2915:Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai
2823:From Toshiko with Love / Tanuki's Night Out
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2339:Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi
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1623:The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Vol. 1
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1902:"'Kogun' and More Japanese Stragglers"
964:Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)
731:Big Band: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
728:Arranger: 1979, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1996
705:Big Band: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
524:Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
2465:In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet)
2236:, 20 April 2003; accessed 18 May 2007
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1719:"NEA Jazz Masters – Toshiko Akiyoshi"
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1789:"Toshiko Akiyoshi on What's My Line"
587:In 1999, Akiyoshi was approached by
449:in 1959. The couple had a daughter,
2486:Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz
2216:, 2 June 2004; accessed 26 May 2007
1543:Solo Live 2004 (Live at "Studio F")
2626:Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
2584:Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
2093:Reich, Howard (13 November 1994).
2059:LA Times, Grammy Nominees Database
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2668:50th Anniversary Concert in Japan
2437:Miwaku No Jazz (Fascinating Jazz)
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1842:Stewart, Zan (14 November 1993).
1654:. London: Penguin Books. p.
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2647:Solo Live at the Kennedy Center
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1816:Mergner, Lee (26 August 2009).
1209:Notorious Tourist from the East
1106:Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
881:Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet
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699:magazine Readers' Poll winner:
569:One reviewer of the live album
324:National Endowment for the Arts
318:, and in 2007 she was named an
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2961:The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi
2209:Hazell, Ed. "Playing Shape" (
2195:"Toshiko's Boston Breakout" (
1187:Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
399:Akiyoshi studied jazz at the
310:. In 1996, she published her
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3061:Toshiko Akiyoshi discography
2982:The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi
2908:Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo
2472:Jazz, the Personal Dimension
2268:2007 NEA Jazz Master Profile
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1481:Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo
1052:Jazz, the Personal Dimension
847:Toshiko Akiyoshi discography
509:Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo
2633:Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97
2619:Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
2388:The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet
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1400:Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck
1391:Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
993:with Steve Kuhn (Dauntless)
925:The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet
294:Akiyoshi received fourteen
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951:Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
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2894:Tribute to Duke Ellington
2374:The Many Sides of Toshiko
1454:Tribute to Duke Ellington
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903:The Many Sides of Toshiko
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394:Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi
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37:Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1978
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1577:(Victor Entertainment)
1240:From Toshiko with Love
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2975:Eternal Best / Best 8
2940:Shibuya Jazz Classics
2873:Desert Lady – Fantasy
2866:Carnegie Hall Concert
2781:March of the Tadpoles
2556:Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
2360:Her Trio, Her Quartet
1880:University of Arizona
1364:Desert Lady / Fantasy
1342:Carnegie Hall Concert
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382:on double bass, and
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2954:Best Silver ‘89~’96
2788:Live at Newport '77
2717:My Long Yellow Road
1592:My Long Yellow Road
1160:Live at Newport '77
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2844:feat. Lew Tabackin
2802:Salted Gingko Nuts
2795:Live at Newport II
2703:Jazz Conversations
2696:Classic Encounters
2458:At Top of the Gate
2346:Toshiko at Mocambo
2119:"Toshiko Akiyoshi"
2098:chicagotribune.com
2072:"Toshiko Akiyoshi"
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1937:on 15 January 2015
1686:on 1 February 2016
1574:Jazz Conversations
1552:Classic Encounters
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1178:Salted Gingko Nuts
1169:Live at Newport II
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667:Salted Gingko Nuts
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2675:Let Freedom Swing
2640:Sketches of Japan
2451:Lullabies for You
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1848:Los Angeles Times
1742:"Toshiko's Piano"
1521:Let Freedom Swing
1445:Sketches of Japan
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812:"Remembering Bud"
620:Awards and honors
539:The Village Voice
442:Akiyoshi married
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2723:The Eternal Duo!
2409:Live at Birdland
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