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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

Toshiko Akiyoshi

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Intro
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
Genres
Bebop Jazz Jazz
Record Labels
Verve Records Columbia Records Concord Records
Awards Received
Medal with Purple Ribbon
NEA Jazz Masters
Fumio Nanri Award
Music
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Member of, past and present
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra

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 has 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.

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