A number of artists have guested with the SWR Big Band in Europe for record dates, but the appearance of pianist/composer Toshiko Akiyoshi is definitely a special [more]
As a writer known for her incorporation of traditional Japanese music into idiomatic big band writing, it is only on the title track of this 1974 recording that this [more]
The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band was the premier recording and touring ensemble of its time in the mid- to late '70s, [more]
With their move to New York from Los Angeles, pianist-arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor great Lew Tabackin (who is equally talented on flute) put together a new big band. [more]
Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals is evidently a reunion with some of the Japanese musicians with whom she worked prior to becoming an international jazz star. The pianist, still [more]