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Celia by 秋吉敏子
秋吉敏子
Biografie van de kunstenaar 秋吉敏子
Toshiko Akiyoshi Was Born In Manchuria China And Was Considering A Career In Medicine When Her Family Returned To Live In Japan. "Japan Was Still Heavily Occupied Then And Our Resort City Of Beppu Was Flooded With Soldiers. One Day I Happened To Pass One Of The Many Dance Halls That Were Set Up For The Occupation Soldiers And I Noticed A Sign 'Pianist Wanted'." Toshiko Who Had Some Training As A Classical Pianist Went In And The Manager Asked Her To Start Right Away.
Toshiko's Family Wasn't Thrilled With The Idea But They Finally Agreed That She Could Play Until The School Year Began. "But March Came And Went " She Remembers "and No One Noticed. I Just Kept Playing."
Toshiko Soon Grew Restless And Moved To Tokyo Where There Was An Active Jazz Scene. One Thing Led To Another And She Started Her Own Group In 1952. "It Was An Exciting Time. Many Jazz Giants Were Touring Japan And Many Of Them Would Stop By The Club And We'd Play Together." It Was Through These Musicians That She Learned About The Berklee School Of Music In Boston.
In 1953 During Norman Granz's JATP Jazz At The Philaharmonic Tour Of Japan Toshiko Was Spotted By Oscar Peterson Who Told Granz She Was "the Greatest Female Jazz Pianist" He'd Ever Heard. This Lead To Toshiko's First Recording Accompanied By Peterson's Rythm Section. Later She Was Accepted At Berklee And Travelled To The U.S. For The First Time. Eventually Toshiko Went On To Record A Number Of Albums As Both A Solo Pianist And With Small Groups.
In 1973 With The Help Of Lew Tabackin To Whom She Was Now Married Toshiko Started Up What She Then Thought Of As A "reheasal Band " Which Ultimately Became The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. This Orchestra Has Since Gone On To Garner Nine Grammy Nominations Toshiko Was Also Nominated Three Times As Arranger And Has Earned Top Place Numerous Times In Down Beat And Other Major Jazz Polls In The U.S And Abroad.
The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra's First Album Kogun Is Recognized As One Of The Best Selling Big Band Jazz Album Ever. Since Then 11 Albums Have Been Issued On RCA JAM And Toshiko's Own Label Ascent These Includes Tales Of A Courttesan Wishing Peace Farewell To Mingus European Memoirs And Insights. Her Work Has Also Received Two Silver And Two Gold Awards From The Prestigious Swing Journal Of Japan.
Today Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Live On The Upper West Side Of New York City In A Brownstone. When They're Not Touring They Stay At Home Working On Their Music He Practices In His Basement Studio While She Practices And Writes Upstairs . Their Other Passions Are Their Wine Collection And Keeping Up With Their Favorite Sport Baseball.
48 Vergelijkbare nummers:
秋吉敏子 - Blue And Sentimental 秋吉敏子 - Lamento 秋吉敏子 - Minor Moods Midnight Lament 秋吉敏子 - Con Alma 秋吉敏子 - The Things We Did Last Summer 秋吉敏子 - Farewell To Mingus 秋吉敏子 - In Your Own Sweet Way 秋吉敏子 - Old Devil Moon 秋吉敏子 - Shades Of Yellow 秋吉敏子 - Quadrille, Anyone? 松永貴志 - SING, SING, SING 松永貴志 - Moko-Moko 松永貴志 - Do-Ton-Bori River 松永貴志 - Doorway To Dreams Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Yesterdays 板橋文夫 - 紙風船 板橋文夫 - Cry Me A River 板橋文夫 - Everybody Love Somebody 板橋文夫 - GOSPEL'89 Bohemianvoodoo - クロノ・トリガー より「クロノ・トリガー～風の憧憬～ロボのテーマ」 塩谷哲 - Aero‐Train 塩谷哲 - Wishing Well 塩谷哲 - That's The Way Life Goes Bohemianvoodoo - Lapis Lazuli Yuji Ohno Trio - And I Love Her Junko Onishi Trio - Slugs Junko Onishi Trio - Kutoubia 木住野佳子 - PHOTOGRAPH 木住野佳子 - Desert Island Masabumi Kikuchi - スカイ・ウォズ・フォーリング Masabumi Kikuchi - Ballad #1 Yuji Ohno Trio - Memory Of Smile クリヤ・マコト - 六本木心中 クリヤ・マコト - タイムマシーンにお願い ANIME THAT JAZZ - 創聖のアクエリオン ANIME THAT JAZZ - ルージュの伝言 Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Time After Time Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Star Dust 向井滋春 - Round About Midnight 向井滋春 - Lady's Blues 向井滋春 - Up Jumped Spring 向井滋春 - Sister Sherill 向井滋春 - Nearness Of You 向井滋春 - Is It True 向井滋春 - ニムオロ・ネイナ 向井滋春 - Three In One 向井滋春 - 霧にひそむ 向井滋春 - Life Of The Party
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Biography - 秋吉敏子
Toshiko Akiyoshi Was Born In Manchuria China And Was Considering A Career In Medicine When Her Family Returned To Live In Japan. "Japan Was Still Heavily Occupied Then And Our Resort City Of Beppu Was Flooded With Soldiers. One Day I Happened To Pass One Of The Many Dance Halls That Were Set Up For The Occupation Soldiers And I Noticed A Sign 'Pianist Wanted'." Toshiko Who Had Some Training As A Classical Pianist Went In And The Manager Asked Her To Start Right Away.
Toshiko's Family Wasn't Thrilled With The Idea But They Finally Agreed That She Could Play Until The School Year Began. "But March Came And Went " She Remembers "and No One Noticed. I Just Kept Playing."
Toshiko Soon Grew Restless And Moved To Tokyo Where There Was An Active Jazz Scene. One Thing Led To Another And She Started Her Own Group In 1952. "It Was An Exciting Time. Many Jazz Giants Were Touring Japan And Many Of Them Would Stop By The Club And We'd Play Together." It Was Through These Musicians That She Learned About The Berklee School Of Music In Boston.
In 1953 During Norman Granz's JATP Jazz At The Philaharmonic Tour Of Japan Toshiko Was Spotted By Oscar Peterson Who Told Granz She Was "the Greatest Female Jazz Pianist" He'd Ever Heard. This Lead To Toshiko's First Recording Accompanied By Peterson's Rythm Section. Later She Was Accepted At Berklee And Travelled To The U.S. For The First Time. Eventually Toshiko Went On To Record A Number Of Albums As Both A Solo Pianist And With Small Groups.
In 1973 With The Help Of Lew Tabackin To Whom She Was Now Married Toshiko Started Up What She Then Thought Of As A "reheasal Band " Which Ultimately Became The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. This Orchestra Has Since Gone On To Garner Nine Grammy Nominations Toshiko Was Also Nominated Three Times As Arranger And Has Earned Top Place Numerous Times In Down Beat And Other Major Jazz Polls In The U.S And Abroad.
The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra's First Album Kogun Is Recognized As One Of The Best Selling Big Band Jazz Album Ever. Since Then 11 Albums Have Been Issued On RCA JAM And Toshiko's Own Label Ascent These Includes Tales Of A Courttesan Wishing Peace Farewell To Mingus European Memoirs And Insights. Her Work Has Also Received Two Silver And Two Gold Awards From The Prestigious Swing Journal Of Japan.
Today Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Live On The Upper West Side Of New York City In A Brownstone. When They're Not Touring They Stay At Home Working On Their Music He Practices In His Basement Studio While She Practices And Writes Upstairs . Their Other Passions Are Their Wine Collection And Keeping Up With Their Favorite Sport Baseball. read less
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Toshiko's Family Wasn't Thrilled With The Idea But They Finally Agreed That She Could Play Until The School Year Began. "But March Came And Went " She Remembers "and No One Noticed. I Just Kept Playing."
Toshiko Soon Grew Restless And Moved To Tokyo Where There Was An Active Jazz Scene. One Thing Led To Another And She Started Her Own Group In 1952. "It Was An Exciting Time. Many Jazz Giants Were Touring Japan And Many Of Them Would Stop By The Club And We'd Play Together." It Was Through These Musicians That She Learned About The Berklee School Of Music In Boston.
In 1953 During Norman Granz's JATP Jazz At The Philaharmonic Tour Of Japan Toshiko Was Spotted By Oscar Peterson Who Told Granz She Was "the Greatest Female Jazz Pianist" He'd Ever Heard. This Lead To Toshiko's First Recording Accompanied By Peterson's Rythm Section. Later She Was Accepted At Berklee And Travelled To The U.S. For The First Time. Eventually Toshiko Went On To Record A Number Of Albums As Both A Solo Pianist And With Small Groups.
In 1973 With The Help Of Lew Tabackin To Whom She Was Now Married Toshiko Started Up What She Then Thought Of As A "reheasal Band " Which Ultimately Became The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. This Orchestra Has Since Gone On To Garner Nine Grammy Nominations Toshiko Was Also Nominated Three Times As Arranger And Has Earned Top Place Numerous Times In Down Beat And Other Major Jazz Polls In The U.S And Abroad.
The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra's First Album Kogun Is Recognized As One Of The Best Selling Big Band Jazz Album Ever. Since Then 11 Albums Have Been Issued On RCA JAM And Toshiko's Own Label Ascent These Includes Tales Of A Courttesan Wishing Peace Farewell To Mingus European Memoirs And Insights. Her Work Has Also Received Two Silver And Two Gold Awards From The Prestigious Swing Journal Of Japan.
Today Toshiko Akiyoshi And Lew Tabackin Live On The Upper West Side Of New York City In A Brownstone. When They're Not Touring They Stay At Home Working On Their Music He Practices In His Basement Studio While She Practices And Writes Upstairs . Their Other Passions Are Their Wine Collection And Keeping Up With Their Favorite Sport Baseball. read less