Search results for "Toshiko Akiyoshi"
Toshiko Akiyoshi-Charlie Mariano Quartet: Deep River (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 23, 09The group that Toshiko Akiyoshi co-led with her first husband Charlie Mariano in the '60's should be better known and...
Jessica Williams: Toshiko (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 15, 09There's no doubt that Jessica Williams, like other women in jazz, has been inspired by those who came before her, suc...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JESSICA WILLIAMS
Superlatives abound in the many reviews and articles about the now 61-year-old pianist Jessica Williams, as well as...
Toshiko Akiyoshi / Lew Tabackin Big Band: Strive For Jive (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08The Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band originated in Los Angeles in 1973. During the early '80s, wife Akiyoshi an...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS
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Toshiko Akiyoshi: Con Alma (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 23, 07Con alma, meaning "with soul," was written by Dizzy Gillespie, born in Cheraw, South Carolina. Yet, as shown by Toshi...
Toshiko Akiyoshi: Cleopatra's Dream (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 01, 08Bud Powell's final Blue Note session as a leader (1958) featured several memorable originals, including the minor coo...
In Conversation with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin posted in Features and Interviews December 05, 08By Ted Panken For Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, partners in marriage and art for close to forty years, “W...
Akiyoshi, Toshiko posted in Encyclopedia November 21, 08Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi combines her commanding arranging ability with her own piano style, which draws from the le...
Lynch, Brian (Hollister) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Lynch, Brian (Hollister), trumpeter, composer,arranger; b. Urbana, IL, 12 September 1956. At an early age his family ...
A Batch of Track Reviews posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 06, 09As regular visitors to the site know, jazz.com reviews individual tracks not entire CDs. A team of more than 50 writ...
Pietro, Dave posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Pietro, Dave, saxophonist; b. Southboro, MA; His father is Ralph Pietro (born 1938), his mother is Ann Pietro (Jolie)...
Mariano, Charlie (Carmine Ugo) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Mariano, Charlie, alto sax; b. Boston, MA, 12 November 1923. d. Cologne, Germany, June 16, 2009 The altois...
Williams, Jessica (Jennifer) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09"Don't ever let anyone stop you," is what Jessica Williams was once told by another relentlessly talented pianist, Ma...
Griffith, Frank posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Griffith, Frank, saxophonist, composer/arranger, educator; b. Eugene, OR, 21 January 1959. In 1984, he graduated from...
Lopeman, Mark (Aaron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Lopeman, Mark (Aaron), saxophonist, composer, woodwinds; b. Akron, Ohio, 2 December 1957. His father (Robert C. Lopem...
Anderson, Jay posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Anderson, Jay, bassist, composer; b. Ontario, California, 24 October 1955. He grew up in Long Beach, CA. His parents ...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 17, 08A few days ago, jazz.com published its 2,000th review – pretty good for a web site that only opened its doors on Dece...
New Jazz Bios: From Buddy Bolden to Sun Ra posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 15, 09Hidden away in the inner recesses of jazz.com is our ambitious Encyclopedia Project. Dozens of contributors have b...
Baron, Joey posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09Drummer Joey Baron has built a career that straddles commercial music and avant-garde jazz. Baron has demonstrated wi...
Lew Tabackin: Rites of Pan (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 24, 09Tabackin's Rites of Pan album has just been reissued on CD for the first time. On this early all-flute program, Taba...
Nash, Lewis (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Drummer Lewis Nash rose to prominence alongside Betty Carter and Branford Marsalis in the 1980s. While he has since b...
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