TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI'S DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW JAZZ FUSION

This thesis examines the life and work of Japanese jazz composer, pianist and band-leader Toshiko Akiyoshi (b. 1929), one of the most successful women in modern jazz. Over the course of her career, Akiyoshi performed and traveled extensively with musicians in Japan and in the United States, courting...

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Main Author: Peterson, Rachel Marilyn
Other Authors: Sturman, Janet L.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193410