Podcasts about Toshiko Akiyoshi

Šįkart „Kitame laike“ – dvi ryškios moterys. Ir vėl Maria Callas, XX a. operos ikona, diva, kuri prisikelia Holivudo filme „Maria“, o ten ją vaidina Angelina Jolie, 7 mėnesius besimokiusi operos vokalo paslapčių. Antroje laidos dalyje – viena ilgaamžiškiausių džiazo asmenybių japonė pianistė, kompozitorė Toshiko Akiyoshi, kuriai šiemet sueis 95!Ved. Domantas Razauskas

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Darek Oles (Oleszkiewicz) was born on February 20, 1963 in Wroclaw, Poland. At the age of five Oles began his music education at the State Music School in Wroclaw. Piano was his first instrument, but later he played guitar, electric bass and finally at eighteen years old, he switched to accoustic bass. While in his teens he played with amateur groups, evolving in popular music styles from rock, blues, jazz-rock to straight ahead jazz. In the early 1980's, Oles participated in various jazz festivals and national competitions for young musicians. In 1983, he was the most awarded musician at the Jazz Juniors in Cracow, winning the first individual prize, first prize for jazz composition and a second prize in jazz combo category. Later that year Oles was invited by Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski, a jazz legend in Poland, to join saxophonist's quartet on tour.In the following five years Darek Oles was working steadily with some of the best jazz bands in the country such as: Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet, Tomasz Szukalski Quartet, Henryk Majewski Quintet, Wojciech Karolak Trio and Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio and Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski Quartet. With those groups he recorded for Polish Jazz, Polskie Nagrania, East Wind and also for the radio and television in Poland and abroad. Darek was touring extensively in Poland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Cuba, Mexico and performed at major festivals, concerts and jazz club venues.In 1988, Darek Oles arrived in Los Angeles with a simple plan in mind: to broaden his musical horizon. One year later he received a full scholarship from California Institute Of The Arts and began studies with the legendary bassist Charlie Haden. After graduation in 1992, he accepted a teaching position at the Institute, where he has been conducting jazz ensembles and teaching bass ever since. Since 2002 Oles has been a jazz faculty member at the University Of California in Irvine.Aside from his teaching duties, Darek Oles has been very active as a performer and became one of the most sought after bass players on the West Coast. “Oles” (his American nick-name) had the opportunity to perform and record with the greatest masters in jazz. A partial list of his collaborations include: Brad Mehldau, Billy Higgins, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano, Eddie Henderson, Charles Lloyd, John Abercrombie, Bennie Maupin, Lee Konitz, Peter Erskine, Alan Pasqua, Bennie Wallace, Victor Lewis, Harvey Mason, Dave Grusin, Art Farmer, Horace Silver, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, James Newton, Arthur Blythe, Lew Tabackin, Steve Kuhn, Gary Smulyan, Ronnie Cuber, Billy Hart, Kevin Hays, Munyungo Jackon, Steve Hass, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Marian McPartland, Janis Siegel, Bob Brookmeyer, Curtis Fuller, Roy McCurdy, Tom Harrell, Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart, Chris Potter, Kei Akagi, Billy Childs, Bob Sheppard, Joe LaBarbera, Bill Cunliffe, Patrice Rushen, Bennie Golson, Piotr Baron, Teri Lynn Carrington, Buddy De Franco, Terry Gibbs, Anthony Wilson Nonet and Los Angeles Jazz Quartet.Moods in Freedom on SpotifySupport the showInstagram / Twitter / Youtube / Website / BSA / View More Episodes

Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929-present) is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Her work, which combines standard jazz techniques with traditional Japanese instruments, has earned her 14 Grammy Award nominations. For Further Reading: After 75 Years, Jazz Pianist Akiyoshi Still Plays On The Art of Becoming a Jazz Musician: An Interview with Toshiko Akiyoshi Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra Brought The Club To Concert Halls This month, we're talking about Women of Sound. These women dominated the airwaves: innovating, documenting, and creating the audio landscape we live in today. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones and Abbey Delk. Special thanks to Shira Atkins.Original theme music composed by Miles Moran.Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seasonal music tonight: Toms Mucenieks with his minor key version of Silent Night Sad Christmas. Then Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington live on Ed Sullivan in December 1961, Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi Trio and Vince Guaraldi in a live performance, Art Pepper, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cyrus Chestnut, Dave Brubeck, Pharoah Sanders & William Henderson, Al Di Meola, and Enrico Pieranunzi. Then we'll take it out with Mahalia Jackson's rendition of "Silent Night."

“Je me sentais comme un gros poisson dans un aquarium trop petit”. En 1956, Toshiko Akiyoshi s'installe aux Etats-Unis où elle va devenir une pianiste et surtout une chef-d'orchestre réputée. Avec son big-band, elle va tisser des liens entre son héritage japonais et sa culture du jazz. Une trajectoire passionnante !

Nous sommes au Storyville de Boston en 1956. Assise aux côtés de Miles Davis, une japonaise de vingt-sept ans nommée Toshiko Akiyoshi. Mais qui est vraiment cette pianiste qui a commencé sa carrière dix ans plus tôt au Japon, cite Teddy Wilson et Bud Powell parmi ses idoles et swingue comme n'importe quel américain ?

Jazz trumpeter Greg Gisbert's eclectic career is in its 5th decade. His resume includes recordings, tours, multiple television performances/movie and TV soundtracks with such icons as Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Horace Silver, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Buddy Rich, Clark Terry, Sarah Vaughn, Mel Torme, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Dizzy Gillespie all stars w/ John Lee, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chie Imaizumi (producer ) & more. Gisbert has held professorships & artist in residence as well as a highly respected featured guest artist for dozens of colleges & conservatories, most notably Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, U of Miami, and CU Boulder & he is currently a faculty member for the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz arts.  Thanks for listening, and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. You can find Backstage Jazz on all podcast platforms and TAVN Radio. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backstagejazz/message

Jazz was the first American music to be embraced and copied around the world. Its infectious swing and message of democracy between musicians rang a bell from Scotand to Japan. Steve Allen, Dave Brubeck, Alan Raph, Ignacio Berroa, Eiji Kitamura and Toshiko Akiyoshi speak to the magnetic attraction of American jazz.

Bill Reichenbach grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland where he studied trombone with Gene Brusiloff and Robert Isele. After high school, Bill was accepted to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. There, he studied with the great Emory Remington. While still a student, Bill began his recording career by playing lead trombone on several Chuck Mangione albums, a couple of albums with the Eastman Wind Ensemble (one on bass trombone and another one on euphonium), and the first recording of Leonard Bernstein's “Mass” (on bass trombone) which was composed for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  After graduation, Bill toured for while with the Buddy Rich Big Band on bass trombone. During this time, the band recorded an album called “Stick It” which featured Bill on an arrangement of Jobim's “Wave”.  In 1975, Bill moved to L.A. where he started playing the jazz tenor trombone chair on Toshiko Akiyoshi's big band. He made quite a few albums with the band over the next several years and was a featured soloist on all of them. At the same time, Bill was also the solo jazz trombone player on Don Menza's big band and he recorded solos on an album with the band. Don put together a sextet out of the big band and featured Bill on tenor and bass trombone on a recording with that band.  As a studio player, Bill has played on about 2000 records, 1000 motion pictures, and countless TV shows and jingles.  Bill's jazz quartet album "Special Edition" (Nothing But Bills Records) featuring Peter Erskine on drums, Jimmy Johnson on bass, and Biff Hannon on piano, reached number 10 on the national jazz radio play lists.  New York trombonist Mike Davis and Bill have done 4 albums together - “Bonetown”, “Brass Nation”, "New Brass" and most recently, “Absolute Trombone II” and have played concerts all over the United States, Canada, and Europe.  Bill has been a featured artist and clinician at several International Trombone Festivals including Utrecht (Holland), Nashville, Urbana (Illinois), North Texas State University, and most recently Las Vegas (2007), and Salt Lake City (2023).  Some of the artists Bill has recorded with:  Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., The Jonas Brothers, Christine Aguilera, Seal, Mya, Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Toto, The Yellowjackets, Seawind, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, David Foster, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Earth Wind and Fire, Dr. John, Arrowsmith, and Ray Charles.  Some of the motion pictures which Bill has played on are:  “Indiana Jones 5”  "Wolverine"   "Night in the Museum 2"  “Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Crystal Skull”  "Up"  “Sex in the City”  “Hancock”  “Ratatouille”  “Spiderman 3”  “Hairspray” “Dreamgirls”  “Transformers”  “American Gangster” “Wall-E”  “I Am Legend”  “Dreamcatcher”  “X-men II”  “Identity”  “The Core”  “Daredevil”  “Red Dragon  “Chicago”  “Men in Black II”  “XXX”  “Training Day”  “Spiderman”  “Collateral Damage” “Black Hawk Down” “Planet of the Apes” “Monsters, Inc”  “Don't Say a Word” “Zoolander”  “Princess Diaries”  “American Pie 2”  “Legally Blond”  “Scary Movie 2”  “The Mummy Returns” “Evolution”  “What Women Want” “Proof of Life”  "X-men"   "Space Cowboys"  "Remember the Titans"  "Meet the Parents"  "Family Man"   "Charlie's Angels"  “The Matrix”  “The General's Daughter” “The Green Mile”  “South Park”  “Sixth Sense'  “Deep Blue Sea”  “Toy Story 2”  “Magnolia”  “Stuart Little”  “Galaxy Quest' “Reindeer Games”  “U-571”  “Godzilla”  “Contact”  “Conspiracy Theory”  “The Jackal”  “Alien Resurrection”  “Men in Black”  “Air Force One”  “Batman and Robin”  “Forrest Gump”  “Independence Day”  “Mars Attacks”  “Hercules”  “Mission Impossible”  “Batman Returns”  “Twister”  “The Rock”  “Starship Troupers”  “The Frighteners”  “Jurassic Park”  “Nixon”  Bill is an Artist-clinician for the Greenhoe/Shilke Co. He has given master classes and clinics throughout the United States, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.  As a writer and arranger, Bill has worked on records for Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, Diana Ross and others. He has arranged many HBO Special Themes and composed the theme for the HBO “One Night Stand” comedy show. Bill also composed the theme for Fox's animated series “Peter Pan & the Pirates” as well as much of the underscoring. He contributed to such films and shows as “Licorice Pizza”, “I Love Trouble”, “Frank's Place”, “Baby Boom”, “Brand New Life”, “Snoops”, “Teen Wolf”, and the special “Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue”. Bill composed the main title for a series of Kurt Vonnegut stories called “Welcome to the Monkey House” for Showtime. He composed a score for a documentary film about Frank Lloyd Wright called “A Very Proud House”.  Bill has also composed pieces for Wind Ensemble including "Streets of Paris" which was recently premiered by trombone soloist Larry Zalkind and The Riverside City College Wind Ensemble conducted by Kevin Mayse, “Atlantic Crossing”, “Streets of Paris”, “The Improbable Journey”, “Fanfares, Questions and Answers”, and “An American Dream”. Bill and family now live near Asheville, NC.  Bill plays the Greenhoe Bass Trombone  

Matt & Dom, your humble music selectors pay respect to the fallen soldiers on this Monday memorial Day in the States, it's also a bank holiday in England. We also play a tribute track to the icon Tine Turner who's light shone brighter than most. Wherever you are, we go around the globe to give you music without borders. Today's show features; Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Cliff, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tina Turner, The Pogues, Bob Marley & The Wailers, William Onyeabor. Plus loads more. Tune into new broadcasts of Worldy with Matt and Dom, LIVE, Monday from 10 AM - 12 Noon EST / 3- 5 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/worldy///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composer Lennie Moore talks about his newest passion project, a big band album called Mentors that pays tribute to his musical mentors, like record producer Arif Mardin, pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and drummer Peter Erskine (who plays on the album). While we do briefly discuss the upcoming Outcast 2 (Lennie scored the first Outcast in 1999), most of the conversation centers around the album and the people who aided Lennie musically along the way. You can hear Sam (Level's producer) and I discuss it in Next Level on YouTube. This is long conversation but we make no apologies; you're going to learn a LOT about some legendary musicians and it's well worth it! You can support Level with Emily on Patreon. Join us on Discord for free. Find this conversation on YouTube and Twitter. Patrons have access to exclusive merch, Discord events and special guest playlists. PLAYLIST by Lennie Moore from Mentors unless noted otherwise 00:00 Manic 09:26 The Mardini Effect 14:53 The Mardini Effect 17:20 Planetary Misalignment 20:04 Two Peas In A Pod 21:13 Essence MIDI demo 21:24 Essence (album version) 30:11 Manic 34:31 Two Peas In A Pod 35:10 Intentionality 39:33 Intentionality 42:05 Two Peas In A Pod 43:35 Essence 44:27 “Saving Metroville” (ft. Wayne Bergeron, lead trumpet) from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino 45:22 Essence 49:30 Essence 54:45 The Mardini Effect 56:14 The Mardini Effect 1:02:18 The Mardini Effect 1:03:53 The Mardini Effect 1:06:19 Smoke & Mirrors 1:08:25 Intentionality 1:10:38 Intentionality 1:15:06 Manic 1:17:41 Manic 1:22:13 Manic 1:23:46 Manic 1:29:44 The Kid 1:49:05 Main Title from Outcast by Lennie Moore, featuring the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 1:55:25 Planetary Misalignment 1:55:55 “Other Sprouts” by Sam Keenan

One nighters, life on a bus and minimal salaries may seem worth it when jazz musicians finally find themselves in a recording studio. Doc Cheatham, Toshiko Akiyoshi, John Best and others speak about memorable records and recording sessions.

We continue our month of historic female figures by focusing on Maya Angelou and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Maya Angelou is a well respected artist and activist who worked alongside some of the biggest names in the Civil Rights Movement and courageously wrote about her tumultuous upbringing in multiple autobiographies. Toshiko Akiyoshi moved from Japan to America in the 50s to pursue a career as a jazz musician and became one of the most well respected figures in the genre, working with huge jazz stars such as Norman Granz and Charles Mingus.

Grandes pianistas del jazz moderno ocupan este episodio. Lenny Tristano y su escuela tan singular, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cedar Walton, Red Garland, Horace Silver, Duke Jordan, Kenny Drew, Tommy Flanagan entre otros. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clearwater Jazz Holiday's History of Jazz Outreach Program engages professional musicians to share the story of Jazz through live, interactive musical experiences. By Spring 2020, the Program had reached nearly 30,000 students in approximately 60 Tampa Bay area schools and has evolved to also bring meaningful experiences to schools and organizations serving at risk students, people of all ages with special needs, neurodiversities, and autism, as well as older adults in senior living communities and memory care centers. Frank T. Williams III, a 50-year + educator, band director, clinician, author, adjudicator, and composer, is a long-time CJH education partner, important to the development of many CJH Outreach programs. In 2020, CJH launched its STOP-TIME SERIES with Frank Williams to complement the History of Jazz Outreach Program by creating a comprehensive visual and audio History of Jazz archive delivered in Frank's one-of-a-kind style. WATCH & LISTEN! Visit the CJH website Education & Outreach section to watch all STOP-TIME videos for FREE or enjoy listening here as part of the CJH Young Lions Jazz Master "Virtual" Sessions Podcast. To learn more about the annual CJH festival tradition and year-round Education & Outreach: www.clearwaterjazz.com

Hoy quiero comenzar a resaltar los tres disco que estuvieron en la categoría "Mejor álbum de jazz del año" en los Premios Carlos Gardel, en Argentina. Pero también, meternos con la cantante canadiense, Diana Krall y las recomendaciones de su marido. Hay mucho más. Dale play!

Episode 225, “50s Album jazz,” samples 15 of the most influential jazz albums of the ‘50s. Performers include Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Milt Jackson, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, and... Read More The post Episode 225, “50s Album jazz,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.

Tonight's Jazz feature is the only domestic recording by The Toshiko Mariano Quartet. Toshiko Akiyoshi was one of the first Japanese musicians to gain national acclaim in the USA. Pianist/composer Toshiko Akiyoshi was born in Manchuria on Dec.12,1929 and she is still writing and performing. She emigrated to the Us in 1956 and began recording and gigging. She met and married alto saxophone master Charlie Mariano in 1959 and they decided to form a band in 1960: hence The Toshiko Mariano Quartet. They recorded this classic album in 1960 when they found their ideal rhythm section of bassist Gene Cherico and drummer Eddie Marshall. The album consists of two tunes by Charlie Mariano and an arrangement of an old spiritual ("Deep River") plus two tunes co-composed by Akiyoshi and Mariano. This album is a beauty and is tonights Jazz Feature!

Scott Robinson is well known as a saxophonist playing the entire family of saxes from contrabass to sopranino. Recently it's his baritone sax with Maria Schneider Orchestra as well as Bob Brookmeyer, Toshiko Akiyoshi and others that attracted attention.

Deze week neemt Benjamin je mee door de imposant lange carriere van de Japanse pianiste Toshiko Akiyoshi. 

Here is the playlist for the 11/21 episode of Crosswinds. Enjoy!Stan Kenton Orchestra- Intermission Riff (theme)Maynard Ferguson- Give it OneDave Stryker and the WDR Big Band- Wichita LinemanCount Basie Orchestra- TequilaDuke Ellington Orchestra- Blue SkiesGlenn Miller Orchestra- Tuxedo JunctionJimmy Dorsey Orchestra- Sunset StripWoody Herman Orchestra- 23 RedBuddy Rich Big Band- Channel One SuiteSeatbelts- Tank!Toshiko Akiyoshi and the WDR Big Band- Warning! Success may Be Hazardous to Your HealthDynamo- Never AloneSnarky Puppy- Liquid LoveElectric Kif- LabratsLee Konitz- Donna LeeJohn Coltrane with Tad Dameron- SoultraneSonny Rollins- Sonny, PleaseWes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly Trio- Unit 7Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine- Jemin-Eye'nMichael Hedges- Aerial BoundariesJoni Mitchell- IfPat Martino- FootprintsManhattan Transfer- Ray's RockhouseDonald Fagen- Ruby BabyTower of Power- Step UpEarth, Wind and Fire- The Changing TimesPat Metheny Group- San LorenzoBilly Cobham- Crosswinds (closing theme)

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist & Composer Helen Sung on the 2021 CD Quartet+ with the Harlem Quartet .. This album celebrates the work of influential women composers by crafting new arrangements of tunes by Geri Allen, Carla Bley, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi as she carries the tradition forward with her own new works. She opened up about this project, COVID, live gigs and the future as we move on .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

The show where we uncover the stories, processes, and worldviews behind NYC’s most artful and creative musicians. Purchase Charles McPherson's Jazz Dance Suites: https://charlesmcpherson1.bandcamp.com/album/charles-mcphersons-jazz-dance-suites Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brave-sound-podcast/id1537645722 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ByvBpLEwvf1FkyZr40d11 Today's Guest: Charles McPherson was born in Joplin, Missouri and moved to Detroit at age nine. After growing up in Detroit, he studied with the renowned pianist Barry Harris and started playing jazz professionally at age 19. He moved from Detroit to New York in 1959 and performed with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1972. Mr. McPherson has performed at concerts and festivals with his own variety of groups, consisting of quartets, quintets to full orchestras. Charles was featured at Lincoln Center showcasing his original compositions 15 years ago, and once again joined Wynton Marsalis and J@LC Orchestra in April, 2019 honoring his 80th Birthday where they arranged and performed 7 of Charles’ iconic original compositions. Charles has toured the U.S., Europe, Japan, Africa and South America with his own group, as well as with jazz greats Barry Harris, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Nat Adderly, Jay McShann, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, and others. McPherson has recorded as guest artist with Charlie Mingus, Barry Harris, Art Farmer, Kenny Drew, Toshiko Akiyoshi, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. He has recorded as a leader on Prestige, Fantasy, Mainstream, Discovery, Xanadu, Arabesque, Capri and several smaller labels in Europe and Japan. Charles was the featured alto saxophonist in the Clint Eastwood film “Bird,” a biopic about Charlie Parker. Charles has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Don Redman Lifetime Achievement Award and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from California State University San Marcos. Charles performed this past April at the NEA Jazz Master’s 2019 performance during Stanley Crouch’s tribute. Widely recognized as a prolific composer, Charles is now Resident Composer for the San Diego Ballet, where he has written three original suites for chamber music and jazz combos. In the summer of 2019, Dr. Donnie Norton will compile the entire book of Charles’ compositions for publication. McPherson remains a strong, viable force on the jazz scene today. Throughout his six decades of being an integral performer of the music, Charles has not merely remained true to his Be Bop origins but has expanded on them. Stanley Crouch says in his New York Times article on Charles, “he is a singular voice who has never sacrificed the fluidity of his melody making and is held in high esteem by musicians both long seasoned and young.” Charles is a frequent guest at universities all over the world and also teaches privately. Many of his former students have gone on to have careers of their own in jazz, and have earned National Jazz Student Awards. Charles had the honor of being the subject of the Ph.D. candidate Dr. Donnie Norton’s Doctoral Dissertation: “The Jazz Saxophone Style of Charles McPherson: An Analysis through Biographical Examination and Solo Transcription.” Find him at https://charlesmcpherson.com/ Your hosts: Michael Shapira: michaelxshapira.com @michaelxshapira Austin Zhang: austinzhang.org @austindiscovers Learn more: https://bravesound.org/ Instagram: @bravesoundnyc

Here is the playlist for the 03/07 episode of Crosswinds. Enjoy! Stan Kenton Orchestra- Intermission Riff (theme) Barry Manilow- Bandstand Boogie The Andrews Sisters- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Tommy Dorsey Orchestra- Boogie Woogie Brian Setzer Orchestra- The Dirty Boogie Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Calloway Boogie Cab Calloway- Minnie the Moocher Count Basie Orchestra- Basie Boogie Glenn Miller Orchestra- The Booglie Wooglie Piggy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- The Boogie Bumper Mabel Scott- Baseball Boogie Bob Curnow Big Band- Follow Me Bob Curnow Big Band- James The Seatbelts- Tank! Toshiko Akiyoshi and the WDR Big Band- Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health Stanley Clarke- Hello, Jeff Chris Potter- Rest Your Head Hiromi- Life Goes On Stevie Wonder- You Are the Sunshine of My Life Marvin Gaye- I Wanna Be Where You Are Tower of Power- Who Do You Think You Are? Pat Metheny- You Are McCoy Tyner, Stanley Clarke and Al Foster- Once Upon a Time Sonny Rollins Quartet- You Don't Know What Love Is Ethan Iverson Quartet- All The Things You Are Eric Johnson- All Things You Are Tierney Sutton Band- Message in a Bottle Joni Mitchell- Refuge of the Roads Animal Logic- Stone in My Shoe Tigran Hamasyan- New Maps GoGo Penguin- Raven Mouse on the Keys- Pulse The Comet is Coming- Timewave Zero Lyle Mays- Close to Home Billy Cobham- Crosswinds (closing theme)

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wow!!! what a treat that was! i have known Toshiko since she was at Schillinger House in Boston in the mid-’50s but i still learned a lot from this interview! it was fabulous! thank you so much, Jake! Valerie Bishop --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

82 year old Gabe Baltazar is the product of a Japanese mother and a Filipino father. He is also a jazz hero of the Hawaiian islands. As an American he served his country in war and after that wound up in Sunny LA where he gigged with Paul Togawa, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano among others. After Lenny Neihaus left he wound up as the exclusive alto-sax man for the Stan Kenton Big Band starting in 1960. His career unfolded in many prolific ways with Dizzy and Moody and Oliver Nelson. He has kept his mind and spirit young and we are thankful for that. For the Birds! JF --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

Summer tour 2011 was similar to the '84 GD. At times erratic with work coming in prolific streaks followed by sustained periods of hibernation. Still the periods of hibernation sowed the seeds of dreams which were than executed and made believable. My first guest upon returning to the Monsoon Laden desert was Lew Tabackin. Lew T grew up in the underprivileged side of Philadelphia. When in high school during a small band competition Lew was trying to sound like Trane while others were copying the sounds of west coast be-bop. He made his way to New York and became accustom to playing in front of many of his brothers who would sit and make comments about his playing within earshot. This is a story of trial by fire although the competition was good. Lew played on both coasts and spent sometime in Los Angeles playing with the great Billy Higgins. They made an album together in 1978 called "Black and Tan Fantasy." It was on a small label originally issued under Lew's wife, the great pianist Toshiko AKiyoshi. Last month I saw their grandson make his debut on trumpet at Gil Goldstein's July 4th spectacular. Rebirth and Regeneration. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

“One of the most commanding voices on bass today” Yasushi Nakamura is praised for imaginative, quicksilver bass lines that deepen the groove. His blend of guitar-like precision and gut-level blues has sparked collaborations with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones, Dave Douglas, Steve Miller, etc. With his charismatic stage presence and artful, hard-swinging melodic touch, Nakamura is a first-call performer capturing new audiences and fans around the world. In this episode, Yasushi shares his background, education, and musical journey.   If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc.    Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

Unique and seminal drummer talks of his upbringing in Hartford, learning to swing with Toshiko Akiyoshi and how Shelly Manne got him into the studios. RIP Papa Joe Porcaro --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

Den japanske pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi (født i 1930) og hendes »My Long Yellow Road«(2017) præsenteres af Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh. Det er #45 i hans serie »Japansk jazz, fra Toshiko Akiyoshi til Hiromi Uehara«. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2020 Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

De japanske pianister Hiroyuki Takubo (foto) og Mayuko Katakura samt trompetisten Shinpei Ruike præsenteres af Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh. Udsendelsen er #8 i hans serie »Japansk jazz fra Toshiko Akiyoshi til Hiromi Uehara«. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2015 og 2020 Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

The drum chair and he who sits in it. Self taught developing your own style through craft and putting yourself in different musical settings. My guest today is from the same musical generation as John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Elvin Jones, Miles Davis, Tony Williams and Papa Joe Jones. He saw the continent of Asia early on cutting albums with Toshiko Akiyoshi, back in the states with Howard McGhee, Dorothy Ashby, Donald Byrd and Mongo Santamaria. We idolize the great drummers who have left us but my guest is one of the titans still putting in time on planet earth. Holding it down while Eric Alexander and Harold Maburn blow over the top. He's been smokin at the half note with Wynton Kelly or cooking up good vibes with Johnny Lytle. My guest hails from Washington DC but found himself on the cusp of the birth of cool, not smooth, cool. The kind of cool that makes you take notice and listen because of the use of cymbals or the brushes that give the song the feel of real people coalescing around a groove. Jimmy Cobb welcome to the JFS --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

For quite some time half a century ago only two schools in this country had jazz programs. One was N. Texas State and the other was the Berkeley School of Music in Boston. My guest today is one of the earliest alumni's of a school that has produced the likes of Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts, Gene Perla and Dick Berk and TOSHIKO Akiyoshi. When my guest went there it was a brotherhood of 300 men and woman who studied under the masters like Herb Pomeroy, Ray Santizzi, Alan Dawson and Jaki Byard and had opportunities to play live and get loose at venues like The Jazz Workshop, Lennie's on the Turnpike and Latin Salsa Dance Halls. In fact even if you didn't go to Berklee you could still sit in on lectures and jams. My guest today is a guitar player who is prolific in melodic sequencing and ferocious output. He plays the electric guitar, mandolin and piano strumming his way to sublimation with Jack Dejohnette, Billy Cobham, Colin Walcott and George Marsh, Joe Beck, Tom Knific, Dave Holland Jan Hammer and Johnny Hammond Smith. He plays music without regard to barriers. His generation makes music that feels good because they understand the balance between mathematics and soul. They also played live for weeks at a time at the same venue performing complex Gil Evans tunes developing their own sound and individuality that created their identities. Still blazing new trails with his axe, JAbercrombie --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

For Jazz Appreciation Month, Robin Lloyd salutes pianist, composer, and arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi. As a musician she is a trailblazer on the piano, in the jazz genre in her 64 year career, she has experienced many firsts.

Den japanske forfatter Haruki Murakami´s interesse for jazz Journalist og forfatter Mette Holm taler med Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh om forfatteren og oversætter Haruki Murakami, som blandt andet har modtaget den japanske litterære pris, Noma-prisen. Udsendelsen er en #7 i serien »Japansk jazz fra Toshiko Akiyoshi til Hiromi Uehara«. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2015 og 2020. Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

Japansk jazz, fra Toshiko Akiyoshi til Hiromi Uehara , #6 Den japanske radiostation NHK's interview med pianisten Makiko Hirabayashi indrammer udsendelsen, der er tilrettelagt af Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh. Makiko fortæller om sit samarbejde med Flemming Agerskov, Marilyn Mazur og Bob Rockwell og pejler sig ind på, hvad der karakteriserer japansk musik. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2015 Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

Hamborg i Tyskland var det nærmeste den japanske pianist og komponist Hiromi Uehara kom Danmark på sin verdensturné i 2019. Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh var der, og han talte med hende før koncerten. Udsendelsen er #42 i hans serie »Japansk jazz fra Toshiko Akiyoshi til Hiromi Uehara«. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2019 Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

Japansk jazz fra Toshiko Akiyoshi til Hiromi Uehara #5 Yoshio Suzuki, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Shinpei Ruike, Masayasa Tzuboguchi, Tokyo Zawinul Bach leverer musikken og samtalerne med Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2019 Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

Radio Jazz studievært Claus Westh præsenterer den amerikanske trommeslager Elvin Jones (1927-2004) og hans Jazz Machine, der havde meget stor betydning for både publikum og musikere i Japan. Sendt i Radio Jazz i 2019 Der er mere jazz på www.radiojazz.dk

Lew Tabackin got his start in public school in Philadelphia, felt like a misfit studying flute at the Philadelphia Conservatory, and ultimately found his footing after picking up the tenor saxophone. Lew has come a long way and had a varied career since: he graduated, served in the Army from 1962-65, met his wife (jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi), moved to California in the 1970s, and formed their big band that performed for decades. Nowadays, Lew enjoys playing with his trio around the world.

Bone2Pick July 2018: As we get ready to celebrate our national day of independence here in the U.S., Hip-Bone Music and Bone2Pick proudly present our own national treasure from the world of jazz and brass, the great Joe Magnarelli. Joe graciously sits down with Michael to discuss his extraordinary, three decade long career as one of the most respected and in demand trumpet players on the international jazz scene. His twelve CDs as a solo artist, as well as his years performing and recording with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Jack McDuff, Harry Connick Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider, George Gruntz, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Tom Harrell Big Band and Jane Monheit are at the forefront of the conversation. Enjoy! Check out our video lesson series at: http://vimeo.com/hipbonemusic/vod_pages

Mike and Pat welcome special guest Eric Allen, co-author of 50 Years at the Village Vanguard – Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and discuss the book along with early recordings by the band and a couple other seventies big bands. All three agree - ain't no way Pat's letting Maynard Ferguson into his blanket fort. Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band – LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD, PRESENTING THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA; ALL OUR YESTERDAYS (disc 1); Maynard Ferguson – MF HORN; Toshiko Akiyoshi – EUROPEAN MEMOIRS.

Today's guest is, pianist, Lynne Arriale. A devoted educator and Yamaha artist, Lynne Arriale is currently Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of Small Ensembles at The University of North Florida in Jacksonville. She has served as a faculty member of the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops, the Centrum Port Townsend Jazz Workshop, the Thelonious Monk Institute in Aspen and numerous clinics and workshops worldwide, including the US, UK, Europe, Canada, Brazil and South Africa. She is a member and piano pedagogy representative of The Jazz Education Network and has adjudicated the Montreux Jazz Competition, American Pianists Association Fellowship Awards, The Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Competition and the Jacksonville Piano Competition. With jazz icon Toshiko Akiyoshi, she was a featured mentor at The Mary Lou Williams Emerging Artist Workshop at the Kennedy Center. Arriale’s affinity for music and specifically the piano was evident early on, but well outside a jazz context. Adopted as an infant, she grew up in Milwaukee and was given a plastic toy piano at age 3. Playing by ear, she soon had a repertoire of songs that she had learned from the radio and records, mostly from Broadway musicals. Throughout her school and college years, she studied classical music, earning a master’s degree before turning to jazz. “Discovering the unlimited creative potential and artistic freedom in jazz changed my life,” said Arriale. Later she learned that her biological mother was a jazz vocalist; perhaps there is something to heredity, given her reverence for songful melodies. Motema founder Jana Herzen refers to Lynne’s "singer’s-like" ability to connect with an audience… "Though she played the piano and not a sound came from her lips, I had the distinct impression I was listening to a singer." Arriale always sings when she is practicing and composing. "I have found that the key to expressive playing and truly spontaneous improvisation is singing," says Arriale." I focus on the melody regardless of where spontaneous improvisation takes me. I search for the 'heart' of the song, find what makes it special to me and use it as musical inspiration.It is very important to me that my music has a vocal quality and a heart connection. It’s a lifelong process to teach my fingers how to sing." “Lynne Arriale’s remarkable career is graced by a rare commitment to authenticity and vulnerability defined by careful craft and high artistic standards. It is precisely this willingness to remain so emotionally exposed that makes her performances so accessible to music lovers of all kinds” (All About Jazz). Press play, enjoy, then share.

Two vocalists and two big bands make up the bulk of today's show, but stay tuned for record store day confessions, part 1, and marvel as the boys reminisce about disco demolition day. Carmen McRea – SARAH: DEDICATED TO YOU (1990); Count Basie – AT NEWPORT (1957); Natalie Cole – TAKE A LOOK (1993); Toshiko Akiyoshi – ROAD TIME

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Flow, oneness, connection, selflessness, immediacy – all of these notions are central to both Zen Buddhism and jazz improvisation. Hear us chat about the links here: Tracks we played were ‘Rita‘ by Jazztronik, and ‘Kogun‘ by Toshiko Akiyoshi. Zen is … Continue reading →

Best known as the powerhouse behind the 1960s Woody Herman band, Jake Hanna was one of the most versatile and experienced drummers in jazz before his death in February 2010. Alyn Shipton presents an archive interview with Hanna in which the drummer selects the highlights from his recorded work, including discs with Herman, Harry James, Marian McPartland and Toshiko Akiyoshi. When Jake Hanna joined Harry James, the bandleader sent his wife to collect him and his drums from the station - not everyone can claim to have been met off a train by Betty Grable. This is just one of the stories that Jake Hanna tells Alyn Shipton in his highly entertaining account of his recording career, which also includes work with Bing Crosby and re-launching the career of Rosemary Clooney as a jazz singer.

This wonderful short-lived band only made one domestically produced record.A few bootlegs exist and one rare recording made in Japan,featuring tunes from "West Side Story" are the only documentation of this group. At the time the late alto saxophone master, Charlie Mariano (1923-2009) was married to Toshiko Akiyoshi and they formed this creative quartet with the late Gene Cherico on bass and a young Eddie Marshall on drums. The album was issued on the very short-lived Candid label and was done on December 5,1960. Two Charlie Mariano compositions are featured and two by Ms. Akiyoshi-Mariano and one arrangement of an old spiritual (Deep River) by Mr. Mariano. The recording is a beautiful and passionate statement by this great little band. The only small drawback is the tinny piano that Toshiko has to work with but as usual she makes the most of it.

This week’s episode features an interview with and music from jazz bassist Lynn Seaton. Lynn teaches at theUniversity of North Texas, and he maintains an active performing career. He was a member of the Woody Herman Band and Count Basie Orchestra, and he played extended tours with Tony Bennett and George Shearing, as well a wide array of many other jazz luminaries. We also feature music from the Lynn Seaton Trio with Bill Mays on piano and Tim Froncek on drums. Learn more about Lynn at his website lynnseaton.com, and learn more about the UNT jazz program at jazz.unt.edu.  You can also find Lynn's Facebook fan page here.   About Lynn Seaton: Lynn Seaton has had a stellar career as a jazz bassist. Born in Oklahoma in 1957, he started playing the bass at age 9. By the late 70’s he was performing around the state. From 1980 until 1984 he was the house bassist at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, accompanying big name guest soloists every week. In 1984, he joined Woody Herman and in 1985 he played with the Count Basie Orchestra. After a two-year engagement with the Basie Band, he did extended tours with Tony Bennett and George Shearing. Most of 1991 and 1992 was spent touring with Monty Alexander. Lynn spent a lot of time on the road as a member of the Jeff Hamilton Trio from 1995-1999. Since 1993, Lynn has also had a busy career free-lancing with many of the great jazz musicians from many generations, including: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Monty Alexander, Ernestine Anderson, Buck Clayton, Al Cohn, Kenny Drew Jr., Blossom Dearie, Bob Dorough, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Herb Ellis, John Fedchock, Frank Foster, Freddy Green, Tim Hagans, Jeff Hamilton, Scott Hamilton, Wynard Harper, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Marian McPartland, Jay McShann, Mark Murphy, Ken Peplowski, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jimmy Raney, Emily Remler, Diane Schuur, Maria Schneider, Bud Shank, Carol Sloane, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Maxine Sullivan, Mel Torme, Frank Wess, Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Steve Wilson, Mark Vinci, and Teddy Wilson. He lived in NY from 1986 until 1998. That year, he accepted an offer to teach at the world famous University of North Texas, home to one of the largest jazz programs in the world. He has performed at festivals world wide including Bern, Concord, JVC, Kool, Kyoto, Newport, North Sea, Perugia and Pori. Lynn has performed in 49 of the 50 United States and 35 foreign countries. He has performed on over 100 recordings, including the Grammy winning “Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra”, and two Grammy nominees, John Fedchock “No Nonsense” and Woody Herman “50th Anniversary”. He has three recordings as a leader, “Bassman’s Basement”, “Solo Flights”, and “Puttin’ on the Ritz”. Musical Selections: Strike Up the Band The Patrician Commission  

Please note that this is the spanish version of the interview. Luisito Quintero was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was surrounded by Afro-Venezuelan and Afro-Cuban rhythm and music. His father, a respected percussionist in his native country, tutored and encouraged Luisito on timbales through his adolescent years. Luisito comes from a long line of outstanding musicians which includes his Uncle, Carlos Nene Quintero and cousin Robert Quintero. Luisito studied at the respected Orquesta Simfonica de Venezuela (The Symphonic Orchestra of Venezuela), and his percussion technique soon garnered attention from his colleagues. He joined the popular music ensembles Grupo Guaco and Oscar D'Leon, where he enjoyed widespread worldwide exposure. Besides being known for his skillful timbale work, Luisito also plays congas, bongos, drum set, djembe, dundun and a wide variety of assorted percussion instruments. His technique on all of these instruments is masterful and unparalleled. Luisito has worked with , Jack De Johnette, David Sanborn, George Benson ,Joe Sampler, Bill Cosby, the late Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Richard Bona, Ravi Coltrane, Claudia Acuna, Giovanni Hidalgo, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Willie Colon and countless other high-profile music acts. Quintero is comfortable working in any genre of music from Symphonic to Jazz and from Latin to House. One of his most recent projects finds him as musical director for Louie Vega and the Elements of Life Band as well as extensive work with Jack DeJohnettes Latin Project. He is also co-musical director and percussionist for Kevin Jones and Tenth World. He is one of the most sought after percussionist in the country at this time and will continue to build his legend as time goes on. Luisito is also a skilled clinician who shares his limitless knowledge of music to younger percussionists around the world. Today, he is an established and respected musician, teacher, band director, and master. www.myspace.com/luisitoquintero

Toshiko Akiyoshi(pianist/composer) and her then husband, alto saxophone master Charlie Mariano co-led this fine quartet which featured the recording debuts of bassist Gene Cherico, who worked with everybody from Paul Desmond and Stan Getz to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra and drummer Eddie Marshall who also has worked with John Handy,Bobby Hutcherson and everybody who played at San Francisco's legendary "Keystone Korner".Mariano is one of the most passionate voices of the alto saxophone and plays beautifully on this, their only recording as a band.