Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko's Piano (1954) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 114 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 56 MB | Covers - 39 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UCCV-9475)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 114 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 56 MB | Covers - 39 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UCCV-9475)
Toshiko Akiyoshi was only 23 years old when Oscar Peterson heard her during a Jazz at the Philharmonic tour of Japan in 1953; he immediately went raving to impresario Norman Granz to implore him to record her. So Granz produced Akiyoshi's debut as a leader on a 10" disc (released as Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan and as Toshiko's Piano elsewhere) with the Jazz at the Philharmonic rhythm section (guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer J.C. Heard). The Bud Powell influence is rather obvious during several of the tracks, as Akiyoshi slashes her way through "What Is This Thing Called Love?," "I Want to Be Happy," the lesser-known "Shadrach," and a very brisk treatment of Johnny Hodges' "Squatty Roo." She also shows promise at more relaxed tempos, playing standards such as "Gone With the Wind" and a dreamy, somewhat impressionistic piano solo of "Laura"…