What is Toshiko Akiyoshi?
[[File:Toshiko Akiyoshi.jpg|thumb|Akiyoshi in 1978]] {{nihongo|'''Toshiko Akiyoshi'''|秋吉 敏子 or 穐吉 敏子|Akiyoshi Toshiko|extra=born December 12, 1929}} is a [[Japan]]ese-[[Americans|American]] [[jazz music]]ian. She is a pianist, composer, [[arranger]] and bandleader. She has been [[wikt:nomination|nominated]] for fourteen [[Grammy Award]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/toshiko-akiyoshi|title=Toshiko Akiyoshi|publisher=[[Grammy Awards|Grammy.com]]|access-date=January 23, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was the first woman to win best arranger and composer awards in ''[[DownBeat]]'' magazine's annual readers' poll. In 1996, she published her [[autobiography]], ''Life with Jazz''. Akiyoshi was born in [[Liaoyang]], [[Manchuria]], China. After the end of [[World War II]], she moved to [[Beppu]] with her family. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{Discogs artist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Akiyoshi, Toshiko}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American autobiographers]] [[Category:American bandleaders]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:Japanese composers]] [[Category:Japanese pianists]] {{US-bio-stub}}