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Jazz is my Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi is a 1983 documentary film by Renee Cho about the jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi .
Jazz Is My Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi: Directed by Renee Cho. With Michiru Akiyoshi, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Steve Buddha, Leonard Feather.
This is the heroic story of Toshiko Akiyoshi – artist, wife, and mother – and her ascent into the American jazz world. Playing with such greats as Charles Mingus, who helped launch her career in the 1960s, and Duke Ellington, Akiyoshi later created the highly acclaimed Akiyoshi/Tabackin Big Band.
In 1984, she was the subject of the documentary Jazz Is My Native Language. In 1996, she published her autobiography, Life with Jazz, and in 2007 she was named an NEA Jazz Master by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts.
Many (Issei) had come to the U.S. decades earlier and clung to their native language and customs. But their children (Nisei) had attended U.S. public schools and most had the same tastes as their Caucasian peers.
Gives an in-depth look at the musical and personal life of composer/pianist/bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi. Includes performances of her work by her band and commentary by jazz critic Leonard Feather
Jazz Is My Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi (1983) User Reviews. Review this title. 1 Review. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 9/10. A fine, if saddening, account of Akiyoshi and Tabackin's relocation from LA to NYC. foxbrick-1 5 May 2005.
