I found out that I’m the second Japanese female in the history of Berklee to teach on the piano faculty, the first was Toshiko Akiyoshi – I was surprised to find out many did not know her! Here she is in 1958, wow! If you didn’t know…she was a big fan of Bud Powell.

Tags: Berklee, Boston jazz, Japanese pianist, jazz piano, Toshiko Akiyoshi

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