Toshiko's Piano

Toshiko's Piano is the debut recording of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded in Japan in 1953 with guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer J.C. Heard, who were known at the time for their work as pianist Oscar Peterson's rhythm section for Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts. The album was released as a 10-inch LP album on Norman Granz's Norgran Record label. Later 12 inch LP and CD re-issues also include all 4 Akiyoshi tracks from 1957's Verve Records recording, Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport. The cover artwork is by David Stone Martin. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiko...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)