RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Institute of Jazz Studies Jazz Events 2016
Grammy-Nominated International Jazz Star To Headline Concert
Institute of Jazz Studies
to welcome NEA Jazz Master
and 14-time Grammy nominee Toshiko Akiyoshi
with Lew Tabackin
Rutgers-Newark, 15 Washington Street;
2:30-4 pm
(Free Admission) Wednesday, March 23, 2016:
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Quartet
Grammy-Nominated International Jazz Star To Headline Concert
Institute of Jazz Studies
to welcome NEA Jazz Master
and 14-time Grammy nominee Toshiko Akiyoshi
with Lew Tabackin
Rutgers-Newark, 15 Washington Street;
2:30-4 pm
(Free Admission) Wednesday, March 23, 2016:
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Quartet
Toshiko
Akiyoshi’s recordings have received a total of 14 Grammy Award
nominations. A perennial Down Beat poll winner, Toshiko has also
received the Shijahosho (1999, from the Emperor of Japan); the Japan
Foundation Award, Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosetta (2004,
from the Emperor of Japan); and the Asahi Award (2005, from the Asahi
Shimbun newspaper). In 2007, she was named an NEA Jazz Master, America’s
most prestigious jazz honor.
In 2002 Toshiko retired her big band projects and returned to the piano, touring as a trio and sometimes a quartet with her husband, tenor saxophone/flute star Lew Tabackin.
For this performance Ms. Akiyoshi and Mr. Tabackin will be accompanied by Mark Taylor drums and Yasushi Nakamura, bass.
Maps and directions: http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/
For further information: 973-353-5595
In 2002 Toshiko retired her big band projects and returned to the piano, touring as a trio and sometimes a quartet with her husband, tenor saxophone/flute star Lew Tabackin.
For this performance Ms. Akiyoshi and Mr. Tabackin will be accompanied by Mark Taylor drums and Yasushi Nakamura, bass.
Maps and directions: http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/
For further information: 973-353-5595
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