MUSICIAN

Toshiko Akiyoshi

1929 - Today

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Toshiko Akiyoshi (秋吉敏子 or 穐吉敏子, Akiyoshi Toshiko, born 12 December 1929) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in Down Beat magazine's annual Readers' Poll. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toshiko Akiyoshi has received more than 355,905 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Toshiko Akiyoshi is the 902nd most popular musician (down from 857th in 2019), the 785th most popular biography from China (down from 712th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Musician.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Toshiko Akiyoshi ranks 902 out of 3,175. Before her are Clark Terry, Jimmy Buffett, Eliades Ochoa, Manny Charlton, Teddy Wilson, and Würzel. After her are Alan Wilson, Mick Ronson, Clarence Clemons, Albert Ayler, Larry Coryell, and Sean Combs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Toshiko Akiyoshi ranks 247. Before her are Lyudmila Zykina, Leila Abashidze, Ulla Jacobsson, Franca Rame, Gérard de Villiers, and John Osborne. After her are Yuri Artsutanov, June Squibb, Jürgen Ehlers, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, István Kertész, and Adrienne Rich.

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In China

Among people born in China, Toshiko Akiyoshi ranks 785 out of 1,610. Before her are Bing Xin (1900), Zhang Zongchang (1881), Lydia Shum (1945), Sun Chuanfang (1885), Sanmao (1943), and Meng Hongwei (1953). After her are Chen Jiongming (1878), Ricky Hui (1946), Li Yuanchao (1950), Zhou Fohai (1897), Yang Jiang (1911), and Wan Li (1916).

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Among MUSICIANS In China

Among musicians born in China, Toshiko Akiyoshi ranks 2. Before her are Lang Lang (1982). After her are Fou Ts'ong (1934), Coco Lee (1975), Cui Jian (1961), Yuja Wang (1987), Li Yundi (1982), Liu Fang (1974), Hua Chenyu (1990), and Cai Xukun (1998).

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