Toshiko Akiyoshi - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • 2007 NEA Jazz Master
  • Down Beat magazine Critic's Poll winner:
    • Jazz Album of the Year: 1978 (Insights)
    • Big Band: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
    • Arranger: 1979, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1996
    • Composer: 1981, 1982
  • Down Beat magazine Reader's Poll winner:
    • Big Band: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
    • Arranger: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1995
    • Composer: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986
  • Grammy award nominations:
    • Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band: 1976 (Long Yellow Road), 1977 (Road Time), 1978 (Insights), 1979 (Kogun), 1980 (Farewell), 1981 (Tanuki's Night Out), 1984 (Ten Gallon Shuffle), 1985 (March of the Tadpoles), 1992 (Carnegie Hall Concert), 1994 (Desert Lady / Fantasy).
    • Best Arrangement on an Instrumental: 1981 (for "A Bit Byas'd"), 1983 (for "Remembering Bud"), 1985 (for "March of the Tadpoles"), 1994 (for "Bebop").
  • Stereo Review magazine (US)
    • Jazz Album of the Year: 1976 (Long Yellow Road)
  • Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) awards:
    • Gold Disk: 1976 (Insights), Silver Disk: 1974 (Kogun), 1979 (Salted Gingko Nuts), 1996 (Four Seasons of Morita Village), "Special Award": 2006 (50th Anniversary Concert in Japan)

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