{"product_id":"toshiko-akiyoshilew-tabackin-big-bands-k","title":"Toshiko Akiyoshilew Tabackin Big Bands K","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of the 1974 album \u003ci\u003eKogun\u003c\/i\u003e by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, this book assesses not just its importance in jazz history but also its part in public remembrance of World War II in Japan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1974 a Japanese soldier emerged from the Philippine jungle where he had hidden for three decades, unconvinced that World War II had ended. Later that year, the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band released its first album, \u003ci\u003eKogun\u003c\/i\u003e (“solitary soldier”), the title track of which adopted music from medieval Japanese \u003ci\u003eno \u003c\/i\u003etheater for the first time in a jazz context as aural commemoration of his experience. At a time when big band jazz was mostly a vehicle for nostalgia and no longer regarded as a vital art, the album was heralded as a revelation. \u003ci\u003eKogun \u003c\/i\u003eelevated Akiyoshi''s reputation as a brilliant composer\/arranger and earned Tabackin acclaim as a compelling, versatile improviser on tenor saxophone and flute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57197714440574,"sku":"NW9798765109014","price":16.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9798765109014.jpg?v=1778548891","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/toshiko-akiyoshilew-tabackin-big-bands-k","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}