{"product_id":"9798765109014","title":"Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band's Kogun","description":"Author: Atkins, E. Taylor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765109014\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643219628190,"sku":"UBD-9798765109014","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765109014.jpg?v=1774484442","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765109014","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}