Jazz is my Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi
1983 | 58 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)
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Jazz is my Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi is a 1983 documentary film by Renee Cho about the jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi.
- Release Date
01 January 1983
- DirectingRenee Cho
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