{"product_id":"toshiko-akiyoshi-lew-tabackin-big-bands-kogun-hardcover","title":"Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band's Kogun - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Taylor Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Taylor Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Northern Illinois University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA History of Popular Culture in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury 2017; 2nd ed. 2022), \u003ci\u003ePrimitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eBlue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), and editor of \u003ci\u003eJazz Planet\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42292758446215,"sku":"9798765109007","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/88dbf97ea925ff459ace53928758de79_4e93c82c-6712-4ad6-abdc-1c43b0d14224.webp?v=1738051774","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/toshiko-akiyoshi-lew-tabackin-big-bands-kogun-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}