Toshiko Akiyoshi Smithsonian Interview Block 118 (Q18071)

Ryutaro Yamada, yes. He was an old musician, played trumpet and piano, I understand. But (at) the officers club, you kind of had to, somebody had to stand in the front to wave his arms (conduct), so he had to do that, so he needed a pianist. So I was the one. And this was really great, because the officers club had a--we call (it) denchiku, you know what I mean?--like a gramophone, you had to ...