Toshiko Akiyoshi Smithsonian Interview Block 310 (Q18263)

(Laughs) Actually, after that, my life was the same as before: I was still barely paying the rent, and so on and so on. And, meanwhile, as I said before, there were a lot of American troops were drafted and stationed in Japan, and one of the persons was from Boston. And his name was Tony Teixeira--I understand hes also deceased--but he was a guitar player. And he said, "You know, you should wr ...