Toshiko Akiyoshi Smithsonian Interview Block 326 (Q18279)

I dont know how well he played the cymbals, but that was his job. And uh, at that time I mentioned that I was playing at the Yokohama Seamens Club, so he used to come down and I asked him to play and he would play. And I would listen to him play and try to learn a lot, as much as I could. It was because, you know, probably the first noted musician as far as ... because before that there was Sh ...