Toshiko Akiyoshi Smithsonian Interview Block 334 (Q18287)

The day I landed, that was his last day. And Ed Thigpen was the drummer, who was drafted and was in the Korean War and he had a relief and came to Tokyo and sat in. See, the jazz world is very small, and so anybody who was drafted in Tokyo, whatever it is, in Japan, theyd say, "If you go to Tokyo, if you seek for her group, you can sit in and play. " So thats the way itd always been. So most o ...