Akiko - Rockin' Jivin' Swingin' (2017)

Tracklist

01. Come On-A My House
02. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
03. Relax Max
04. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
05. Fools Fall in Love
06. Rum and Coca Cola
07. I'm Walkin'
08. Exactly Like You
09. Blues No.8
10. Sh-Boom
11. Mr. Sandman
12. I've Got You Under My Skin
13. Goody Goody

Jazz singer Akiko has a brand new album out now, of rockin', jivin' and swingin' songs (as the title says!) from the 40's and 50's. Featured musicians include Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Blue Moon Quartet, Fats & Fats, and also female chorus groups Chai-Chii Sisters and Gentle Forest Sisters.

Tokyo born Akiko started playing piano at age of 4. She started to listen to rock / punk music, when she was a junior high school student, & then began to take her interest in various kinds of music, including 70s disco music, 60s oldies, 50s rock + country and western. Above all those music, she was especially inspired by old black music like jive, jump blues & doo wop. At age of 18, she happened to listen to Sarah Vaughan & Ella Fitzgerald thus, discovering jazz. Afterward, she started to sing as a professional at Jazz Club in Tokyo, when she was a university student.

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