Shigeko Toya

Shigeko Toya ( Japanese 戸谷重子 , Toya Shigeko ; * around 1950) is a Japanese jazz singer and pianist who was successful in the 1970s.

Shigeko Toya played her debut album in 1972 with the trio of pianist Masaru Imada ; followed by the LP Fine and Mellow ( Three Blind Mice 1973, with Imada, Masayuki Takayanagi , Akitoshi Igarashi , Takashi Mizuhashi , Tetsujiro Obara ) and the live album Yokohama Concert , (also with Imada, as well as with Kenji Mori , Isao Fukui and Tetsujiro Obara) , on which she interpreted well-known jazz standards like “ I'll Be Seeing You ”, “ Can't Help Lovin 'Dat Man ”, “ Call Me Irresponsible ” and “ Willow Weep for Me ”. After an album with duets ( Shigeko & Mari ), which she had recorded with Mari Nakamoto , accompanied by the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio, a last production with Masaru Imada and his band ( She Cries , Yupiteru Records) followed in 1978 with popular jazz titles such as " It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ", " When I Fall in Love " and " I'm Beginning to See the Light ". The discographer Tom Lord lists her involvement in jazz between 1972 and 1978 in six recording sessions.

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