Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)

Infobox Album
Name = Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band


Background = darkseagreen
Released = 1991
| Genre = Jazz
Length = 57:28
Label = BMG / Novus
Producer = Hiroshi Isaka
Compiler = John Snyder |

"The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band, Novus Series '70" is a compilation album of songs taken from the band's early RCA releases of 1974~1976.

Track listing

All songs orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi unless otherwise noted:

# "Studio J" – 6:00 (from " Insights")
# "American Ballad" – 5:45 (from "Kogun")
# "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:20 (From " Long Yellow Road")
# "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:27 (From " Long Yellow Road")
# "The First Night" – 4:51 (From " Long Yellow Road")
# "Kogun" – 10:24 (from " Road Time")
# "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" (Akiyoshi / Tabackin) – 12:30 (from " Road Time")
# "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:11 (from " Road Time")

Personnel

*Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
*Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
*Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
*Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
*Gary Foster – alto saxophone
*Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone", "Children in the Temple Ground")
*Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone ("Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Bobby Shew – trumpet
*Mike Price – trumpet
*Steven Huffsteter – trumpet ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Don Rader – trumpet ("American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
*Richard Cooper – trumpet ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Stu Blumberg – trumpet ("The First Night", "Children in the Temple Ground")
*Lynn Nicholson – trumpet ("Quadrille, Anyone?")
*John Madrid – trumpet ("American Ballad")
*Phil Teele – bass trombone
*Charlie Loper – trombone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "The First Night")
*Britt Woodman – trombone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "The First Night")
*Jim Sawyer – trombone ("American Ballad", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Bill Reichenbach – trombone ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Bruce Paulson – trombone ("The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
*Jimmy Knepper – trombone ("Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Peter Donald – drums
*Don Baldwin – bass ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
*Gene Cherico – bass ("American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")Special guests:
*Tokuko Kaga – vocal ("Children in the Temple Ground")
*Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi ("Kogun")
*Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumi ("Kogun")

ources / References

*album cover / liner notes BMG 3106-2-N
* [http://www.gracenote.com/search/album_details.php?tui_id=06a561dd4a74607b&tui_tag= Gracenotes Database]

Toshiko Akiyoshi Discography