The Toshiko Trio

Infobox Album
Name = The Toshiko Trio
Type = album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi


Released =
Recorded = New York City, 1956
Genre = Jazz
Length = 34:15
Label = Storyville
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3m8j1vk8zzha link]
Last album = "Toshiko at Mocambo" (1954)
This album = "The Toshiko Trio" (1956)
Next album = "Toshiko - Her Trio, Her Quartet" (1956)

"The Toshiko Trio" (aka "George Wein Presents Toshiko") is a jazz record album recorded in 1956 in New York City and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi - not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album, "Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio".

Track listing

All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

#"Between Me and Myself" – 5:15
#"It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:55
#"Kyōshū" ("Nostalgia") – 3:39
#"Homework" – 3:38
#"Manhattan Address" – 2:43
#"Sunday Afternoon" – 4:15
#"Blues for Toshiko" – 5:10
#"Soshū No Yoru" (traditional) – 1:35
#"Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Hammerstein, Romberg) – 4:05

Personnel

*Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
*Paul Chambers – bass
*Ed Thigpen – drums

References / External Links

*Storyville STLP-912
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3m8j1vk8zzha All Music Guide]