- United Notions
Infobox Album
Name = United Notions
Type =album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released =
Recorded =New York City , 1958 June 13
Genre =Jazz
Length = 39:22
Label = Metrojazz
Producer =
Reviews =Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:esjgtq5zbu48 link]
Last album = "The Many Sides of Toshiko " (1957)
This album = "United Notions" (1958)
Next album = "The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet " (1961)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = album
Lower caption = Fresh Sound Records CD re-issue coverThe
jazz album "United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet" was recorded in New York in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label (and later re-released on CD byFresh Sound Records). The recording features pianistToshiko Akiyoshi withNat Adderley orDoc Severinsen alternating on cornet/trumpet,Bobby Jaspar playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute,Rolf Kühn on alto saxophone and clarinet, René Thomas on guitar, Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass.Track listing
#"Broadway" (Bird, McRae, Woode) – 6:48
#"Sukiyaki" (Jaspar) – 6:30
#"Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) – 6:50
#"United Notions" (Akiyoshi) – 6:19
#"Civilized Folk" (Freedman) – 4:15
#"Strike Up the Band" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:24
#"Jane" (Freedman) – 4:16Personnel
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Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
*Nat Adderley – cornet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5)
*Doc Severinsen – trumpet (tracks 4, 6, 7)
*Bobby Jaspar – tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone
*Rolf Kühn – alto saxophone, clarinet
*René Thomas – guitar
*Bert Dale (Nils-Bertil Dahlander) – drums
*John Drew – bassReferences / External Links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:esjgtq5zbu48 All Music Guide]
* [http://thomasia.free.fr/chrono1.php René Thomas Discography]
*Metrojazz E-1001, Metrojazz (US) SE1001, Metrojazz (J) MM2087, Metrojazz (J) KI7809, Metrojazz (J) POJJ1570
*Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 1636Toshiko Akiyoshi Discography
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