East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano)

Infobox Album
Name = East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano)
Type = album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Mariano


Cover size =
Released = 1963
Recorded = Tokyo, 1963 March 30
Genre = Jazz
Length = 46:26
Label = Victor
Producer =
Reviews =
Chronology = Toshiko Akiyoshi
Last album = "Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (in West Side)" (1963)
This album = "East and West" (1963)
Next album = "The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos" (1963)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Album


Lower caption = alternate cover with obi strip

"East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano)" is a jazz album recorded in Tokyo in 1963 and released on the Victor (Japan) label. A slightly different version was released by Nippon Columbia titled, "Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (in West Side)".

Track listing

# "Haru no Umi" (Nihongo2|春の海 = "The Sea in Spring") (Miyagi) – 7:17
# "Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple" (Nihongo2|竜安寺の石庭) (Mariano) – 14:28
#"Tonight" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 6:12
#"Something's Coming" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 2:24
#"America" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 4:47
#"Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 4:35
#"Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 3:43

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3~7:
* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
* Albert Heath – drums
* Gene Cherico – bass Track 2:
* Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
* Sadao Watanabe (Nihongo2|渡辺貞夫) – flute, alto saxophone
* Masabumi Kikuchi (Nihongo2|菊地雅章) – piano
* Masanaga Harada (Nihongo2|原田政長) – bass
* Masahiko Togashi (Nihongo2|富樫雅彦) – drums

References / External Links

* [http://www.bmgjapan.com/_artist/item.php?id=524&item=3956 BMG Japan]
*Victor BVCJ-7420

Toshiko Akiyoshi Discography