Dedications II (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio)

Infobox Album
Name = Dedications II (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio)
Type = album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi


Released = 1977
Recorded = Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1977 April 25, 26, 27
Genre = Jazz
Length = 35:10
Label = Discomate / Inner City
Producer = Toshiko Akiyoshi
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5b831va8zzpa link]
Last album = "Dedications" (1976)
This album = "Dedications II" (1977)
Next album = "Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn" (1978)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover / title
Type = Album


Lower caption = Inner City (US) LP cover Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover / title
Type = Album


Lower caption = Alfa Records (Japan) CD cover

The jazz album "Dedications II" was recorded by two configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in Los Angeles in April 1977. It was released by Discomate Records (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and by Inner City Records (as simply "Dedications") in the USA.

Track listing

#"Swingin' till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) – 6:17
#"Israel" (Carisi) – 5:05
#"Solar" (Davis) – 5:21
#"Two Bass Hit" (Lewis, Gillespie) – 3:10
#"Enigma" (Johnson) – 4:58
#"In Your Own Sweet Way" (Brubeck) – 5:19
#"Tempus Fugit" (Powell) – 5:00

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7:
*Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
*Jimmie Smith – drums
*Bob Daugherty – bass

Tracks 2, 4, 6:
*Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
*Peter Donald – drums
*Andy Simpkins – bass

References / External Links

*Discomate DSP-5006
*Inner City 6046
*Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-162
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5b831va8zzpa All Music Guide]