Toshiko Akiyoshi discography

:"Main article: Toshiko Akiyoshi"Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi


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Studio = 55
Studio link = Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings as leader or co-leader (1953 ~ present)
Live = 16
Live link = Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings as leader or co-leader (1953 ~ present)
Compilation = 9
Comp link = Compilations
Video = 2
Video link = Video recordings
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Singles = 1
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Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings as leader or co-leader (1953 ~ present)

*"Toshiko's Piano" (1953) also released as "Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi"
*"Toshiko at Mocambo" (1954)
*"The Toshiko Trio - George Wein Presents Toshiko" (1956)
*"Toshiko - Her Trio, Her Quartet" (1956)
*"Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport" (1957)
*"The Many Sides of Toshiko" (1957)
*"United Notions" (1958)
*"The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet" (1960)
*"Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio)" (1961) also released as "Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital"
*"Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals" (1961)
*"Live at Birdland" (1960/1961)
*"Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (in West Side)" (1963)
*" East & West" (1963)
*"The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos" (1963) also released as "Together, Steve Kuhn and Toshiko Akiyoshi"
*"Miwaku No Jazz" (1963) (Nihongo2|魅惑のジャズ = "Fascinating Jazz")
*"Toshiko & Modern Jazz" (1963/1964) also released as "Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band Recorded in Tokio"
*"Lullabies for You" (1965) also known as "Toshiko's Lullabies"
*"Toshiko at Top of the Gate" (1968)
*"Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan" (1970) also released as "Long Yellow Road - Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet"
*"Jazz, The Personal Dimension" (1971)
*"Meditation - Aspect of Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet" (1971)
*"Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz" (1971)
*"" (1971)
*"Dedications" (1976)
*"Dedications II" (1977) also released as "Dedications" (outside Japan)
*"Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn" (1978) also released as "A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn" and as "Dedications III"
*"Finesse" (1978)
*"Notorious Tourist from the East" (1978) also released as "Toshiko Plays Toshiko"
*"Just Be Bop" (~1980)
*"Tuttie Flutie" (1980)
*"Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio" (1983)
*"Time Stream" (1984)
*"Interlude" (1987)
*"Four Seasons" (1990)
*"" (1990)
*"Chic Lady" (1991)
*"Dig" (1993)
*"Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck" (1993)
*"Night and Dream" (1994)
*"Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today - Toshiko With Brazilian Friends" (1995)
*"" (1996)
*"Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97" (1997)
*"Sketches of Japan" (1998/1999)
*"Solo Live at the Kennedy Center" (2000)
*"New York Sketch Book" (2003)
*"Hope" (2005)
**"Hope (Nihongo2|希望)" (2006 single with Monday Michiru)
*"50th Anniversary Concert in Japan" (2006)
*"Let Freedom Swing, Toshiko Akiyoshi and the SWR Big Band" (2007)
*"" (2008)

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (1974 ~ 1982)

*"Kogun" (1974)
*"Long Yellow Road" (1975)
*"Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)" (1975) also known as "HANA KAI TAN" (Nihongo2|花魁譚)
*"Road Time" (1976)
*"Insights" (1976)
*"March of the Tadpoles" (1977)
*"Live at Newport '77" (1977)
*"Live at Newport II" (1977)
*"Salted Gingko Nuts" (1978) also known as "SHIO GIN NAN" (Nihongo2|塩銀杏)
*"Sumi-e" (1979)
*"Farewell" (1980)
*"From Toshiko with Love" (1981) also released as "Tanuki's Night Out"
*"European Memoirs" (1982)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin (1984 ~ 2003)

*"Ten Gallon Shuffle" (1984)
*"Wishing Peace" (1986)
*"Carnegie Hall Concert" (1991)
*"Desert Lady / Fantasy" (1993)
*"Four Seasons of Morita Village" (1996)
*"Monopoly Game" (1998)
*"Tribute to Duke Ellington" (1999)
*"Hiroshima - Rising from the Abyss" (2001)
*"Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo" (2003)

Video recordings

*"My Elegy" (1984, LaserDisc Corp.)
*"Strive for Jive" (c. 1985. V.I.E.W. Video)

Compilations

General compilations

*" (Solid Records)
*"The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi" (u-can club / Nippon Crown / BMG Japan, 12 CD collection)

mall combo compilations

*"1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi" (King Jazz)
*"Best Gold ‘89~’96" (Nippon Crown)
*"Best Silver ‘89~’96" (Nippon Crown)

Big Band / Jazz Orchestra compilations

*"" (Mosaic Records, 2008) [Mosaic Select 33, [http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MS-033 Mosaic Records] . Accessed 2008 September 19.]
*"" (BMG / Novus)
*"Eternal Best (Toshiko Akiyoshi)" (BMG / Victor (Japan)) also known as "Best 8"
*"The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi" (BMG / Victor)

Inclusion in other compilations

*"A History of King Jazz Recordings" (King Records)
*"Columbia Jazz: Limited Edition" (1994, Sony)
*"'S Paradise, The Gershwin Songbook" and "Complete Gershwin Songbooks" (1995, PolyGram / Verve)
*"Big Band Renaissance" (1996, Smithsonian Collection)
*"RCA Victor 80th Anniversary, Vol. 6 (1970-1979)" and "RCA Victor 80th Anniversary [Collector's Edition] " (1997, RCA)
*"The Music of Duke Ellington: Jazz Piano Essentials" (2000, Concord)
*"The Best of Newport '57: 50th Anniversary Collection" (2007, Verve)
*Others...

Appearances on other recordings

Appearances on other albums

*Shōtarō Moriyasu, etc.: "The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Vol. 4" (Rockwell - Polydor (Japan)) and "The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54" (Rockwell - Polydor / Universal)
*Barney Wilen Quartet: "Newport '59" (1959, Fresh Sound Records)
*Charles Mingus: "Charles Mingus At Birdland - The Complete Session" (BAT 5-8 (Italy, unissued), and other unauthorized releases of material from the 1961/62 Birdland recordings known as the "Boris Rose tapes" [ [http://mingus.onttonen.info/birdland.html Ontonnen, Esa. The Birdland Broadcasts 1961-1962] . Accessed 2007 December 26] )
*Charles Mingus: "The Town Hall Concert" (1963, United Artists), and the expanded re-issue "The Complete Town Hall Concert" (1994, Blue Note)
*Lew Tabackin Quartet: "Day Dream" (1976, RCA Victor), "Trackin"' (1976, RCA Victor), ...
*Lew Tabackin & Warne Marsh: "Tenor Gladness" (1976, Discomate / Inner City) and "Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh" (2001, Storyville)
*Various Artists: "(Conrad Silvert Presents) Jazz at the Opera House" (1982, Columbia)
*Various Artists: "Jazz Celebration: A Tribute To Carl Jefferson" (1992, Concord)
*Others...

Appearances as guest conductor

*University of Texas Jazz Orchestra: "Sublime in Time" (1983)
*DVC Night Jazz Band: "The DVC Night Jazz Band featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi" (2004) [Album review by Jack Bowers, [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=13172 allaboutjazz.com] , Accessed 2008 July 8.]
*SWR Big Band: "Let Freedom Swing" (2008)

Appearances in other videos

*"Monterey Jazz Festival 1975" (2007 Storyville Films)
*"Jazz Shots From The West Coast, Vol. 1" (2005, Efor Films)
*"Southern Crossing" (1981 Australian documentary, Richard Bradley producer)
*"Piano Grand, A Smithsonian Celebration" (2000, Sony)
*"Jazz Is My Native Language" (c. 1982 documentary)

Discography notes

# In the main chronological listing, years shown reflect the album's original recording session year(s), which is typically, but not always, the album's initial release year. More specific release date info can be found in the infobox on each album's article page.
# This discography includes some albums that were released only in Japan and others that were released only in the USA or Europe.
# Occasionally, a single recording, released in two different regions and/or at different times by different record labels, will have two different titles. Example: "Toshiko's Piano" and "Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi".
# Different record labels have occasionally re-used the same or similar title for different Akiyoshi albums. Examples: "Long Yellow Road" (3), "Sumie" (2), "" (2), etc.
# Some Akiyoshi albums, when exported from Japan, may be identified in listings only by the Japanese version of the (original English) title. For example "SHIO GIN NAN" = "Salted Gingko Nuts" and "HANA KAI TAN" = "Tales of a Courtesan."
# In some listings of Akiyoshi albums exported from Japan, a recording may be identified by the re-translation into English of the recording's common Japanese title, which may not match the original English album title. For example, the big band album "European Memoirs", in Japan is typically referred to as simply "MEMOWARU" (Nihongo2|メモワール = Japanese phonetic spelling of the word "Memoir"). When re-translated back into English, this title sometimes becomes "Memoir" (without the preceding "European") or "Memory" (i.e. the English translation of the English (French) word "Memoir").

References / External links

*Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifixqr5ldte~T2 Toshiko Akiyoshi discography] . Accessed 2007 June 3.
*BMG Japan, [http://www.bmgjapan.com/_artist/disco.php?id=524&exA=1&exM=0&exS=0&exV=0&exO=0&exD=0#exA Toshiko Akiyoshi discography] . Accessed 2007 June 3.
*Nippon Columbia Records, [http://columbia.jp/artist-info/akiyoshi/index.html Toshiko Akiyoshi] . Accessed 2007 December 26.
*Nippon Crown Records, [http://www.crownrecord.co.jp/artist/akiyoshi/discography.html Toshiko Akiyoshi] . Accessed 2007 June 3.
*Verve Records Discography Project. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve/ jazzdisco.org] . Accessed 2007 July 9.
*Videoarts Music, [http://www.videoartsmusic.com/ap/?st=0&wd=Toshiko+Akiyoshi&mod=m02&act=a00 Toshiko Akiyoshi] . Accessed 2007 June 3.
*Warner Music Japan, [http://wmg.jp/artist/akiyoshi/index.html Toshiko Akiyoshi] . Accessed 2007 June 3.
*Rockwell Records (Japan) [http://www.rockwell-records.com/mocambo54.html (link)] Accessed 2007 July 30.
*Musicmatch Guide [http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=602117&TMPL=LONG#albums Toshiko Akiyoshi discography] . Accessed 2007 June 3.
*LA Times, " [http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/awardsdb/env-awards-db-landing,0,3713019.htmlstory The envelope] ", Past Grammy winners/nominees database. Accessed 2007 October 2.
*Down Beat magazine " [http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?action=new&aid=712&aname=Down+Beat+Critics+Poll Critic's Poll] " winners database "archives". Accessed 2007 June 3.
*JAZZ CD.jp "Swing Journal" magazine [http://jazzcd.jp/award/1974.htm annual disk awards (Japanese link)] . Accessed 2007 June 3.

Toshiko Akiyoshi Discography