The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi

Infobox Album
Name = The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi
Type = compilation album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi


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Genre = Jazz
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Label = u-can club
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"The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi" is a Japanese boxed set compilation album of previously released tracks from Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings on the BMG (~1963 through 1999) and Nippon Crown (~1980 through 2005) Record labels.

Track listing

Disk 1: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (BMG)
#"Elegy"
#"Memory"
#"Kogun"
#"Long Yellow Road"
#"The First Night"
#"Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)"
#"Sumie"
#"Deracinated Flower"Disk 2: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band (BMG)
#"Strive for Jive"
#"A-10-205932"
#"Hangin' Loose"
#"March of the Tadpoles"
#"Warning: Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health"
#"Road Time Shuffle"
#"Minamata" (suite part 1: "Peaceful Village", part 2: "Prosperity & Consequence", part 3: "Epilogue")Disk 3: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band & Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra (BMG)
#"Elusive Dream"
#"Salted Gingko Nuts"
#"Son of Road Time"
#"After Mr. Teng"
#"Farewell (To Mingus)"
#"Yet Another Tear"
#"Remembering Bud"
#"Ten Gallon Shuffle" Disk 4: Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra (BMG)
#"Repose" (part 1 of the "Four Seasons of Morita Village" suite)
#"Pollination" (part 2 of the "Four Seasons of Morita Village" suite)
#"Norito" (part 3 of the "Four Seasons of Morita Village" suite)
#"Harvest Shuffle" (part 4 of the "Four Seasons of Morita Village" suite)
#"Celebration of Duke's Birth" (part 1 of the "Tribute to Duke Ellington" suite)
#"Eulogy" (part 2 of the "Tribute to Duke Ellington" suite)
#"Duke for the Ages" (part 3 of the "Tribute to Duke Ellington" suite)Disk 5: Toshiko Akiyoshi (all tracks from the BMG (Victor) recording "Solo Piano")
#"The Village"
#"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"
#"Plaisir D'amour"
#"Maple Leaf Rag"
#"It Was a Very Good Year"
#"Sweet and Lovely"
#"Old Devil Moon"
#"Sophisticated Lady"Disk 6: Toshiko Akiyoshi & Charlie Mariano (all tracks from the BMG (Victor) recording "East & West")
#"Haru-No-Umi"
#"Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple"
#"Tonight"
#"Something's Coming"
#"America"
#"Maria"
#"Cool"Disk 7: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Nippon Crown)
#"Studio J"
#"52nd St. Theme"
#"Five Spot After Dark"
#"Un Poco Loco"
#"Uptown Stroll"
#"Darn That Dream"
#"Just One of Those Things"
#"Jammin' at Carnegie"
#"Tempus Fugit"
#"Dance of the Infidels"Disk 8: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Nippon Crown)
#"Deep River"
#"Dream"
#"Pollination"
#"Interlude"
#"Celia"
#"Star Eyes"
#"I Got It Bad That Ain't So Good"
#"I'll Keep Loving You"
#"Time Stream"
#"Prayer"Disk 9: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Nippon Crown)
#"Hope"
#"Farewell to Mingus"
#"Repose"
#"Deracinated Flower"
#"Long Yellow Road"
#"The First Night"
#"My Elegy"
#"Memory"
#"Kogun"
#"Elusive Dream"Disk 10: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Nippon Crown)
#"Cleopatra's Dream"
#"Sophisticated Lady"
#"Con Alma"
#"Don't Be Afraid of the Clown, the Clown's Afraid Too"
#"Dig"
#"Round About Midnight"
#"Once I Loved"
#"Lament"
#"Central Park West"
#"Blue Bossa"Disk 11: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Nippon Crown)
#"Autumn Sea"
#"Kyoto Paradox"
#"Tsurusaki Odori"
#"Grooving in Yokohama"
#"Parisian Thouroughfare"
#"Autumn Leaves"
#"Aria on G String"
#"New York State of Mind"
#"Morning of the Carnival"
#"Travelin'"Disk 12: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Nippon Crown)
#"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
#"When You Wish Upon a Star"
#"Get Out and Get Under the Moon"
#"Tico Tico"
#"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
#"One Note Samba"
#"Summer Time"
#"La Mucura"
#"Amapola"
#"Winter Wonderland"

Personnel

*Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano
*others

References / External links

[http://u-canclub.jp/akiyoshi/index.html u-can club, Japan]