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1961 – Toshiko Akiyoshi

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Released
  
2001

Label
  
King Records (Japan)

Release date
  
2001

Length
  
68:15

Artist
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Genre
  
Jazz

1961 – Toshiko Akiyoshi httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen224196

Recorded
  
Tokyo, 1961 February, March

Similar
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi albums, Jazz albums

1961 – Toshiko Akiyoshi is a compilation (effectively a combined re-issue of 2 albums) of previous Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings from 1961. All 5 tracks from the Asahi Sonorama releases, Long Yellow Road (also released as Tosiko Akiyosi Recital) as well as all 6 tracks from the King Records release Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals are contained on this album. All of these tracks, along with those of many other artists, are also included on the 12-CD box set, A History of King Jazz Recordings.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi) – 5:39
  2. "Hakone Twilight" (Akiyoshi) – 5:35
  3. "Kisarazu Jinku" (木更津甚句) (traditional) – 5:49
  4. "Solveig's Song" (Grieg) – 5:53
  5. "Deep River" (traditional) – 5:12
  6. "So What" (Davis) – 10:48
  7. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Brainin) – 5:00
  8. "Donna Lee" (Parker) – 5:50
  9. "Quebec" (Mariano) – 6:19
  10. "Old Pals" (Akiyoshi) – 5:02
  11. "Watasu No Biethovin" (Akiyoshi) – 7:08

Personnel

Tracks 1~5:

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Eddie Marshall – drums
  • Gene Cherico – bass

    • Tracks 6~11:

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
  • Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone
  • Masanaga Harada – bass (tracks 6, 7, 10, 11)
  • Hachiro Kurita – bass (tracks 8, 9)
  • Masahiko Togashi – drums (tracks 6, 7)
  • Hideo Shiraki – drums (tracks 8, 9)
  • Takeshi Inomata – drums (tracks 10, 11)

    • References

    1961 – Toshiko Akiyoshi Wikipedia
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