March of the Tadpoles

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Released 1977 Producer Hiroshi Isaka Label Baystate		Length 36:56 Release date 1977 Genre Jazz

Recorded RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, January 10,January 11, 1977 March of the Tadpoles(1977) Live at Newport '77(1977) Artist Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band Similar Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band albums, Jazz albums

March of the Tadpoles was the fifth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was released in Japan in 1977 by Baystate. The album received two 1985 Grammy award nominations – for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" (for the song, "March of the Tadpoles").

All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3 CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

LP side A

"March of the Tadpoles" – 6:54
"Mobile" – 5:20
"Deracinated Flower" – 8:14

LP side B

"Yellow is Mellow" – 8:53
"Notorious Tourist from the East" – 7:35

Personnel

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano

Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute

Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone

Dick Spencer – alto saxophone

Gary Foster – alto saxophone

Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone

Steven Huffsteter – trumpet

Bobby Shew – trumpet

Mike Price – trumpet

Richard Cooper – trumpet

Charlie Loper – trombone

Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone

Rick Culver – trombone

Phil Teele – bass trombone

Don Baldwin – bass

Peter Donald – drums

Guest artist:

Emil Richards – percussion (on "Notorious Tourist from the East")

Songs

1March of the Tadpoles6:58
2Mobile5:24
3Deracinated Flower8:19

References

March of the Tadpoles Wikipedia

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