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Recorded
  
New York City, 1956

Artist
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Label
  
BMG Novus

Length
  
34:15

Release date
  
1990

Genre
  
Jazz

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The Toshiko Trio (1956)
  
Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet (1956)

Similar
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi albums, Jazz albums

The Toshiko Trio (a.k.a. George Wein Presents Toshiko) is a jazz record album recorded in 1956 in New York City and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi - not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album, Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

LP side A

  1. "Between Me and Myself" – 5:15
  2. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:55
  3. "Kyōshū" ("Nostalgia") – 3:39
  4. "Homework" – 3:38

LP side B

  1. "Manhattan Address" – 2:43
  2. "Sunday Afternoon" – 4:15
  3. "Blues for Toshiko" – 5:10
  4. "Soshū No Yoru" (traditional) – 1:35
  5. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Hammerstein, Romberg) – 4:05

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Ed Thigpen – drums

    • Songs

    1Studio J6:07
    2American Ballad5:48
    3Quadrille - Anyone?6:21

    References

    The Toshiko Trio Wikipedia
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