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Released
  
1964

Length
  
34:10

Release date
  
1964

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
Tokyo, 1964 July 16

Artist
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Label
  
Vee Jay Records

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Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band is a jazz album recorded in Tokyo by Toshiko Akiyoshi (then Toshiko Mariano) in July 1964 and released in the US on the Vee-Jay Records label. It was also released on the Nippon Columbia label in Japan under the title, Toshiko and Modern Jazz. In addition to the 4 big band arrangements featuring a full 16 piece jazz orchestra, there are also three smaller combo tracks on this album.

Contents

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Kisarazu Jinku" (traditional. Arrangement: Akiyoshi) – 5:10
  2. "Lament" (Johnson) – 4:42
  3. "The Shout" (Mariano) – 5:45

LP side B

  1. "Israel" (Carisi. Arrangement: Mariano) – 4:03
  2. "Land of Peace" (Feather) – 4:18
  3. "Walkin'" (Carpenter) – 4:53
  4. "Santa Barbara" (Mariano) – 5:19

(Track order of the Vee Jay release shown. Track order on the Nippon Columbia release = A3, A2, A1, B4, B2, B3, B1)

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Akira Miyazawa (宮沢昭) – tenor saxophone (all tracks except "Lament")
  • Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto (松本英彦) – tenor saxophone (all tracks except "Lament")
  • Hiroshi Okazaki (岡崎広志) – alto saxophone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Shigeo Suzuki (鈴木重男) – alto saxophone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Tadayuki Harada (原田忠幸) – baritone saxophone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Hisao Mori (森寿男) – trumpet (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Shigeru Takemura (竹村茂) – trumpet (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Tetsuo Fushimini (伏見哲夫) – trumpet (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Terumasa Hino (日野皓正) – trumpet (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Hiroshi Suzuki (鈴木弘) – trombone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B2, B4)
  • Mitsuhiko Matsumoto (松本文彦) – trombone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Teruhiko Kataoka (片岡輝彦) – trombone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)
  • Takeshi Aoki (青木武) – trombone (tracks A1, A3, B1, B4)

    • Songs

    1Kisarazu JinkToshiko Mariano And Her Big Band - — —5:14
    2LamentToshiko Mariano And Her Big Band - — —4:45
    3The ShoutToshiko Mariano And Her Big Band - — —5:48

    References

    Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band Wikipedia
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