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Released
  
1978

Label
  
Discomate / JAM

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn(1978)
  
Finesse(1978)

Release date
  
1978

Length
  
37:26

Producer
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Artist
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1978 April 3, 4, 5

Similar
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi albums, Jazz albums

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also released as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn (JAM) and Dedications III (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and on the JAM Record label in the USA.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Billy Strayhorn except "Day Dream," composed by Strayhorn and Duke Ellington:

LP side A

  1. "Take the "A" Train" – 4:53
  2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
  3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
  4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54

LP side B

  1. "Charpoy" – 5:22
  2. "Lush Life" – 3:52
  3. "Chelsea Bridge (song)" – 4:32
  4. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano

    • All tracks except A3, B4:

  • Peter Donald – drums
  • John Heard – bass

    • Tracks A3, B4:

  • Jeff Hamilton – drums
  • Bob Daugherty – bass

    • References

    Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn Wikipedia
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