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Length
  
39:22

Release date
  
1958

Artist
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
New York City, 1958 June 13

United Notions(1958)
  
The Toshiko – Mariano Quartet(1961)

Label
  
Marathon Music International

Similar
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi albums, Jazz albums

The united notions wait until tomorrow


The jazz album United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet was recorded in New York in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label. The recording features pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with Nat Adderley or Doc Severinsen alternating on cornet/trumpet, Bobby Jaspar playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute, Rolf Kühn on alto saxophone and clarinet, René Thomas on guitar, Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass.

Contents

The album has been reissued on CD by the Spanish label Fresh Sound. The cover of this issue includes a photograph of Doc Severinsen, the only player whose photo was not included on the original MetroJazz LP cover.

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Broadway" (Bird, McRae, Woode) – 6:48
  2. "Sukiyaki" (Jaspar) – 6:30
  3. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) – 6:50

LP side B

  1. "United Notions" (Akiyoshi) – 6:19
  2. "Civilized Folk" (Freedman) – 4:15
  3. "Strike Up the Band" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:24
  4. "Jane" (Freedman) – 4:16

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Nat Adderley – cornet (tracks A1, 2, 3, B2)
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet (tracks B1, 3, 4)
  • Bobby Jaspar – tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone
  • Rolf Kühn – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • René Thomas – guitar
  • Bert Dale (Nils-Bertil Dahlander) – drums
  • John Drew – bass

    • Songs

    1I Cried For You3:33
    2Introduction0:34
    3Broadway6:49

    References

    United Notions Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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