From Toshiko With Love

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From Toshiko With Love

Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1981
Recorded	Devonshire Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1981 March 24, 25 and April 20
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:15
Label	Victor (Japan), JAM (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin
All Music Guide link
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Farewell (1980)	From Toshiko With Love (1981)	European Memoirs (1982)
Alternate cover

Original JAM (U.S.) LP cover

From Toshiko With Love is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (ninth studio recording). It was released in the U.S. under the title Tanuki's Night Out, not to be confused with the 2002 Lew Tabackin Trio recording of the same name (Tanuki's Night Out).

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Lew Tabackin and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

"A Bit Byas'd" – 7:29
"Lament for Sonny" – 5:11
"Let the Tape Roll" – 7:30
"Tanuki's Night Out" – 7:40
"Falling Petal" – 8:36
"Yet Another Tear" – 2:49

[edit] Personnel

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone and Flute
John Gross – Tenor Saxophone
Dan Higgins – Alto Saxophone (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Gary Foster – Alto Saxophone (Track 3)
Bob Shephard – Alto Saxophone
Bill Byrne – Baritone Saxophone
Buddy Childers – Trumpet
Steve Huffsteter – Trumpet
Larry Ford – Trumpet and Piccolo Trumpet
Mike Price – Trumpet (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Richard Cooper – Trumpet (Track 3)
Jim Sawyer – Trombone
Hart Smith – Trombone
Bruce Fowler – Trombone
Phil Teele – Bass Trombone
Edward Bennett – Bass
Steve Haughton – Drums

[edit] References / External Links

RCA Victor Records RVC RJL-8016
All Music Guide
1981 Grammy nominations, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band and (for "A Bit Byas'd") Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording (LA Times link)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Discography
Solo & Small Combo Albums
Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi \| Toshiko At Mocambo \| The Toshiko Trio \| Her Trio, Her Quartet \| Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport \| The Many Sides of Toshiko \| United Notions \| The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet \| Long Yellow Road (Trio) \| Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital \| Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals \| Live at Birdland \| Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (in West Side) \| East & West \| The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos / With Steve Kuhn, Together \| Miwaku No Jazz / Fascinating Jazz \| Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz \| Lullabies For You \| At Top of the Gate \| In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) \| Jazz, The Personal Dimension \| Meditation \| Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz \| Solo Piano \| Dedications \| Dedications II \| Just Be Bop \| Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III \| Finesse \| Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko \| Tuttie Flutie \| Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio \| Time Stream \| Interlude \| Four Seasons \| Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream \| Chic Lady \| Dig \| At Maybeck \| Night and Dream \| Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today \| Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko \| Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 \| Sketches of Japan \| Solo Live at the Kennedy Center \| New York Sketch Book \| Hope \| 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan \| ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band & Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra Albums
Kogun \| Long Yellow Road \| Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) \| Road Time \| Insights \| March of the Tadpoles \| Live at Newport '77 \| Live at Newport II \| Salted Gingko Nuts \| Sumi-e \| Farewell \| From Toshiko With Love / Tanuki's Night Out \| European Memoirs \| Ten Gallon Shuffle \| Wishing Peace \| Carnegie Hall Concert \| Desert Lady / Fantasy \| Four Seasons of Morita Village \| Monopoly Game \| Tribute To Duke Ellington \| Hiroshima - Rising From The Abyss \| Last Live In Blue Note Tokyo
Compilation Albums
1961 \| Shibuya Jazz Classics \| Best Gold ‘89~’96 \| Best Silver ‘89~’96 \| The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi \| NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band \| Eternal Best / Best 8 \| The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra Concert Videos
My Elegy \| Strive For Jive