Insights (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)

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Insights (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)

Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1976
Recorded	RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, June 22, - June 24, 1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:18
Label	Victor (Japan), RCA (U.S.)
Producer(s)	Hiroshi Isaka
All Music Guide link
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Road Time (1976)	Insights (1976)	March of the Tadpoles (1977)

Insights was the fourth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and was voted "Jazz Album of the Year" in the 1978 Down Beat magazine critic's poll.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

"Studio J" – 6:07
"Transience" – 4:40
"SUMIE" – 7:55
"Minamata" – 21:36 ("Peaceful Village" / "Prosperity & Consequence" / "Epilogue")

[edit] Personnel

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone and Flute
Tom Peterson – Tenor Saxophone
Dick Spencer – Alto Saxophone
Gary Foster – Alto Saxophone
Bill Perkins – Baritone Saxophone
Steven Huffsteter – Trumpet
Bobby Shew – Trumpet
Mike Price – Trumpet
Richard Cooper – Trumpet (Tracks 1, 2, 3)
Jerry Hey – Trumpet (Track 4)
Bill Reichenbach – Trombone
Charlie Loper – Trombone
Britt Woodman – Trombone
Phil Teele – Bass Trombone
Don Baldwin – Bass
Peter Donald – Drums

Guest Artists:

Hisao Kanze – Utai / Noh Chant (Track 4, "Minamata")
Tadao Kamei – Ōtsuzumi (Track 4, "Minamata")
Hayao Uzawa – Kotsuzumi (Track 4, "Minamata")
Michiru Mariano – Voice (Track 4, "Minamata")
Hiromitsu Katada – Kakko (Track 3, "SUMIE")

[edit] References / External Links

RCA Victor Records RVC RVP-6106
All Music Guide
1978 Down Beat critic's poll award winners
1978 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band (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