Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio)

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Long Yellow Road

Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1961 March 30
Recorded	Tokyo, 1961 February
Genre	Jazz
Label	Asahi Sonorama
The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (1958)	Long Yellow Road (1961)	Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital (1961)
LP album cover

TAM YX-4056 album cover with obi strip

Long Yellow Road is a recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio made in Tokyo in February of 1961. A total of five tracks were recorded and released in various formats. "Solveig's Song" was included as a "sonosheet" (a.k.a. "phonosheet" or Flexi disc) in the 1961 April issue of an Asahi Sonorama publication released on March 21st, 1961. The other four tracks were released by Asahi Sonorama as sonosheets in a special edition published a few days later. A standard LP album version was released under the title Long Yellow Road (not to be confused with the 1970 Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet recording, Long Yellow Road or the 1975 Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band recording, Long Yellow Road). Another version, containing most of the same tracks from the same session, was also released in Japan under the title, Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital. All five tracks from the original session as well as all tracks from 1961's Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals were later combined on a single LP album released by King Records as 1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, a History of King Jazz Recordings.

[edit] Track listing

Asahi Sonorama 1961 special edition sonosheet release:

"Long Yellow Road"
"Hakone Twilight"
"Kisarazu Jinku" (木更津甚句)
"Deep River"

Asahi Sonorama 1961 April edition sonosheet release:

"Solveig's Song"

[edit] Personnel

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Eddy Marshall – drums
Gene Cherico – bass

[edit] References / External Links

Asahi Sonorama 別冊 (special edition) sonosheet (published 1961 March 30). Japanese Title: 黄色い長い道、秋吉敏子帰国記念特集
Asahi Sonorama 1961 April edition sonosheet (published 1961 March 21)
Asahi Sonorama TAM YX-4056 (LP album)

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