Toshiko's Piano

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Toshiko's Piano

Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1954
Recorded	Radio Tokyo Studio 2, Tokyo, Japan, 1953 November 13, 14
Genre	Jazz
Length	23:51
Label	Norgran
Producer(s)	Norman Granz
All Music Guide Link
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
	Toshiko's Piano (1954)	Toshiko At Mocambo (1954)
Alternate cover

Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko's Piano (released as Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan) was the debut recording of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. Later re-issues also include all 4 Akiyoshi tracks from 1957's Verve Records recording, Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport.

[edit] Track listing

"What Is This Thing Called Love?" – 2:45
"Gone With the Wind" – 2:33
"I Want to Be Happy" – 2:14
"Toshiko's Blues" – 3:44
"Shadrach" – 2:41
"Solidado" – 3:29
"Squatty Roo" – 2:38
"Laura" – 3:27

Four Bonus tracks on later re-issues only (from Toshiko...at Newport)

9. "Between Me and Myself"

10. "Blues for Toshiko"

11. "I'll Remember April"

12. "Lover"

[edit] Personnel

Tracks 1~8

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
J. C. Heard – drums

Tracks 9~12

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Gene Cherico – bass
Jake Hanna – drums

[edit] References / External Links

Norgran MGN-22
All Music Guide
Verve Records Discography Project

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