Toshiko At Mocambo

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Toshiko At Mocambo
Toshiko At Mocambo cover
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Recorded Mocambo Club, Yokohama, Japan, 1954 July 27, 28
Genre Jazz
Label Rockwell / Polydor
Producer(s) Kiyoshi Iwami, Shoichi Yui
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko's Piano
(1954)
Toshiko at Mocambo
(1954)
The Toshiko Trio
(1956)


Toshiko at Mocambo (full title, Toshiko at Mocambo, The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Volume 3) was recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Mocambo club in Yokohama, Japan in the summer of 1954. All of the tracks from this recording are also included on the Polydor compilation, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54.

[edit] Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Fine and Dandy"
  2. "Taking A Chance On Love"

Side B:

  1. "Donna Lee"
  2. "Air Conditioning"

[edit] Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
  • Keiichiro Ebihara – alto saxophone ("Fine and Dandy")
  • Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Akitoshi Igarashi – alto saxophone ("Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Gō Ueda – bass (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Jun Shimizu – drums (except "Fine and Dandy")
  • Kanji Harada – drums ("Fine and Dandy")

[edit] References / External Links

Polydor / Rockwell MPF-1029
All Music Guide The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54
Sadao Watanabe Discography, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54


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