1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi

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1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi

Compilation album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	2001
Recorded	Tokyo, 1961 February, March
Genre	Jazz
Length	68:15
Label	King Records (Japan)

1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi is a compilation (effectively a re-release) of 3 previous Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings from 1961. All 5 tracks from the Asahi Sonorama releases, Long Yellow Road and Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital as well as all 6 tracks from the King Records release Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals are contained on this album. All of these tracks, along with those of many other artists, are also included on the 12 CD box set, A History of King Jazz Recordings.

[edit] Track listing

"Long Yellow Road" – 5:39
"Hakone Twilight" – 5:35
"Kisarazu Jinku" – 5:49
"Solveig's Song" – 5:53
"Deep River" – 5:12
"So What" – 10:48
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" – 5:00
"Donna Lee" – 5:50
"Quebec" – 6:19
"Old Pals" – 5:02
"Watasu No Biethovin" (My Beethoven) – 7:08

[edit] Personnel

Tracks 1~5:

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

Tracks 6~11:

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone
Masanaga Harada – bass (tracks 6, 7, 10, 11)
Hachiro Kurita – bass (tracks 8, 9)
Masahiko Togashi – drums (tracks 6, 7)
Hideo Shiraki – drums (tracks 8, 9)
Takeshi Inomata – drums (tracks 10, 11)

[edit] References / external links

All Music Guide

v • d • e 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 / A Tribute to 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 video recordings
My Elegy \| Strive For Jive