Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band

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Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
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Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released 1976
Recorded Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo and Sankei Hall and Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, 1976 January 30 and February 7, 8
Genre Jazz
Length 86:52
Label Victor (Japan), RCA (U.S.)
Producer(s) Hiroshi Isaka
Professional reviews
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
(1976)
Road Time
(1976)
Insights
(1976)


Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Recorded in three concerts in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan in early 1976.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi unless otherwise noted:

  1. "Tuning Up" – 16:48
  2. "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 7:33
  3. "Henpecked Old Man" – 22:54
  4. "Soliloquy" – 8:37
  5. "Kogun" – 10:40
  6. "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear" – 13:46 (comp: Akiyoshi / Tabackin)
  7. "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34

[edit] Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
  • Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone and Flute
  • Tom Peterson – Tenor Saxophone
  • Dick Spencer – Alto Saxophone
  • Gary Foster – Alto Saxophone
  • Bill Byrne – Baritone Saxophone
  • Steven Huffsteter – Trumpet
  • Bobby Shew – Trumpet
  • Richard Cooper – Trumpet
  • Mike Price – Trumpet
  • Bill Reichenbach – Trombone
  • Jim Sawyer – Trombone
  • Jimmy Knepper – Trombone
  • Phil Teele – Bass Trombone
  • Don Baldwin – Bass
  • Peter Donald – Drums

Guest Artists:

  • Kisaku Katada – Kotsuzumi (Track 5, "Kogun")
  • Yutaka Yazaki – Ōtsuzumi (Track 5, "Kogun")

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