Strive For Jive

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Strive For Jive

Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Released	1993
Recorded	Chicago, 1985
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:00
Label	V.I.E.W. Video
Producer(s)	Arnold Rosenthal (Director), Yale Wexler (Exec. Producer)
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Strive For Jive is a live video recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin in a jazz club setting.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

"Yellow Is Mellow"
"Strive For Jive"
"Quadrille, Anyone?"
"Autumn Sea"
"Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health"
"Strive For Jive" (Reprise)

[edit] Personnel

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo
Walt Weiskopf – Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Frank Wess – Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Jim Snidero – Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Ed Xiques – Baritone Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Brian Lynch – Trumpet
Joe Mosello – Trumpet
John Eckert – Trumpet
Chris Pasin – Trumpet
Dave Panichi – Trombone
Hart Smith – Trombone
Bruce Otter – Trombone
Matt Finders – Bass Trombone
Dennis Irwin – Bass
Jeff Hirschfield – Drums

[edit] References / Sources / External links

Cover / Credits, V.I.E.W. Video 1336
All Music Guide
Rotten Tomatoes

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