Sumi-e (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)

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Sumi-e
Sumi-e cover
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released 1979
Recorded Iruma City Auditorium, Saitama, Japan, 1979 February 2, 3
Genre Jazz
Length 48:47
Label Insights
Producer(s) Hiroshi Isaka
Professional reviews
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Salted Gingko Nuts
(1978)
Sumi-e
(1979)
Farewell
(1980)


Sumi-e (Sumi-e, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band '79) was the seventh studio recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Not to be confused with the 1971 Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet release, Sumie / The Personal Aspect in Jazz. Sumi-e (すみ絵) refers to an East Asian style of brush painting.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

  1. "SUMI-E" – 7:56
  2. "A-10-205932" – 10:03
  3. "A-10-205932" – 9:52 (alternate take)
  4. "Hangin' Loose" – 8:46
  5. "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 5:50
  6. "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 5:55 (alternate take)

(alternate takes on later re-issues only)

[edit] Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
  • Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone and Flute
  • Tom Peterson – Tenor Saxophone
  • Gary Foster – Alto Saxophone
  • Dick Spencer – Alto Saxophone
  • Bill Byrne – Baritone Saxophone
  • Steven Huffsteter – Trumpet
  • Bobby Shew – Trumpet / Flugelhorn
  • Larry Ford – Trumpet
  • Mike Price – Trumpet
  • Randy Aldcroft – Trombone
  • Bill Reichenbach – Trombone
  • Rick Culver – Trombone
  • Phil Teele – Bass Trombone
  • John Heard – Bass
  • Peter Donald – Drums

Guest

  • Kisaku Katada – Percussion

[edit] References / External Links

RCA Victor Records RVC RVJ-6061
Insights 6061
All Music Guide