The Toshiko Trio

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The Toshiko Trio
The Toshiko Trio cover
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Recorded New York City, 1956
Genre Jazz
Length 34:15
Label Storyville
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4/5 stars link

Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko At Mocambo
(1954)
The Toshiko Trio
(1956)
Toshiko - Her Trio, Her Quartet
(1956)


The Toshiko Trio is a jazz record album recorded in 1956 in New York City and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi - not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album, Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio.

[edit] Track listing

All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

  1. "Between Me and Myself" – 5:15
  2. "It Could Happen to You" – 3:55 ( J. Burke, J. Van Heusen)
  3. "Kyōshū" – 3:39 ("Nostalgia")
  4. "Homework" – 3:38
  5. "Manhattan Address" – 2:43
  6. "Sunday Afternoon" – 4:15
  7. "Blues for Toshiko" – 5:10
  8. "Soshū No Yoru" – 1:35 (traditional)
  9. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" – 4:05 ( O. Hammerstein, S. Romberg)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References / External Links

Storyville STLP-912
All Music Guide