Toshiko At Mocambo

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Toshiko At Mocambo
Toshiko At Mocambo cover
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Recorded Mocambo Club, Yokohama, Japan, 1954 July 27, 28
Genre Jazz
Label Rockwell / Polydor
Producer(s) Kiyoshi Iwami, Shoichi Yui
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko's Piano
(1954)
Toshiko at Mocambo
(1954)
The Toshiko Trio
(1956)


The album Toshiko at Mocambo (full title, Toshiko at Mocambo, The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Volume 3) was recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Mocambo club in Yokohama, Japan in the summer of 1954. All of the tracks from this recording are also included on the Polydor compilation, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54.

[edit] Track listing

Side 1:

Track Song Title
1. Fine and Dandy
2. Taking a Chance on Love

Side 2:

Track Song Title
1. Donna Lee
2. Air Conditioning

[edit] Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
  • Keiichiro Ebihara – alto saxophone ("Fine and Dandy")
  • Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Akitoshi Igarashi – alto saxophone ("Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Gō Ueda – bass (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Jun Shimizu – drums (except "Fine and Dandy")
  • Kanji Harada – drums ("Fine and Dandy")

[edit] References / External Links

Polydor / Rockwell MPF-1029
All Music Guide The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54
Sadao Watanabe Discography, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54