Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1978
Recorded	Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1978 April 3, 4, 5
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:26
Label	Discomate / JAM
Producer(s)	Toshiko Akiyoshi
All Music Guide link
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Just Be Bop (1978)	Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (1978)	Finesse (1978)
Alternate Cover

JAM Records cover

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also known as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn and Dedications III) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label in Japan and the JAM Record label in the USA.

[edit] Track listing

"Take the 'A' Train" – 4:53
"Day Dream" – 2:59
"Rain Check" – 5:28
"Lotus Blossom" – 3:54
"Charpoy" – 5:22
"Lush Life" – 3:52
"Chelsea Bridge" – 4:32
"Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

[edit] Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7:

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Peter Donald – drums
John Heard – bass

Tracks 3, 8:

Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Jeff Hamilton – drums
Bob Daugherty – bass

[edit] References / External Links

Discomate DSP-5011
JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
All Music Guide

alternate cover, Alfa Records

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