United Notions

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United Notions
United Notions cover
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Recorded New York City, 1958 June 13
Genre Jazz
Length 39:22
Label Metrojazz
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4/5 stars link

Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
The Many Sides of Toshiko
(1957)
United Notions
(1958)
The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet
(1960)


The jazz album United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet was recorded in New York in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label. The recording features pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with Nat Adderly or Doc Severinsen on cornet/trumpet, Bobby Jaspar playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute, Rolf Kühn on alto saxophone and clarinet, René Thomas on guitar, Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Broadway" – 6:48 (Bird, McRae, Woode)
  2. "Sukiyaki" – 6:30 (Jaspar)
  3. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" – 6:50 (Pettiford)
  4. "United Notions" – 6:19 (Akiyoshi)
  5. "Civilized Folk" – 4:15 (Freedman)
  6. "Strike up the Band" – 4:24 (Gershwin)
  7. "Jane" – 4:16 (Freedman)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References / External Links

All Music Guide
René Thomas Discography
Metrojazz E-1001, Metrojazz (US) SE1001, Metrojazz (J) MM2087, Metrojazz (J) KI7809, Metrojazz (J) POJJ1570