50th Anniversary Concert in Japan

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50th Anniversary Concert in Japan
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	2006 November 1
Recorded	Asahi Hall, Yūrakuchō, Tokyo, 2006 March 6
Genre	Jazz
Label	T-toc Records
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Hope (2005) 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan (2006) Let Freedom Swing (2008)

50th Anniversary Concert in Japan (Japanese title, 渡米50周年記念日本公演 = American visit 50th anniversary commemorative Japanese performance) is a live concert album recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and released in Japan on the T-toc Record label. The concert commemorated 50 years since Akiyoshi left Japan to study and play jazz in the USA and the album received several Japanese music awards including a "special award" for Japanese Jazz from Swing Journal magazine.

[edit] Track listing

All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

1. "Long Yellow Road"
2. "Kogun"
3. "Farewell To Mingus"
4. "The Village" ~ "Lady Liberty"
5. "Trinkle Tinkle" (T. Monk)
6. "Sumie"
7. "Chasing After Love"

[edit] Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
• George Mraz – bass
• Lewis Nash – drums

[edit] References / External Links / Awards

• T-toc Records TTOC-0006
  
• 2006 Swing Journal Japan Jazz special award (Japanese link)

v • d • e Toshiko Akiyoshi discography Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings as leader or co-leader 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  • Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III  • Finesse  • Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko  • Just Be Bop  • 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  • Let Freedom Swing  • ... Toshiko Akiyoshi– Lew Tabackin Big Band 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 Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra 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 Compilations 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 Video recordings My Elegy  • Strive for Jive