Four Seasons of Morita Village

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Four Seasons Of Morita Village
Four Seasons Of Morita Village cover
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Released October 23, 1996
Recorded Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY, 1996 July 1, July 2
Genre Jazz
Length 43:28
Label BMG Victor / Novus J
Producer Toshiko Akiyoshi and (Ex. Prod.) Fumimaru Kawashima
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra chronology
Desert Lady / Fantasy
(1994)		 Four Seasons Of Morita Village
(1996)		 Monopoly Game
(1998)

Four Seasons of Morita Village is the fifth album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. It was released in 1996 and won the Swing Journal (magazine, Japan) Silver Disk Award for that year. The central "Four Seasons of Morita Village Suite" was commissioned by Morita Village in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. This recording is not to be confused with the 1990 (Nippon Crown) Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio recording, Four Seasons.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

  1. "Dance of the Gremlins" – 7:48
  2. "Repose" – 7:21
  3. "Pollination" – 12:16
  4. "Norito" – 6:40
  5. "Harvest Shuffle" – 7:59
  6. "Retro Zone" – 10:39
  7. "China Remembered" – 5:44

"Repose", "Pollination", "Norito" and "Harvest Shuffle" make up the four part "Four Seasons of Morita Village Suite"

[edit] Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
  • Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone, Flute
  • Walt Weiskopf – Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
  • Dave Pietro – Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
  • Jim Snidero – Alto Saxophone, Flute
  • Scott Robinson – Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
  • Mike Ponella – Trumpet
  • John Eckert – Trumpet
  • Andy Gravish – Trumpet
  • Joe Magnarelli – Trumpet
  • Scott Whitfield – Trombone
  • Pat Hallaran – Trombone
  • Joe Helleny – Trombone
  • Tim Newman – Bass Trombone
  • Doug Weiss – Bass
  • Terry Clarke – Drums

Other

[edit] References / External Links

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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  • ...
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