From Toshiko with Love
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| Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | Devonshire Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1981 March 24, 25 and April 20 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 39:15 | ||||
| Label | Victor (Japan), JAM (U.S.) | ||||
| Producer | Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin | ||||
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Original JAM (U.S.) LP cover
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From Toshiko With Love is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (ninth studio recording). It was released in the U.S. under the title Tanuki's Night Out, not to be confused with the 2002 Lew Tabackin Trio recording of the same name (Tanuki's Night Out). The album received two Grammy award nominations in 1981 for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and "Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording" (for the song "A Bit Byas'd").
[edit] Track listing
All songs composed by Lew Tabackin and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
- "A Bit Byas'd" – 7:29
- "Lament for Sonny" – 5:11
- "Let the Tape Roll" – 7:30
- "Tanuki's Night Out" – 7:40
- "Falling Petal" – 8:36
- "Yet Another Tear" – 2:49
[edit] Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
- John Gross – tenor saxophone
- Dan Higgins – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone (track 3)
- Bob Sheppard – alto saxophone
- Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone
- Buddy Childers – trumpet
- Steve Huffsteter – trumpet
- Larry Ford – trumpet and piccolo trumpet
- Mike Price – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
- Richard Cooper – trumpet (track 3)
- Jim Sawyer – trombone
- Hart Smith – trombone
- Bruce Fowler – trombone
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Edward Bennett – bass
- Steve Haughton – drums
[edit] References / External Links
- RCA Victor Records RVC RJL-8016
- All Music Guide
- 1981 Grammy nominations, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band and (for "A Bit Byas'd") Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording (LA Times link)
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