Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi album)

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Hope
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	2006
Recorded	2005 December 10, 12
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:19
Label	Nippon Crown
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
New York Sketch Book (2004) Hope (2005) 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan (2006)
Singles from Hope
"Hope" Released: 2006 December

Hope is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded by Nippon Crown Records in December, 2005 and released in 2006. A CD single "Hope" was also released by Nippon Crown that includes the title track version included here and two new versions with an added vocal, one in Japanese and one in English.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

1. "Feast in Milano" – 9:47
2. "Memory – 6:35
3. "Hiroshima Bushi" – 6:02
4. "Endless Journey" – 6:46
5. "After Mr. Teng" – 4:30
6. "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 6:48
7. "SUMI-E" – 6:40
8. "Drum Conference 3rd Movement" – 5:59
9. "Hope" – 3:12

[edit] Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lewis Nash – drums (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
• George Mraz – bass (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

[edit] References / External Links

Nippon Crown Records CRCJ-9160

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