Kogun
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| Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band | |||||
| Released | 1974 | ||||
| Recorded | Sage & Sand Studio Hollywood, California, 1974 April 3~4 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 41:23 | ||||
| Label | Victor (Japan), RCA (U.S.) | ||||
| Producer | Toshiko Akiyoshi and Hiroshi Isaka | ||||
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Original RCA (U.S.) LP cover
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Kogun is the first album recorded by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by RCA Victor in 1974 and received the Swing Journal Silver Disk prize for that year. It was later released in the USA and elsewhere and received a 1979 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.
[edit] Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
- "Elegy" – 9:13
- "Memory" – 10:24
- "Kogun" – 6:49
- "American Ballad" – 5:49
- "Henpecked Old Man" – 9:08
[edit] Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone
- Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
- Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone
- Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone
- Bobby Shew – trumpet
- John Madrid – trumpet
- Don Rader – trumpet
- Mike Price – trumpet
- Charles Loper – trombone
- Jim Sawyer – trombone
- Britt Woodman – trombone
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Gene Cherico – bass
- Peter Donald – drums
Other
- Scott Elsworth – voice (track 2, "Memory")
[edit] References / External Links
- RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-6246
- All Music Guide
- 1979 Grammy award nomination (LA Times link)
- 1974 Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) Silver Disk award (Japanese link)
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