Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio)

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Long Yellow Road
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Recorded	Tokyo, 1961 February
Genre	Jazz
Label	Asahi Sonorama
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (1958) Long Yellow Road (1961) Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals (1961)
Rear cover
Alternate cover / title
Special edition sonosheet release
Released in Japan, 1961 March 30
Sonosheet release of "Solveig's song"
"Solveig's song" included as sonosheet in 1961 April Asahi Sonorama periodical. Released 1961 March 21. (Cover photo is not Akiyoshi)

Long Yellow Road and the nearly identical release, Tosiko Akiyosi Recital [sic] is a jazz trio recording made by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in Tokyo in February of 1961.

[edit] Release history

A total of five tracks were recorded and released by Asahi Sonorama and King Records in various formats and combinations at various times. The first track released, "Solveig's Song", was distributed in Japan as a "sonosheet" (a.k.a. "phonosheet" or Flexi disc) in the 1961 April issue of a monthly Asahi Sonorama music publication. The other four tracks were released a few days later in a special edition sonosheet "book" (Japanese Title: 黄色い長い道、秋吉敏子帰国記念特集 = Long Yellow Road, Toshiko Akiyoshi Homecoming Commemorative Special Edition). A standard LP album version containing all five tracks was released under the title Long Yellow Road (not to be confused with later Toshiko Akiyoshi quartet and big band recordings of the same title, Long Yellow Road). Another version, containing most of the same tracks from the same session, was also released in Japan under the title, Tosiko Akiyosi Recital. All five tracks from the original session as well as all six tracks from 1961's Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals were later combined on a single CD released in Japan by King Records as 1961 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, a History of King Jazz Recordings.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi) – 5:35 (b,c,d)
2. "Hakone Twilight" (Akiyoshi) – 5:30 (b,c, later re-release of 'd')
3. "Kisarazu Jinku" (木更津甚句) (traditional) – 5:45 (b,c,d)
4. "Solveig's Song" (Grieg) – 5:49 (a,c,d)
5. "Deep River" (traditional) – 5:05 (b,c,d)

[edit] Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Eddy Marshall – drums
• Gene Cherico – bass

[edit] References / External Links

• Asahi Sonorama 1961 April edition sonosheet (published 1961 March 21)
• Asahi Sonorama 別冊 (special edition) sonosheet (published 1961 March 30). Japanese Title: 黄色い長い道、秋吉敏子帰国記念特集
• Asahi Sonorama TAM YX-4056 (LP album)
• Asahi Sonorama E-23
• King Records K28Y6219

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