Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band

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Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1976
Recorded	Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo and Sankei Hall and Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, 1976 January 30 and February 7, 8
Genre	Jazz
Length	86:52
Label	Victor (Japan), RCA (U.S.)
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976) Road Time (1976) Insights (1976)
Alternate cover
Original LP album cover

Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was taken from three concerts in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan in early 1976 and the album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.

[edit] Track listing

All arrangements by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except as noted:

1. "Tuning Up" – 16:48
2. "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 7:33
3. "Henpecked Old Man" – 22:54
4. "Soliloquy" – 8:37
5. "Kogun" – 10:40
6. "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" (Akiyoshi / Tabackin) – 13:46
7. "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34

[edit] Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
• Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
• Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
• Gary Foster – alto saxophone
• Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone
• Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
• Bobby Shew – trumpet
• Richard Cooper – trumpet
• Mike Price – trumpet
• Bill Reichenbach – trombone
• Jim Sawyer – trombone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• Don Baldwin – bass
• Peter Donald – drums

Guest Artists:

• Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi (track 5, "Kogun")
• Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumi (track 5, "Kogun")

[edit] References / External Links

• RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-9115 ~ RCA-9116
• All Music Guide
• 1977 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Performance - Big Band (LA Times link)

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