Toshiko at Mocambo

Toshiko At Mocambo
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1954
Recorded	Mocambo Club, Yokohama, Japan, 1954 July 27, 28
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:16
Label	Rockwell / Polydor
Producer	Kiyoshi Iwami, Shoichi Yui
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko's Piano (1954)Toshiko's Piano1954 Toshiko at Mocambo (1954) The Toshiko Trio (1956)The Toshiko Trio1956
3 CD compilation / re-issue
Complete session

The album Toshiko at Mocambo (full title, Toshiko at Mocambo, The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Volume 3) was recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Mocambo club in Yokohama, Japan in the summer of 1954. All four tracks from this recording as well as additional tracks from the same all-night live session with and without Akiyoshi were released on the 3 CD Rockwell – Polydor / Universal album, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54 – including, reportedly,^[1] a performance of "It's Only a Paper Moon" with Akiyoshi attempting to fill in on bass.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Fine and Dandy" (Swift, James) – 15:11
2. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Latouche, Fetter) – 8:52

LP side B

1. "Donna Lee" (Parker) – 9:41
2. "Air Conditioning" (Parker) – 15:32

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
• Keiichiro Ebihara – alto saxophone ("Fine and Dandy")
• Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
• Akitoshi Igarashi – alto saxophone ("Taking A Chance On Love")
• Gō Ueda – bass (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
• Jun Shimizu – drums (except "Fine and Dandy")
• Kanji Harada – drums ("Fine and Dandy")

References

• Polydor MPF 1029 (LP)
• Polydor POCJ 2624 (3 CD compilation / re-issue of Vol. 1-4)
• Allmusic The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54

External links

• Rockwell Records (link)