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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Drum Conference (3rd Movement)
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| 2. | Repose
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| 3. | Harlequin's Tear
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| 4. | Kogun
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| 5. | Feast in Milano
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| 6. | Let Freedom Swing
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Lady Liberty
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| 2. | Polination
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| 3. | I Know Who Loves You
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| 4. | Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health
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| 5. | Song for the Harvest
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| 6. | Epilogue: Hope
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| 7. | Harlequin's Tear [Live][*]
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Jazz / Big Band; Bop
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Arranger, Musical Direction, Piano, Soloist
Andi Maile - Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Axel Kuhn - Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Soloist
Claus Reichstaller - Flugelhorn, Soloist, Trumpet
Decebal Badila - Bass, Soloist
Ernst Hutter - Trombone
Felice Civitareale - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Ian Cumming - Soloist, Trombone
Karl Farrent - Executive Producer, Flugelhorn, Photography, Soloist, Translation, Trumpet
Klaus Graf - Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Soloist
Marc Godfroid - Soloist, Trombone
The signature features of Toshiko Akiyoshi's compositional style are unmistakable. First of all, there is the rootedness in bebop, secondly the amalgamation of big band jazz with Japanese elements of music and thirdly the ingenious use of the woodwind section. In May 2007 she had her first opportunity to cooperate with the SWR Big Band. With untiring energy and rousing motivational power the orchestra leader, composer, arranger and pianist of world renown rehearsed 13 of her own pieces with the SWR Big Band, covering a broad spectrum from bebop powerplay to soft yearning ballads. These outstanding recordings extend the top-class jazz CD series of the SWR Big Band, which plays with great potential and, in this mutual giving and taking, once again gives proof of its international caliber.
* Felix Gaubatz - Editorial, Photography
* Gudrun Endress - Program Notes
* Manfred Deppe - Artistic Director, Digital Editing, Engineer, Mixing
* Ulrich De Veer - Executive Producer
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 12, 1929 in Dairen, China
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Bop, Hard Bop, Progressive Big Band
As an arranger, Toshiko Akiyoshi (influenced originally by Gil Evans and Thad Jones) has been particularly notable for incorporating elements of traditional Japanese music into her otherwise bop-ish charts. A strong (and underrated) pianist in the Bud Powell tradition, Akiyoshi was born in China but moved to Japan in 1946. She played locally (Sadao Watanabe was among her sidemen) and, after being noticed and encouraged by Oscar Peterson, studied at Berklee during 1956-1959. Married for a time to altoist Charlie Mariano, she co-led the Toshiko Mariano Quartet in the early '60s. After working with Charles Mingus in 1962 (including participating in his ill-fated Town Hall Concert), Toshiko returned to Japan for three years. Back in New York by 1965, she did a radio series and formed a quartet with her second husband, Lew Tabackin, in 1970. After moving to Los Angeles in 1972, Toshiko Akiyoshi put together her very impressive big band which featured such fine soloists as Bobby Shew, Gary Foster, and Tabackin. They recorded several notable albums before Akiyoshi decided, in 1981, to move to New York. Since their relocation, Akiyoshi and Tabackin have both been quite active although her re-formed big band has actually received less publicity than it did in L.A. She ranks as one of the top jazz arrangers of the past several decades.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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