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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Elegy (A)
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| 2. | Memory (A)
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| 3. | Kogun (A)
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| 4. | American Ballad (A)
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| 5. | Henpecked Old Man (A)
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| 6. | Long Yellow Road (A)
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| 7. | The First Night (B)
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| 8. | Opus Number Zero
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| 9. | Quardrille, Anyone? (B)
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| 10. | Children In The Temple Ground (B)
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Since Perry/Yet Another Tear (B)
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| 2. | Road Time Shuffle (C1)
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| 3. | Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan) (C1)
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| 4. | Strive For Jive (C2)
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| 5. | I Ain&
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| 6. | Interlude (C1)
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| 7. | Village (C2)
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| 8. | Studio J (D1)
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| 9. | Transcience (D1)
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| 10. | Sumie (D1)
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| 3. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Minamata: a. Peaceful Village / b. Prosperity & Consequence / c Epilogue (D2)
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| 2. | March Of The Tadpoles (E)
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| 3. | Mobile (E)
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| 4. | Deracinated Flower (E)
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| 5. | Yellow Is Mellow (E)
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| 6. | Notorious Tourist From East (E)
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Jazz
All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi, except “Yet Another Tear” by Lew Tabackin.
(A)
Recorded at Sage & Sound, Los Angeles on April 3 & 4, 1974
John Madrid, Don Rader, Mike Price, trumpets; Bobby Shew, trumpet, fluegelhorn; Charles Loper, Jim Sawyer, Britt Woodman, trombones; Phil Teele, bass trombone; Dick Spencer, Gary Foster, alto saxes, flutes, clarinets; Lew Tabackin, tenor sax, flute; Tom Peterson, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet; Bill Perkins, baritone sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet; Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano; Gene Cherico, bass; Peter Donald, drums, Scott Elsworth, voice.
Produced by Toshiko Akiyoshi and Hiroshi Isaka
Recording engineer: James Mooney
"Long Yellow Road" originally issued on LONG YELLOW ROAD (RCA JLP1-1350) All other selections originally issued on KOGUN (RCA JLP1-0236)
(B)
Recorded at Sage & Sound, Los Angeles on February 28, March 3 & 4, 1975
Stu Blumberg, Don Rader, Mike Price, Bobby Shew, trumpets; Charles Loper, Bruce Paulson, Britt Woodman, trombones; Phil Teele, bass trombone, contrabass trombone; Dick Spencer, Gary Foster, alto saxes, flutes, clarinets; Lew Tabackin, tenor sax, flute, piccolo; Tom Peterson, tenor sax, alto flute, clarinet; Bill Perkins, baritone sax, alto flute, bass clarinet; Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano; Gene Cherico, bass; Peter Donald, drums, Tokuko Kaga, vocal on Children In The Temple Ground.
Lynn Nicholson replaces Stu Blumberg on Quadrille, Anyone? and Since Perry/Yet Another Tear.
Joe Roccisano replaces Gary Foster on Opus Number Zero.
Chuck Flores replaces Peter Donald on Opus Number Zero and Since Perry/Yet Another Tear.
Produced by Hiroshi Isaka
Recording engineer: James Mooney
Originally issued on LONG YELLOW ROAD (RCA JLP1-1350)
(C1)
Recorded at T.G.G. Inc Sunset-Highland Studio, Los Angeles on December 1 & 3, 1975
Steven Huffsteter, Richard Cooper, Mike Price, Bobby Shew, trumpets; Charles Loper, Bill Reichenbach, Britt Woodman, trombones; Phil Teele, bass trombone, contrabass trombone; Dick Spencer, alto sax, flute, clarinet; Gary Foster, alto sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet: Lew Tabackin, tenor sax, flute, piccolo; Tom Peterson, tenor sax, alto flute, clarinet; Bill Perkins, baritone sax, alto flute, bass clarinet; Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano; Don Baldwin, bass; Peter Donald, drums.
Produced by Hiroshi Isaka
Recording engineer: Ami Hadani
Originally issued on TALES OF A COURTESAN (RCA JLP1-0723)
(C2)
Recorded at T.G.G. Inc Sunset-Highland Studio, Los Angeles on December 2, 1975
as above except Jim Sawyer replaces Bill Reichenbach and King Errison, congas is added on Village.
Produced by Hiroshi Isaka
Recording engineer: Ami Hadani
Originally issued on TALES OF A COURTESAN (RCA JLP1-0723)
(D1)
Recorded at RCA Studio A, Hollywood on June 22-24, 1976
Steven Huffsteter, Richard Cooper, Mike Price, Bobby Shew, trumpets; Charles Loper, Bill Reichenbach, Britt Woodman, trombones; Phil Teele, bass trombone, contrabass trombone; Dick Spencer, alto sax; Gary Foster, alto sax; Lew Tabackin, tenor sax, flute; Tom Peterson, tenor sax; Bill Perkins, baritone sax; Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano; Don Baldwin, bass; Peter Donald, drums.
Hiromitsu Katada, kakko, is added to Sumie.
Produced by Hiroshi Isaka
Recording engineer: Grover Helsley
Originally issued on INSIGHTS (RCA AFL1-2678)
(D2)
Recorded at RCA Studio A, Hollywood on June 22-24, 1976
as above except Jerry Hey replaces Richard Cooper and add Michiru Mariano, vocal; Hisao Kanze, uta; Tadao Kamei, ohtsuzumi; Hayao Uzawa, kotsuzumi.
Recording engineer: Grover Helsley
Overdub engineer: Eiji Uchinuma
Originally issued on INSIGHTS (RCA AFL1-2678)
(E)
Recorded at RCA Studio A, Hollywood on January 10 & 11, 1977
Steven Huffsteter, Richard Cooper, Mike Price, Bobby Shew, trumpets; Charles Loper, Bill Reichenbach, Rick Culver, trombones; Phil Teele, bass trombone, contrabass trombone; Dick Spencer, alto sax; Gary Foster, alto sax; Lew Tabackin, tenor sax, flute; Tom Peterson, tenor sax; Bill Perkins, baritone sax; Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano; Don Baldwin, bass; Peter Donald, drums.
Emil Richards, percussion, is added on Notorious Tourist From The East.
Produced by Hiroshi Isaka
Recording engineer: Grover Helsley
Originally issued on MARCH OF THE TADPOLES (RCA Japan RVP 6178)
Mastered by Kurt Lundvall, Lundvall Mastering
Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna
Design Direction: Richard Mantel
Design Production: InkWell, Inc.
Greatness is greatness, whether on the East Coast, the West Coast, in Tokyo, or anywhere else in the world. I think you will find it in this magnificently variegated, consistently exciting example of one of outstanding jazz orchestras of our time." -Leonard Feather, original liner notes
Limited Edition: 5000 copies
One Of The Most Exciting & Original Big Bands In Jazz
In 1965, pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi returned to New York after three years in Japan. Soon thereafter, she formed an alliance with saxophonist Lew Tabackin that resulted in a short-lived quartet and a marriage that is thriving some 40 years later. In 1972, they moved to Los Angeles where they would soon change the course of their musical careers.
With the formation of their 16-piece orchestra in 1973, Toshiko's image shifted from being a great bop-inspired pianist to being a composer-arranger of great invention. Her scores are varied and rich in tonal colors, often drawing on traditional Japanese music as well as jazz. The band, loaded with the cream of the LA scene and led by Lew, swings the hell out of her inventive, intricate arrangements.
The orchestra thrived until 1981 when Lew and Toshiko relocated in New York and formed a new jazz orchestra. Keeping a big band together isn't easy, but this group's popularity in Japan, exposure in major festivals and flow of albums on RCA Victor kept them intact and constantly creative.
Their five studio albums (1974-77) form the great initial opus by this distinctive orchestra; they are Kogun, Long Yellow Road, Tales Of A Courtesan, Insights and March Of The Tadpoles.
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 12, 1929 in Dairen, China
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Bop, Progressive Big Band, Hard Bop, Progressive Jazz
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
Lew Tabackin
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: May 26, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop
Lew Tabackin is one of the few jazz musicians who has been able to develop completely different musical personalities on two instruments. As a tenor saxophonist, he is a hard-driving, tough-toned player reminiscent of Sonny Rollins, Don Byas, and sometimes, tone-wise, Ben Webster. But as a flutist, he sounds like a highly expressive master of Asian classical music. Whether heard as the main soloist with his wife Toshiko Akiyoshi's jazz orchestra or jamming with a small group, Tabackin has been a masterful player for the past several decades.
Tabackin studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory from 1958-1962 as a flute major. After serving in the Army and moving to New York in 1965, he worked with Maynard Ferguson, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, and the Tonight Show Band, among others. From 1968-1969, he was a main soloist with the Danish Radio Orchestra. After marrying Toshiko Akiyoshi, he toured Japan with her (1970-1971). When they moved to Los Angeles in 1972, they formed her orchestra, which, thanks to Akiyoshi's arrangements and Tabackin's solo talents, became one of the top jazz big bands. In 1982, they relocated to New York, where the orchestra has continued on a part-time basis. Lew Tabackin has since played in many different small groups, remaining a brilliant improviser. He has recorded as a leader on an occasional basis through the years, most notably for Inner City (1974-1977), Ascent (1979), and Concord (starting in 1989).
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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