Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
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Released | 2008 October |
Recorded | 1974–1977, Los Angeles, California |
Genre | Jazz |
Length | 3:24:08 |
Label | Mosaic (licensed from Sony BMG Music) |
Producer | Hiroshi Isaka (original recordings), Michael Cuscuna (this compilation) |
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Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band is a 3 CD compilation album released by Mosaic Records in October 2008 and is composed of the first five studio albums recorded by the LA-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It is volume 33 of the "Mosaic Select" series and includes the complete contents of the previously released RCA / Victor recordings, Kogun (1974), Long Yellow Road (1975), Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976), Insights (1976), and March of the Tadpoles (1977).
Track listing
[edit]All songs orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).
Disc One:
- "Elegy" – 9:10
- "Memory" – 10:23
- "Kogun" – 6:06
- "American Ballad" – 5:46
- "Henpecked Old Man" – 9:11
- "Long Yellow Road" – 6:23
- "The First Night" – 4:50
- "Opus No. Zero" – 10:04
- "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:18
- "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:26
Disc Two
- "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 8:52
- "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:25
- "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)" – 9:09
- "Strive for Jive" – 7:46
- "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More" – 6:06
- "Interlude" – 4:13
- "Village" – 11:04
- "Studio J" – 6:00
- "Transience" – 4:33
- "Sumi-E" – 7:50
Disc Three:
- "Minamata" (suite) – 21:37
- "Peaceful Village"
- "Prosperity & Consequence"
- "Epilogue"
- "March of the Tadpoles" – 6:54
- "Mobile" – 5:20
- "Deracinated Flower" – 8:14
- "Yellow is Mellow" – 8:53
- "Notorious Tourist from the East" – 7:35
Personnel
[edit]- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
- Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except "Opus No. Zero")
- Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
- Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone ("Opus No. Zero")
- Bobby Shew – trumpet
- Mike Price – trumpet
- Steven Huffsteter – trumpet ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
- Richard Cooper – trumpet ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
- Don Rader – trumpet ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
- Stu Blumberg – trumpet ("The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Children in the Temple Ground")
- John Madrid – trumpet ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man" and "Long Yellow Road")
- Lynn Nicholson – trumpet ("Quadrille Anyone?", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
- Jerry Hey – trumpet ("Minamata")
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Charlie Loper – trombone
- Britt Woodman – trombone (except "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
- Jim Sawyer – trombone ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "Strive for Jive" and "Village")
- Bruce Paulson – trombone ("The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
- Rick Culver – trombone ("March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
- Peter Donald – drums (except "Opus Number Zero" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
- Chuck Flores – drums ("Opus Number Zero" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
- Don Baldwin – bass ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
- Gene Cherico – bass ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
Special guests:
- Scott Elsworth – voice ("Memory")
- Tokuko Kaga – vocal ("Children in the Temple Ground")
- King Errisson – congas ("Village")
- Hisao Kanze – utai / Nō chant ("Minamata")
- Tadao Kamei – ōtsuzumi ("Minamata")
- Hayao Uzawa – kotsuzumi ("Minamata")
- (Monday) Michiru Mariano – voice ("Minamata")
- Hiromitsu Katada – kakko ("Sumi-E")
- Emil Richards – percussion ("Notorious Tourist from the East")
Sources / References
[edit]- Mosaic Select MS-033, Mosaic Records
- Mosaic Select 33, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band at Allmusic.com