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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded3, 4, 5 April 1978
VenueHollywood, CA
StudioSage and Sound Recording Studio
GenreJazz
Length37:26
LabelDiscomate / JAM
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Dedications II
(1977)
Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
(1978)
Finesse
(1978)
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JAM Records (US) LP cover
Alternative cover / title
Alfa Records (Japan) CD cover
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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also released as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn (JAM) and Dedications III (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and on the JAM Record label in the USA.

Track listing

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All songs composed by Billy Strayhorn except "Day Dream," composed by Strayhorn and Duke Ellington:

LP side A

  1. "Take the "A" Train" – 4:53
  2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
  3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
  4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54

LP side B

  1. "Charpoy" – 5:22
  2. "Lush Life" – 3:52
  3. "Chelsea Bridge (song)" – 4:32
  4. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

Personnel

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All tracks except A3, B4:

Tracks A3, B4:

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  • Discomate DSP-5011
  • JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
  • Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
  • Allmusic