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Toshiko Akiyoshi discography
Studio albums59
Live albums20
Compilation albums9
Singles1
Video albums4

Since her debut recording for Norgran Records in 1954, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi has recorded continuously – almost exclusively as a leader of small jazz combos and of her big bands – averaging one studio album release per year for well over 50 years. She has also recorded several live albums in solo, small combo and big band settings, including three big band concert videos. Akiyoshi has released multiple albums for Victor / BMG, Nippon Columbia, Toshiba, Discomate, Nippon Crown and other labels in Japan and for Norgran / Verve, RCA, Columbia / Sony, Concord and her own Ascent label in the US. All of her big band recordings and nearly all of her other early works have been re-issued on CDs over the years.

Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings as leader or co-leader

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin

Video recordings

Compilations

General compilations

Small combo compilations

Big Band / Jazz Orchestra compilations

Inclusion in other compilations

  • A History of King Jazz Recordings, King Records
  • Columbia Jazz: Limited Edition (1994, Sony)
  • 'S Paradise, The Gershwin Songbook and Complete Gershwin Songbooks (1995, PolyGram / Verve)
  • Big Band Renaissance (1996), Smithsonian Collection
  • RCA Victor 80th Anniversary, Vol. 6 (1970-1979) and RCA Victor 80th Anniversary [Collector's Edition] (1997, RCA)
  • The Music of Duke Ellington: Jazz Piano Essentials (2000, Concord)
  • The Best of Newport '57: 50th Anniversary Collection (2007, Verve)
  • Others...

Appearances on other recordings

Appearances on other albums

  • Shōtarō Moriyasu, etc.: The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Vol. 4 (Rockwell - Polydor (Japan)) and The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54 (Rockwell - Polydor / Universal)
  • Barney Wilen Quartet: Newport '59 (1959, Fresh Sound Records)
  • Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus At Birdland - The Complete Session - BAT 5-8 (Italy, unissued), and other unauthorized releases of material from the 1961/62 Birdland recordings known as the "Boris Rose tapes"[6]
  • Charles Mingus: The Town Hall Concert (1963, United Artists), and the expanded re-issue The Complete Town Hall Concert (1994, Blue Note)
  • Louie Bellson / Buddy Rich: Are You Ready for This? (1965, Roost)
  • Lew Tabackin Quartet: Day Dream (1976, RCA Victor), Trackin' (1976, RCA Victor), ...
  • Lew Tabackin & Warne Marsh: Tenor Gladness (1976, Discomate / Inner City) and Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh (2001, Storyville)
  • Various Artists: (Conrad Silvert Presents) Jazz at the Opera House (1982, Columbia)
  • Various Artists: Jazz Celebration: A Tribute To Carl Jefferson (1992, Concord)
  • Yoshio Suzuki: My Dear Pianists (2009, Space Shower Music (Japan))
  • Others...

Appearances as guest conductor

Appearances in other videos

  • Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 (2007, Storyville Films)
  • Jazz Shots From The West Coast, Vol. 1 (2005, Efor Films)
  • Southern Crossing (1981) - Australian documentary by producer Richard Bradley
  • Piano Grand, A Smithsonian Celebration (2000, Sony)
  • Jazz Is My Native Language (c. 1982) - documentary

Discography notes

  1. In the main chronological listing, years shown may reflect the album's original recording session year(s), which is typically, but not always, the album's initial release year. More specific release date info can be found in the infobox on each album's article page.
  2. This discography includes some albums that were released only in Japan and others that were released only in the USA or Europe.
  3. Occasionally, a single recording, released in two different regions and/or at different times by different record labels, will have two different titles. Example: Toshiko's Piano and Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi.
  4. Different record labels have occasionally re-used the same or similar title for different Akiyoshi albums. Examples: Long Yellow Road (3), Sumie (2), Time Stream (2), etc.
  5. Some Akiyoshi albums, when exported from Japan, may be identified in listings only by the Japanese version of the (original English) title. For example SHIO GIN NAN = Salted Gingko Nuts and HANA KAI TAN = Tales of a Courtesan.
  6. In some listings of Akiyoshi albums exported from Japan, a recording may be identified by the re-translation into English of the recording's common Japanese title, which may not match the original English album title. For example, the big band album European Memoirs, in Japan is typically referred to as simply MEMOWARU (メモワール = Japanese phonetic spelling of the word "Memoir"). When re-translated back into English, this title sometimes becomes Memoir (without the preceding "European") or Memory (i.e. the English translation of the English (French) word "Memoir(e)").

Detailed album release, track listing, and personnel information 1980~1989

===Time Stream (1984, Toshiba East World)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1984
RecordedNew York, 1984 June 23, 24
GenreJazz
Length36:17
LabelToshiba East World
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi

Track listing LP side A

  1. "Prosperity" (Akiyoshi) – 5:09
  2. "Con Alma" (Gillespie) – 6:20
  3. "Giant Steps" (Coltrane) – 6:22

LP side B

  1. "Smile" (Chaplin, Turner, Parsons) – 6:26
  2. "Time Stream" (Akiyoshi) – 6:31
  3. "Tico Tico" (de Abreu, Oliveira, Drake) – 5:29

Personnel

References / external links

  • Toshiba East World EWJ-90034, Toshiba East World TOCT-9732


Interlude (1987, Concord)

Interlude
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1987
RecordedCoast Recorders, San Francisco, 1987 February
GenreJazz
Length40:06
LabelConcord Jazz
ProducerCarl E. Jefferson
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Track listing LP side A

  1. "Interlude" (Akiyoshi) – 4:37
  2. "I Know Who Loves You" (Akiyoshi) – 4:54
  3. "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Livingston, David) – 4:49
  4. "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More" (Akiyoshi) – 5:35

LP side B

  1. "Pagliacci" (Puccini) – 4:43
  2. "Solitude" (Ellington, DeLange, Mills) – 5:34
  3. "So in Love" (Porter) – 4:41
  4. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Kahn, Brown) – 4:13

Personnel

References / External Links Concord Jazz CCD-4324
Allmusic


Detailed album release, track listing, and personnel information 1990~1999

Four Seasons (1990, Nippon Crown)

Four Seasons
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1990
Recorded1990 June
StudioVan Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length49:29
LabelNippon Crown
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi, Fumimaru Kawashima
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Track listing

  1. "Spring Is Here" (Rodgers, Hart) – 6:56
  2. "Suddenly it is Spring" (Van Heusen) – 6:21
  3. "Summertime" (Gershwin, Heyward) – 5:00
  4. "Indian Summer" (Herbert, Dubin) – 6:15
  5. "Autumn Sea" (Akiyoshi) – 6:43
  6. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Prévert, Mercer) – 5:17
  7. "Winter Wonderland" (Bernard, Smith) – 3:39
  8. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Coots, Gillespie) – 5:11
  9. "Springtime for Hitler" (Brooks) – 4:07

Personnel

References


Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream (1990, Nippon Crown / Evidence)

Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
album] by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1990
RecordedJuly 31 and August 1, 1990
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
GenreJazz
Length56:34
LabelNippon Crown / Evidence (USA)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [8]

Track listing all compositions by Bud Powell except as noted:

  1. "Cleopatra's Dream" – 6:29
  2. "Remembering Bud" (Akiyoshi) – 9:27
  3. "Un Poco Loco" – 6:10
  4. "Oblivion" – 4:56
  5. "Celia" – 6:43
  6. "I'll Keep Loving You" –6:08
  7. "Parisian Thoroughfare" – 4:55
  8. "Budo" (Davis, Powell) – 3:59
  9. "Tempus Fugit" – 4:12
  10. "Dance of the Infidels" – 3:35

Personnel

References / External Links

  • Nippon Crown PAS 1007, Nippon Crown CRCJ-91003
  • Evidence 22034
  • All Music Guide


Chic Lady (1991, Nippon Crown)

Chic Lady
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1991
Recorded1991 November 15, 16
GenreJazz
Length43:34
LabelNippon Crown
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi

Track listing

  1. "My Elegy" (Akiyoshi) – 6:15
  2. "Travelin'" (Lewis) – 4:09
  3. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington) – 6:01
  4. "Chic Lady" (Akiyoshi) – 7:30
  5. "Don't be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too" (Mingus) – 5:18
  6. "Lady Liberty" (Akiyoshi) – 4:16
  7. "Blue Bossa" (Dorham) – 5:01
  8. "No Due Blues" (Tabackin) – 5:04

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi]] – piano
  • Lewis Nash]] – drums
  • Peter Washington – bass
  • John Eckert – trumpet, [lugelhorn
  • Scott Robinson – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Walt Weiskopf – tenor saxophone (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 8)
  • Matt Finders – trombone, bass trombone, tuba (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7)

References / External Links


Dig (1993, Nippon Crown)

Dig
album]] by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1993
Recorded1993 March
GenreJazz
Length48:54
LabelNippon Crown
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[9]

Track listing

  1. "Dig" (Davis) – 7:58
  2. "Lament" (Johnson) – 7:10
  3. "Lazy Days" (Akiyoshi) – 7:04
  4. "Harlequin Tears" (Akiyoshi) – 6:46
  5. "Uptown Stroll" (Akiyoshi) – 6:31
  6. "Morning Of The Carnival" (Bonfá, Maria) – 7:46
  7. "Mucura" (trad.) – 5:39

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Conte Candoli – trumpet
  • Walt Weiskopf – tenor saxophone
  • Peter Washington – bass
  • Kenny Washington – drums


Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck (1994, Concord)

Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1994
RecordedMarch 1993
VenueMaybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, California
GenreJazz
Length58:12
LabelConcord Records
ProducerCarl Jefferson
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[10]

(Volume 36 in Concord's "Maybeck Recital Hall Series")[11]

Track listing

  1. "Village" (Akiyoshi) – 5:59
  2. "Come Sunday" (Ellington) – 4:37
  3. "Con Alma" (Gillespie) – 5:28
  4. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 7:02
  5. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Drake) – 5:34
  6. "Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) – 7:44
  7. "Old Devil Moon" (Harburg, Lane) – 6:04
  8. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) – 6:09
  9. "Quadrille, Anyone?" (Akiyoshi) – 5:45
  10. "Tempus Fugit" (Powell) – 3:50

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano


Night and Dream (1994, Nippon Crown)

Night and Dream
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1994
Recorded1994 June 19, 20, 23, 24
GenreJazz
Length58:02
LabelNippon Crown Records
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Track listing

  1. "Night Waltz" (Akiyoshi) – 6:16
  2. "Darn That Dream" (DeLange, Van Heusen) – 8:24
  3. "Elusive Dream" (Akiyoshi) – 7:26
  4. "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" (Jerome, Shay, Tobias) – 8:35
  5. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Harline, Washington) – 6:23
  6. "Dream" (Mercer) – 6:09
  7. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Bernier, Brainin) – 8:18
  8. "Round About Midnight" (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) – 6:31

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Mickey Roker – drums
  • Peter Washington – bass
  • Joe Magnarelli – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
  • Walt Weiskopf – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
  • Scott Robinson – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)

References


Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today - Toshiko Akiyoshi with Brazilian Friends (1995, Nippon Crown)

Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1995
Recorded1995 August 2, 3 at Power Station Studio B, New York
GenreJazz
Length52:01
LabelNippon Crown Records
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Track listing

  1. "Once I Loved" (Jobim) – 8:42
  2. "Pollination" (Akiyoshi) – 7:22
  3. "Tico Tico" (Abreu, Drake, Oliveira) – 3:33
  4. "Air" (Bach) – 6:18
  5. "One Note Samba" (Jobim) – 5:57
  6. "Star Eyes" (Raye, De Paul) – 8:17
  7. "Amapola" (LaCalle, Roldan, Gamse) – 5:30
  8. "Warning, Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" (Akiyoshi) – 6:22

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Lincoln Goines – bass
  • Duduka da Fonseca – drums
  • Valtinho Anastacio – percussion
  • Ivo Araujo – percussion (surdo, chocalho, repinique)
  • Scott Wendholdt – trumpet
  • Scott Whitfield – trombone
  • Ray Stewart – tuba
  • Lew Tabackin – flute (Track 8)
  • Roberta Cooper – cello

References / External links


Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko (1996, Nippon Crown

Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1996
Recorded1996 October 15, 16
GenreJazz
Length60:18
LabelNippon Crown Records
Alternate Packaging

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road" – 7:16
  2. "Memory" – 7:27
  3. "Kogun" – 7:15
  4. "Interlude" – 5:24
  5. "Studio J" – 5:10
  6. "Farewell To Mingus" – 8:41
  7. "Deracinated Flower" – 7:35
  8. "First Night" – 4:56
  9. "Jammin' At Carnegie Hall" – 3:58
  10. "Time Stream" – 2:36

All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • George Mraz – bass
  • Lewis Nash – drums
  • Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute (Tracks 3, 6, 8, 9)

References / External Links

  • Nippon Crown CRCJ-9137, CRCJ-91008
  • Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko at Allmusic.com


Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio - Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 (1997, Nippon Crown)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio - Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1997
RecordedBlue Note Tokyo, 1997 September 22, 23, 24
GenreJazz
Length61:42
LabelNippon Crown Records

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi)
  2. "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" (Berlin)
  3. "Un Poco Loco" (Powell)
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington)
  5. "I Know Who Loves You" (Akiyoshi)
  6. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Harline, Washington)
  7. "Chic Lady" (Akiyoshi)

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Yoshio Suzuki – bass
  • Motohiko Hino – drums

References

  • Nippon Crown CRCJ-9154
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 (a.k.a. Japanese Trio: Live 1997) at Allmusic.com


Sketches of Japan (1999, Nippon Crown)

Sketches of Japan
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1999
GenreJazz
Length49:32
LabelNippon Crown
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]

Track listing[13]

  1. "Kyoto Paradox" - 6:24
  2. "Children In The Temple Ground" - 8:44
  3. "Tsurusaki Odori" - 6:33
  4. "Mari To Tonosama" - 6:14
  5. "Repose" - 8:19
  6. "Prayer" - 6:44
  7. "Grooving in Yokohama" - 6:34

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Philippe Aerts – bass
  • Eddie Marshall – drums (except Track 7)
  • Carl Allen – drums (Track 6)
  • Tomonao Hara – trumpet (Track 7)
  • Jō Yamada – alto saxophone (Track 7)


Detailed album release, track listing, and personnel information 2000~2009

Toshiko Akiyoshi Solo Live at the Kennedy Center (2000, Nippon Crown)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Solo Live at the Kennedy Center
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released2000
RecordedKennedy Center, Washington DC, 2000 April
GenreJazz
LabelNippon Crown Records

Track listing

  1. "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep"
  2. "I Got It Bad And That Ain't So Good"
  3. "Improvisation In Five"
  4. "Un Poco Loco"
  5. "Deep River"
  6. "Con Alma"
  7. "Village"
  8. "Repose"
  9. "Just One of Those Things"
  10. "Ten Ten"

References

  • Nippon Crown CRCJ-9153
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi Solo Live at the Kennedy Center at Allmusic.com


New York Sketch Book (2004, Nippon Crown)

New York Sketch Book
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released10 April 2004
Recorded14 August 2003-16, Avatar Recording Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length50:29
LabelNippon Crown
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi, Tetsuya Iwasaki

Track listing

  1. "Five Spot After Dark" – 4:29
  2. "52nd Street Theme" – 4:56
  3. "Skating in Central Park" – 7:52
  4. "Uptown Stroll" – 5:45
  5. "Drop Me Off in Harlem" – 7:01
  6. "New York State of Mind" – 5:09
  7. "Central Park West" – 5:13
  8. "Lady Liberty" – 5:33
  9. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" – 4:31

Personnel

References / external links


Hope (2006, Nippon Crown)

Hope
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released2006
Recorded10 December 2005, 12
GenreJazz
Length56:19
LabelNippon Crown
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
"Hope (希望)"
Single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru

Track listing

  1. "Feast in Milano" – 9:47
  2. "Memory – 6:35
  3. "Hiroshima Bushi" – 6:02
  4. "Endless Journey" – 6:46
  5. "After Mr. Teng" – 4:30
  6. "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 6:48
  7. "SUMI-E" – 6:40
  8. "Drum Conference 3rd Movement" – 5:59
  9. "Hope" – 3:12

All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Lewis Nash – drums (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
  • George Mraz – bass (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

CD single release, Hope (希望), track listing

  1. "Hope" – 3:37 (Japanese lyrics)
  2. "Hope" – 3:30 (English lyrics)
  3. "Hope" – 3:11 (instrumental version from the album Hope

Japanese Lyrics by Shuntarō Tanikawa, vocals and English translation by Monday Michiru.

References

  • Hope, Nippon Crown Records CRCJ-9160
  • Hope at Allmusic.com (link)

CD Single

  • Hope (希望) Nippon Crown Records CRCP-10157


50th Anniversary Concert in Japan (2006, T-toc Records)

(Japanese title, 渡米50周年記念日本公演 = American visit 50th anniversary commemorative Japanese performance)
50th Anniversary Concert in Japan
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1 November 2006
RecordedAsahi Hall, Yūrakuchō, Tokyo, 6 March 2006
GenreJazz
LabelT-toc Records

A live concert album released in Japan on the T-toc Record label. The concert commemorated 50 years since Akiyoshi left Japan to study and play jazz in the USA and the album received several Japanese music awards including a "special award" for Japanese Jazz from Swing Journal magazine.

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road"
  2. "Kogun"
  3. "Farewell To Mingus"
  4. "The Village" ~ "Lady Liberty"
  5. "Trinkle Tinkle" (T. Monk)
  6. "Sumie"
  7. "Chasing After Love"

All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
  • George Mraz – bass
  • Lewis Nash – drums

References / External Links / Awards

  • T-toc Records TTOC-0006
  • 2006 Swing Journal Japan Jazz special award (Japanese link)


Let Freedom Swing (2008, Hänssler Verlag)

Let Freedom Swing
Studio album by
SWR Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released2008 February
Recorded2007 May 9–12, SWR U-Musik-Studio, Villa Berg, Stuttgart
GenreJazz
Length1:44:39
LabelHänssler Verlag (Germany)

Track listing

  1. "Drum Conference" (3rd movement) – 13:28
  2. "Repose" – 5:16
  3. "Harlequin's Tear" – 7:16
  4. "Kogun" – 8:10
  5. "Feast in Milano" – 8:15
  6. "Let Freedom Swing" – 9:42
  7. "Lady Liberty" – 7:24
  8. "Pollination" – 13:08
  9. "I Know Who Loves You" – 5:48
  10. "Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health" – 5:48
  11. "Song For The Harvest" – 7:24
  12. "Epilogue: Hope" – 4:50
  13. "Harlequin's Tear" (live bonus track) – 7:35

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • SWR Big Band
    • Decebal Badila – bass
    • Holger Nell – drums
    • Farouk Gomati – percussion
    • Klaus Graf – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
    • Axel Kühn – alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone
    • Andreas Maile – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
    • Jörg Kaufmann – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
    • Pierre Paquette – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
    • Karl Farrent – trumpet
    • Claus Reichstaller – trumpet
    • Frank Wellert – trumpet
    • Felice Civitareale – trumpet
    • Rudolf Reindl – trumpet
    • Marc Godfroid – trombone
    • Ian Cumming – trombone
    • Ernst Hutter – trombone
    • Georg Maus – trombone
    • Dagmar Claus – speaker (on track 6, Let Freedom Swing)

References / External Links


Vintage: Duke Ellington Song Book (2008, T-toc Records)

Vintage: Duke Ellington Song Book
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Lew Tabackin
ReleasedJune 18, 2008
GenreJazz
Length59:22
LabelT-toc
ProducerTakao Ishizuka

Track listing[14]

  1. "Take the 'A' Train" (Strayhorn) – 5:04
  2. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) – 3:52
  3. "Gypsy Without a Song" (Ellington) – 5:43
  4. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Bigard, Mills) – 5:31
  5. "Serenade to Sweden" (Ellington) – 4:49
  6. "All Too Soon" (Ellington, Sigman) – 5:59
  7. "It Don't Mean a Thing" (Ellington, Mills) – 4:20
  8. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Webster) – 5:03
  9. "Drop Me Off in Harlem" (Ellington, Kenny) – 5:35
  10. "Eulogy" (Akiyoshi) – 5:46
  11. "What Am I Here For?" (Ellington, Laine) – 4:22
  12. "Cotton Tail" (Ellington, Hendricks) – 3:18
  13. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Kurtz) – 2:17

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute


Solo Live 2004 (Live at "Studio F") (2009, Studio Songs)

Solo Live 2004 (Live at "Studio F")
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released14 October 2009
Recorded2004
Genrejazz
Length52:12
LabelStudio Songs (Japan)

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi) – 5:21
  2. "Day Dream" (Strayhorn, Ellington, La Touche) – 7:02
  3. "After You've Gone" (Layton, Creamer) – 4:04
  4. "Kanchororin Bushi" aka "Children in the Temple Ground" (traditional) – 6:17
  5. "Deep River" (traditional) – 5:08
  6. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Harline, Washington) – 4:44
  7. "Central Park West" (Coltrane) – 6:08
  8. "'Round About Midnight" (Monk) – 6:35
  9. "Hope" (Akiyoshi) – 3:48
  10. "Tico Tico" (de Abreu) – 3:05

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano

References

  • Studio Songs YZSO-10001


Detailed album release, track listing, and personnel information 2010~2019

Classic Encounters (2010, Studio Songs) - with Reiko Honshoh

Classic Encounters
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Reiko Honshoh
Released6 October 2010
Recorded30–31 May 2010 Tokyo (tracks 2, 3, 5-8) and 27 June 2010, New York (tracks 1, 4)
LabelStudio Songs (Japan)

Track listing

  1. "Toshiko's March" – "Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor" / Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)
  2. "2 Part Invention" – Inventions and Sinfonias, No. 4 in D Minor (Bach)
  3. "Nocturnes, Op. 9, Nr. 2 (Chopin)
  4. "Joking with Beethoven" – "Piano Sonata Nr. 23" (Beethoven)
  5. "Arab Dance" – The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
  6. "Solveig's Song" – Peer Gynt (Grieg)
  7. "The Dance of Genji Ladies" – "Pavane" (Fauré)
  8. "Put on the Costume" a.k.a. "On with the Motley" (Leoncavallo)

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Reiko Honshoh – piano

References

  • Studio Songs YZSO-10012


Jazz Conversations, The Other Side of Monday Michiru (2015, Victor)

Jazz Conversations
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Monday Michiru
ReleasedJuly 2015
Recorded6, 7 January 2015, New York
GenreJazz
LabelVictor Entertainment
ProducerMonday Michiru, Lew Tabackin

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi, Michiru)
  2. "First Night" (Akiyoshi)
  3. "Love and Life" (Michiru)
  4. "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" (Akiyoshi)
  5. "New Girl In Town (Where Are We?)" (Michiru)
  6. "Broken Dreams" (Tabackin, Michiru)
  7. "Dreaming" (Michiru)
  8. "Ain't Gonna Ask No more" (Akiyoshi, Michiru)
  9. "Frog" (Michiru)
  10. "One Note Samba" (Jobim, Mendonça)

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Monday Michiru – vocals, flute
  • Paul Gill – bass
  • Mark Taylor – drums

References

  • Victor Entertainment VICJ-61740


Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess" (2016, Studio Songs)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess"
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released2016 January 4
Recorded2015 June 20, 21, New York, Avatar Studio
GenreJazz
LabelStudio Songs

Track listing

  1. "Summertime"
  2. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
  3. "I Loves You, Porgy"
  4. "My Man's Gone Now"
  5. "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing"
  6. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
  7. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
  8. "Bess, O Where's My Bess"
  9. "A Red-Haired Woman"

all music composed by George Gershwin

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Paul Gill – bass (tracks 2, 8, 9)
  • Yasushi Nakamura (中村 恭士) – bass (tracks 5, 6, 7)
  • George Mraz – bass (tracks 3, 4)
  • Mark Taylor – drums (tracks 4~8)
  • Rodney Green – drums (tracks 2, 9)

References


My Long Yellow Road (2017, Studio Songs)

My Long Yellow Road
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released2017 December 6
RecordedNew York, 2017 September 6, 7
StudioSear Sound Studio 'C', NYC
GenreJazz
LabelStudio Songs
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi, Tetsuya Iwasaki

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi)
  2. "I Loves You Porgy" (Gershwin)
  3. "No Moon at All" (Mann, Evans)
  4. "Invention In 2 Voices in D Minor" (Bach)
  5. "Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep" (Berlin)
  6. "Repose" (Akiyoshi)
  7. "That Old Devil Moon" (Harburg, Lane)
  8. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, Van Heusen)
  9. "Tempus Fugit" (Powell)
Disc 2
  1. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Kern, Mercer)
  2. "Desert Moon" (Sasaki)
  3. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Drake)
  4. "Memory" (Akiyoshi)
  5. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish)
  6. "The Village" (Akiyoshi)
  7. "Feast In Milano" (Akiyoshi)
  8. "Hope" (Akiyoshi)
  9. "Ten Ten" (Akiyoshi)

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Yasushi Nakamura - bass (on tracks 1-3, 1-8, 2-1, 2-2)

References / external links

  • Studio Songs YZSO-10080


The Eternal Duo! (2019, Sony)

The Eternal Duo!
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi Lew Tabackin
Released2019 October 30
Recorded2018 September 15
VenueTokyo Bunka Kaikan
GenreJazz
LabelSony Music Labels Inc.
ProducerAmano Shizuko
A live concert audio and video recording.[15][16]

Track listing

Disk 1 (CD, afternoon performance – audio)
  1. "Long Yellow Road" – 7:00
  2. Talk 1 – 4:34
  3. "Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan)" – 10:09
  4. "Body And Soul" (Green, ...) – 4:22
  5. "The Village" – 5:26
  6. "Autumn Sea" – 7:43
  7. Talk 2 – 1:45
  8. "Eulogy" – 8:03
  9. Talk 3 – 1:12
  10. "Lady Liberty" – 5:52
  11. Talk 4 – 3:03
  12. "Hope" (From "Hiroshima, Rising From The Abyss") – 3:14
  13. "Tsuki No Sabaku" (Sasaki) – 3:13
  14. "Hangin` Loose" – 3:48
Disk 2 (Blu-ray, evening performance – video)
  1. Opening – 0:43
  2. "Long Yellow Road" – 7:06
  3. Talk 1 – 5:43
  4. "Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan)" – 11:02
  5. "Body And Soul" (Green, ...) – 4:27
  6. "The Village" – 6:03
  7. "Autumn Sea" – 7:55
  8. Talk 2 – 1:23
  9. "Eulogy" – 8:13
  10. Talk 3 – 1:14
  11. "Lady Liberty" – 6:04
  12. Talk 4 – 3:12
  13. "Hope" (From "Hiroshima, Rising From The Abyss") – 3:58
  14. "Tsuki No Sabaku" (Sasaki) – 3:18
  15. "Hangin` Loose" – 4:30
  16. "Take the 'A' Train" (Strayhorn) – 6:37
  17. End Credits – 0:59

All compositions by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as indicated

Bonus

Interview - Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin – 47:58

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano (except "Body and Soul")
  • Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute (except "The Village")

References

  1. ^ "Toshiko Akiyoshi". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Toshiko Akiyoshi Catalog - album index". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. ^ Reich, Howard (13 November 1994). "Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra: Desert Lady-Fantasy (Columbia).One..." chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. ^ VIEW DVD Listing
  5. ^ Mosaic Select 33, Mosaic Records Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 19 September 2008.
  6. ^ Ontonnen, Esa. The Birdland Broadcasts 1961-1962. Accessed 26 December 2007
  7. ^ Album review by Jack Bowers, allaboutjazz.com, Accessed 8 July 2008.
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 15
  9. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r955097
  10. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r208506
  11. ^ Asher, Don (July 24, 2013). "Solo Jazz Piano at Maybeck Recital Hall: A Treasure Hunt Remembered". Jazz Profiles. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  12. ^ Dryden, Ken. "Toshiko Akiyoshi: Sketches of Japan". AllMusic. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  13. ^ "Toshiko Akiyoshi Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  14. ^ Vintage: Duke Ellington Song Book (CD liner notes). T-toc Records. 2008. TTOC-0014.
  15. ^ Sony Records Int'l – SICX30081~2
  16. ^ dustygrooves.com
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