
Eternal Best (Toshiko Akiyoshi)
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Eternal Best is a compilation album of songs taken from BMG Japan releases of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin.
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Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band was a 16 piece jazz big band created by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor saxophone / flutist Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973. In 1982 the principals moved from Los Angeles to New York city and re-formed the group with new members under the name,...
and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko AkiyoshiToshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...
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- "Long Yellow Road"
- "First Night"
- "Road Time Shuffle"
- "Sumi-e"
- "Salted Gingko Nuts"
- "Pollination" (from the "Four Seasons of Morita Village" Suite)
- "China Remembered (My Teacher, Mr. Yan)"
- "Minamata Suite"
- "Peaceful Village"
- "Prosperity & Consequence"
- "Epilogue"
External links
- Toshiko Akiyoshi discography at Sonymusic.co.jp (Japan)
- Best 8 at Tower.com