Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko is a small jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 combo album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko 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...

 playing her own compositions. It was recorded in 1996 and released by Nippon Crown Records. This recording is not to be confused with the 1984 Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio recording, Time Stream

Time Stream (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio)

Time Stream is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in New York in 1984. It was released on the Toshiba East World record label...

 or the 1979 Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (Discomate) recording, Toshiko Plays Toshiko

Notorious Tourist from the East

The jazz album Notorious Tourist from the East was recorded by Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1978 and released in the USA on the Inner City Record label and in Japan on the Discomate record label .-Track listing:Side 'A'#"Notorious Tourist from the...

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Track listing

All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko 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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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

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi
  Toshiko 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...
  
   – piano
• George Mraz
  George Mraz
  George Mraz is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and has worked with Stan Getz, Tommy Flanagan, Chet Baker and many other important jazz musicians...
  
   – bass
• Lewis Nash
  Lewis Nash
  Lewis Nash is an American jazz drummer. According to Modern Drummer magazine, Nash has one of the longest discographies in jazz. and has played on over 400 records by musicians, earning him the honor of being named Jazz's Most Valuable Player by the magazine in it's May, 2009 issue...
  
   – drums
• Lew Tabackin
  Lew Tabackin
  Lew Tabackin is a jazz flautist and a tenor saxophonist. He is married to Toshiko Akiyoshi, who is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger.-Biography:...
  
  – tenor saxophone, flute (Tracks 3, 6, 8, 9)