Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)
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The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
, Novus Series '70 is a compilation album of songs taken from the band's early RCA
releases of 1974~1976.
. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Lew Tabackin
)
Special guests:
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,...
, Novus Series '70 is a compilation album of songs taken from the band's early RCA
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
releases of 1974~1976.
Track listing
All songs orchestrated 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...
. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (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:...
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- "Studio J" – 6:00 (from Insights)
- "American Ballad" – 5:45 (from KogunKogunKogun is the first album recorded by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor in 1974 and received the Swing Journal Silver Disk prize for that year...
) - "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:20 (From Long Yellow RoadLong Yellow Road, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big BandLong Yellow Road is the second recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was nominated for a 1976 Grammy award in the category, "Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band" and was named "Jazz album of the year" by Stereo Review magazine.All tracks from this album are also...
) - "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:27 (From Long Yellow RoadLong Yellow Road, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big BandLong Yellow Road is the second recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was nominated for a 1976 Grammy award in the category, "Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band" and was named "Jazz album of the year" by Stereo Review magazine.All tracks from this album are also...
) - "The First Night" – 4:51 (From Long Yellow RoadLong Yellow Road, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big BandLong Yellow Road is the second recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was nominated for a 1976 Grammy award in the category, "Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band" and was named "Jazz album of the year" by Stereo Review magazine.All tracks from this album are also...
) - "Kogun" – 10:24 (from Road TimeRoad Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big BandRoad Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.-Track...
) - "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 12:30 (from Road TimeRoad Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big BandRoad Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.-Track...
) - "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:11 (from Road TimeRoad Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big BandRoad Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.-Track...
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Personnel
- Toshiko AkiyoshiToshiko Akiyoshiis 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 - Lew TabackinLew TabackinLew 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 - Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
- Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone
- Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone", "Children in the Temple Ground")
- Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone ("Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
- Bobby ShewBobby Shew-Biography:After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet with the NORAD band in Colorado Springs and on tour. After leaving the Army, Shew joined Tommy Dorsey's band and then played with the Woody Herman and then the Buddy Rich Big Bands in the mid-to-late...
– trumpet - Mike Price – trumpet
- Steven Huffsteter – trumpet ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
- Don Rader – trumpet ("American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
- Richard Cooper – trumpet ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
- Stu Blumberg – trumpet ("The First Night", "Children in the Temple Ground")
- Lynn Nicholson – trumpet ("Quadrille, Anyone?")
- John MadridJohn MadridJohn Madrid was a jazz and pop trumpet player, active mainly from the 1960s to the 1980s. He is noted for his remarkable accuracy and power in the upper register but he was also capable of playing tasteful jazz solos in the middle register.Madrid grew up in an east Los Angeles suburb, Montebello,...
– trumpet ("American Ballad") - Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Charlie Loper – trombone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "The First Night")
- Britt WoodmanBritt WoodmanBritt Woodman was a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his work with Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus....
– trombone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "The First Night") - Jim Sawyer – trombone ("American Ballad", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
- Bruce Paulson – trombone ("The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
- Jimmy KnepperJimmy KnepperJames M. Knepper was an American jazz trombonist.He was a good friend and arranging/transcribing partner of bassist and composer Charles Mingus. Knepper was twice on the receiving end of Mingus' legendary temper...
– trombone ("Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle") - Peter Donald – drums
- Don Baldwin – bass ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
- Gene ChericoGene ChericoEugene Valentino "Gene" Cherico was an American jazz double-bassist....
– bass ("American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
Special guests:
- Tokuko Kaga – vocal ("Children in the Temple Ground")
- Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi ("Kogun")
- Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumiOtsuzumiThe , also known as the ōkawa, is an hourglass-shaped Japanese drum. It is a larger version of the tsuzumi, or kotsuzumi and is used in traditional Japanese theater and folk music. Its appearance and the sound it produces are slightly different than that of the tsuzumi...
("Kogun")
Sources / References
- BMG 3106-2-N album cover / liner notes
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70) review at allmusic.com