Road 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.
| Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo and Sankei Hall and Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, 1976 January 30 and February 7, 8 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 86:52 | |||
| Label | Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Hiroshi Isaka | |||
| Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 RCA Victor (U.S.) LP album cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic link |   |
| Nicholson, Stuart.[1] | "Essential" |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
Track listing
editLP 1 side A
- "Tuning Up" – 16:48
- "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 7:33
LP 1 side B
- "Henpecked Old Man" – 22:54
LP 2 side A
- "Soliloquy" – 8:37
- "Kogun" – 10:40
LP 2 side B
- "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 13:46
- "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34
All arrangements by Toshiko Akiyoshi.
All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).
Personnel
edit- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
- Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
- Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone
- Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone
- Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
- Bobby Shew – trumpet
- Richard Cooper – trumpet
- Mike Price – trumpet
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- Jim Sawyer – trombone
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Don Baldwin – bass
- Peter Donald – drums
Guest Artists:
References / External Links
edit- ^ Nicholson, Stuart. The Essential Jazz Records, Volume 2: Modernism to Postmodernism, Road Time (p226~229). Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker, Stuart Nicholson. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 7. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-9115 ~ RCA-9116
- Allmusic
- 1977 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Performance - Big Band (LA Times link)
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