Sumi-e (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album)

Sumi-e (Sumi-e, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band '79) was the seventh studio recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Not to be confused with the 1971 Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet release, Sumie / The Personal Aspect in Jazz. Sumi-e (すみ絵) refers to an East Asian style of brush painting.

Sumi-e
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1979
Recorded	Iruma City Auditorium, Saitama, Japan, 1979 February 2, 3
Genre	Jazz
Length	~32:30 (original LP release)
Label	Insights
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Salted Gingko Nuts (1978) Sumi-e (1979) Farewell (1980)

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Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

LP Side A:

1. "Sumi-e"
2. "Hangin' Loose"

LP Side B:

1. "Quadrille, Anyone?"
2. "A-10-205932"

CD re-issue

1. "Sumi-e" – 7:56
2. "A-10-205932" – 10:03
3. "A-10-205932" – 9:52 (alternate take)
4. "Hangin' Loose" – 8:46
5. "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 5:50
6. "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 5:55 (alternate take)

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
• Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
• Gary Foster – alto saxophone
• Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
• Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone
• Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
• Bobby Shew – trumpet
• Mike Price – trumpet
• Larry Ford – trumpet
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Randy Aldcroft – trombone
• Rick Culver – trombone
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• John Heard – bass
• Peter Donald – drums

Guest artist:

• Kisaku Katada – percussion

References / external links

• Insights 6061 (RVC RVJ-6061)
• Allmusic