Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)

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.

Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)
Compilation album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1991
Genre	Jazz
Length	57:28
Label	BMG / Novus
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Compiler	John Snyder

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Review scores
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Track listing

All songs orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Lew Tabackin)

1. "Studio J" – 6:00 (from Insights)
2. "American Ballad" – 5:45 (from Kogun)
3. "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:20 (From Long Yellow Road)
4. "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:27 (From Long Yellow Road)
5. "The First Night" – 4:51 (From Long Yellow Road)
6. "Kogun" – 10:24 (from Road Time)
7. "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 12:30 (from Road Time)
8. "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:11 (from Road Time)

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – 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 Shew – 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 Madrid – 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 Woodman – 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 Knepper – 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 Cherico – 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 – ōtsuzumi ("Kogun")

Sources / References

• BMG 3106-2-N album cover / liner notes
• Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70) review at allmusic.com