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1975 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Long Yellow Road Released 1975 Recorded April 4, 1974 – March 4, 1975 Studio Sage & Sound Studio, Hollywood, California Genre Jazz Length 42 :30 Label Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.) Producer Hiroshi Isaka
RCA Victor (U.S.)
LP cover
Long Yellow Road is the second album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band . It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by Stereo Review magazine.[3] In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.
"Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).
Track listing [ edit ]
All music is composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except where noted
Side A Title 1. "Long Yellow Road" 6:30 2. "The First Night"" 4:58 3. "Opus No. Zero" 10:10
Side B Title 4. "Quadrille, Anyone" 6:25 5. "Children in the Temple Ground" 5:32 6. "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear" (Lew Tabackin ) 8:55
Personnel [ edit ]
Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground")
John Madrid – trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road")
Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
Mike Price – trumpet
Don Rader – trumpet
Bobby Shew – trumpet
Charlie Loper – trombone
Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road")
Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road")
Phil Teele – bass trombone
Britt Woodman – trombone
Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero")
Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero")
Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
Gene Cherico – bass
Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
Chuck Flores – drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")
References [ edit ]