Just Be Bop

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Just Be Bop
JustBeBop ToshikoAkiyoshi.jpg
Studio album by
Released~1980
Recorded1980 March 24~25
Genre Jazz
Length40:38
Label Discomate
Producer Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Notorious Tourist from the East
(1978)
Just Be Bop
(1980)
Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata
(1980)

Just Be Bop is a jazz album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1980 and released in Japan on the Discomate record label.

Contents

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Kelo" (Johnson) – 5:02
  2. "But Beautiful" (Van Heusen) – 5:15
  3. "Serpent's Tooth" (Heath) – 5:25
  4. "Mobious Trip" (Huffsteter) – 4:29

LP side B

  1. "Con Alma" (Gillespie) – 8:10
  2. "I Thought About You" (Mercer, Van Heusen) – 4:39
  3. "Joy Spring" (Brown) – 7:38

Personnel

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