My Long Yellow Road

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My Long Yellow Road
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Studio album by
Released6 December 2017
Recorded6, 7 September 2017
Venue New York City
Studio Sear Sound Studio 'C', New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Studio Songs
Producer Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tetsuya Iwasaki
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
(2016)
My Long Yellow Road
(2017)
The Eternal Duo!
(2019)

My Long Yellow Road is a (mostly) solo studio recording by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi)
  2. "I Loves You Porgy" (Gershwin)
  3. "No Moon at All" (Mann, Evans)
  4. "Invention In 2 Voices in D Minor" (Bach)
  5. "Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep" (Berlin)
  6. "Repose" (Akiyoshi)
  7. "That Old Devil Moon" (Harburg, Lane)
  8. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Burke, Van Heusen)
  9. "Tempus Fugit" (Powell)

Disc 2

  1. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Kern, Mercer)
  2. "Desert Moon" (Sasaki)
  3. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Drake)
  4. "Memory" (Akiyoshi)
  5. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish)
  6. "The Village" (Akiyoshi)
  7. "Feast In Milano" (Akiyoshi)
  8. "Hope" (Akiyoshi)
  9. "Ten Ten" (Akiyoshi)

Personnel

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