Toku Do

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Toku Do
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Studio album by
Larry Coryell
Released1988
RecordedSeptember 8, 1987
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length47:40
Label Muse
MR 5350
Producer Don Sickler
Larry Coryell chronology
Dedicated to Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro
(1987)		Toku Do
(1988)		 Air Dancing
(1988)

Toku Do is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Despite the exotic title, this is one of three fairly straight-ahead sets that guitarist Larry Coryell recorded for Muse from 1985-89. ... Excellent playing all around". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 6:03
  2. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:43
  3. "Toku Do" (Buster Williams) – 6:57
  4. "November Mood" (Stanley Cowell) – 6:03
  5. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 8:21
  6. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:31
  7. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 5:02

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Muse LP series discography: 5350 to 5399 accessed October 11, 2017
  2. ↑ Muse Records listing, accessed October 11, 2017
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Larry Coryell: Toku Do – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 11, 2017.
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