Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata

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Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata
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Released16 April 2014 (CD)
Recorded13 June 1980
VenueShimin Kaikan Dai Hall, Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan
Genre Jazz
Length76:52
Label Johnny's Disk
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Just Be Bop
(1980)
Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata
(2014)
Tuttie Flutie
(1980)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata is a live concert album of the Toshiko Akiyoshi trio recorded in June, 1980 in the Shimin Kaikan Dai Hall in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Long Yellow Road" – 10:34
  2. "Old Devil Moon" (Lane, Harburg) – 8:55
  3. emcee speaks – 3:08
  4. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington) – 6:49
  5. "Two Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Lewis) – 7:33
  6. "My Elegy" – 7:56
  7. "Autumn Sea" – 12:08
  8. "Notorious Tourist From The East" – 8:58
  9. emcee speaks – 4:21
  10. "Tempus Fugit" (Powell) – 6:30

all songs composed by Akiyoshi except as noted

Personnel

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