Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan

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Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan
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Released1970
Recorded18, 19 August 1970
VenueOsaka Expo Hall, Osaka, Japan
Genre Jazz
Length38:37
Label Toshiba
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko at Top of the Gate
(1968)
Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan
(1970)
Jazz, The Personal Dimension
(1971)
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Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan (also released as Long Yellow Road, Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet) is an album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded at the Osaka Expo Hall in Osaka, Japan in 1970 and released by Toshiba Records. It is not to be confused with other similarly titled releases by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio and the Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.

Contents

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Opus No. Zero" (Akiyoshi) – 8:33
  2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim) – 12:56

LP side B

  1. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi) – 17:48

Personnel

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