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| Vintage: Duke Ellington Song Book | ||||
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| Released | June 18, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:22 | |||
| Label | T-toc | |||
| Producer | Takao Ishizuka | |||
| Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology | ||||
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Vintage:Duke Ellington Song Book is a jazz duo album by the pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and the tenor saxophonist / flutist Lew Tabackin. [1] It was released on June 18,2008,by T-toc Records. [1]
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Toshiko Akiyoshi is an American jazz pianist,composer,arranger,and bandleader.
Lewis Barry Tabackin is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s.
Kogun is the first album recorded by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor in 1974 and received the Swing Journal Silver Disk prize for that year. It was later released on RCA Victor in the USA and elsewhere and received a 1979 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.
Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) is the third recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. It is also sometimes referred to by the title HANA KAI TAN (花魁譚) in rōmaji listings of the Japanese album title.
From Toshiko With Love is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor Records and in the U.S. by Jazz America Marketing –not to be confused with the 2002 Lew Tabackin Trio recording of the same name (Tanuki's Night Out). The album received two Grammy award nominations in 1981 for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and "Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording".
Insights is the fourth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band and was voted "Jazz Album of the Year" in the 1978 Down Beat magazine critic's poll. It received the Swing Journal magazine 1976 Gold Disk prize in Japan and was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the USA for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.
March of the Tadpoles was the fifth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was released in Japan in 1977 by Baystate. The album received two 1985 Grammy award nominations –for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental".
European Memoirs is the tenth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. Akiyoshi was nominated for a 1983 Grammy award in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for the arrangement of "Remembering Bud" on this album. This would be the final recording of the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band before the principals moved to New York City in 1982 and formed a new big band,the "Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin" that released nine more albums and two live performance videos before disbanding in 2003.
Ten Gallon Shuffle is the first recording released by the New York–based Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. The composition Ten Gallon Shuffle was originally commissioned by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity for the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra.
Wishing Peace is the second recording released by the New York–based Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin after 13 previous releases with their Los Angeles–based Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. "Lady Liberty","Wishing Peace" and "Uptown Stroll" form the three part "Liberty Suite" written on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.
Desert Lady / Fantasy is the fourth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. Not to be confused with the 1989 Lew Tabackin (Quartet) Concord Records release,Desert Lady. The album received two Grammy award nominations in the "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance" and "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" categories.
Tribute to Duke Ellington is a big band jazz album recorded in New York in 1999 and is the seventh recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. The first three tracks make up the "Tribute To Duke Ellington Suite" which was composed by Akiyoshi and commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival.
The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi is a compilation album of songs taken from BMG Japan releases of the Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin.
Time Stream:Toshiko Plays Toshiko is a small jazz combo album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi playing her own compositions. It was recorded in 1996 and released by Nippon Crown Records. This recording is not to be confused with the 1984 Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio recording,Time Stream or the 1979 Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (Discomate) recording,Toshiko Plays Toshiko.
Since her debut recording for Norgran Records in 1954,jazz pianist,composer,arranger and big band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi has recorded continually –almost exclusively as a leader of small jazz combos and of her big bands –averaging one studio album release per year for well over 50 years. She has also recorded several live albums in solo,small combo and big band settings,including three big band concert videos. Akiyoshi has released multiple albums for Victor / BMG,Nippon Columbia,Toshiba,Discomate,Nippon Crown and other labels in Japan and for Norgran / Verve,RCA,Columbia / Sony,Concord and her own Ascent label in the US. All of her big band recordings and nearly all of her other early works have been re-issued on CDs over the years.
50th Anniversary Concert in Japan is a live concert album recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and released in Japan on the T-toc Record label. The concert commemorated 50 years since Akiyoshi left Japan to study and play jazz in the US and the album received several Japanese music awards including a "special award" for Japanese Jazz from Swing Journal magazine.
Mosaic Select:Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band is a 3 CD compilation album released by Mosaic Records in October 2008 and is composed of the first five studio albums recorded by the LA-based Toshiko Akiyoshi –Lew Tabackin Big Band. It is volume 33 of the "Mosaic Select" series and includes the complete contents of the previously released RCA / Victor recordings,Kogun (1974),Long Yellow Road (1975),Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976),Insights (1976),and March of the Tadpoles (1977).
Walt Weiskopf is an American jazz saxophonist,multi-instrumentalist,composer,author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader,and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has collaborated with artists such as Buddy Rich,Frank Sinatra and Steely Dan.
Tenor Gladness,is an album by saxophonists Lew Tabackin and Warne Marsh recorded in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese Disco Mate label before being released in the U. S. on Inner City Records.
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