Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today

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Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
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Released1995
Recorded2, 3 August 1995
StudioPower Station Studio B, New York
Genre Jazz
Length52:01
Label Nippon Crown Records
Producer Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Night and Dream
(1994)
Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
(1995)
Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
(1996)
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Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today - Toshiko Akiyoshi with Brazilian Friends is a jazz album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1995 and released by Nippon Crown Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Once I Loved" (Jobim) – 8:42
  2. "Pollination" (Akiyoshi) – 7:22
  3. "Tico Tico" (Abreu, Drake, Oliveira) – 3:33
  4. "Air" (Bach) – 6:18
  5. "One Note Samba" (Jobim) – 5:57
  6. "Star Eyes" (Raye, De Paul) – 8:17
  7. "Amapola" (LaCalle, Roldan, Gamse) – 5:30
  8. "Warning, Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" (Akiyoshi) – 6:22

Personnel

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