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European Memoirs
Type:Album
Artist:Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Cover:EuropeanMemoirs_TALT_RVC.jpg
Released:1982
Recorded:Madhatter Studio, Los Angeles, California, September 21–22, 1982
Genre:Jazz
Length:41:23
Label:Victor (Japan) / Ascent (US)
Producer:Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin
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Prev Year:1981
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European Memoirs (a.k.a. Memoir in Japan) 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.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:LP side A

  1. "Remembering Bud" – 8:55
  2. "Feast in Milano" – 4:50
  3. "Relaxing at Zell am See" – 8:14

LP side B

  1. "Two Faces of a Nation"
    1. Part 1 – 9:22
    2. Part 2 – 10:02

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