Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album) explained
Long Yellow Road is the second album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by Stereo Review magazine.[1] In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.
"Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).
Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground")
- John Madrid – trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road")
- Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
- Mike Price – trumpet
- Don Rader – trumpet
- Bobby Shew – trumpet
- Charlie Loper – trombone
- Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road")
- Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road")
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Britt Woodman – trombone
- Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero")
- Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero")
- Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
- Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
- Gene Cherico – bass
- Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
- Chuck Flores – drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
- Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")
Notes and References
- Web site: Toshiko Akiyoshi . NEA . 11 October 2018 . 24 January 2013.
