Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band Explained

Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Type:	live
Artist:	Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Cover:	RoadTime_TALT_240.jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo and Sankei Hall and Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, 1976 January 30 and February 7, 8
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	86:52
Label:	Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.)
Producer:	Hiroshi Isaka
Prev Title:	Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Insights
Next Year:	1976

Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.

Track listing

LP 1 side A

1. "Tuning Up" – 16:48
2. "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 7:33

LP 1 side B

1. "Henpecked Old Man" – 22:54

LP 2 side A

1. "Soliloquy" – 8:37
2. "Kogun" – 10:40

LP 2 side B

1. "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 13:46
2. "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34

All arrangements by Toshiko Akiyoshi.
All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
• Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
• Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
• Gary Foster – alto saxophone
• Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone
• Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
• Bobby Shew – trumpet
• Richard Cooper – trumpet
• Mike Price – trumpet
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Jim Sawyer – trombone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• Don Baldwin – bass
• Peter Donald – drums

Guest Artists:

• Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi (on "Kogun")
• Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumi (on "Kogun")

References / External Links

• RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-9115 ~ RCA-9116
• [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r134365|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
• 1977 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Performance - Big Band (LA Times link)