The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet Explained

Toshiko – Mariano Quartet
Type:album
Artist:Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Mariano
Cover:ToshikoMarianoQuartet_ToshikoAkiyoshi.jpg
Released:1961
Recorded:5 December 1960
Venue:New York City
Studio:Nola Penthouse Sound Studios
Genre:Jazz
Length:41:06
Label:Candid

The jazz album The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi (then Toshiko Mariano) on piano and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone was recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label. This Candid recording is not to be confused with the similarly titled Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (1963), a recording of mostly Leonard Bernstein songs from the musical West Side Story, released on the Takt (Nippon Columbia) label.

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "When You Meet Her" (Mariano) – 6:24
  2. "Little T" (Mariano) – 13:14

LP side B

  1. "Toshiko's Elegy" (Akiyoshi) – 8:42
  2. "Deep River" (traditional) – 5:35
  3. "Long Yellow Road" (Akiyoshi) – 7:11

Personnel