Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet Explained

Toshiko - Her Trio, Her Quartet
Type:	album
Artist:	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Cover:	HerTrioHerQuartet_ToshikoAkiyoshi.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	July 1956
Venue:	New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Storyville
Prev Title:	The Toshiko Trio
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport
Next Year:	1957

Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet is a jazz album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in New York, in 1956, and released on the Storyville record label. The album cover artwork is taken from Joan Miró's "Black and Red" series.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Kelo" (J. J. Johnson) – 4:20
2. "Salute to Shorty" (Akiyoshi) – 3:06
3. "Pea, Bee and Lee" (Akiyoshi) – 3:15
4. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Latouche, Fetter) – 4:34

LP side B

1. "All the Things You Are" (Kern) – 4:32
2. "No Moon at All" (Evans, Mann) – 4:52
3. "I'll Remember April" (DePaul, Raye, Johnston) – 5:30
4. "Thou Swell" (Rodgers, Hart) – 4:55

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Boots Mussulli – alto saxophone

Tracks 3, 6, 8:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Roy Haynes – drums
• Oscar Pettiford – bass

References

• Storyville STLP-918

External links

• Time magazine review, 1958 January