Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn Explained

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
Type:	album
Artist:	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Cover:	ToshikoPlaysBillyStrayhorn.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1978
Recorded:	3, 4, 5 April 1978
Venue:	Hollywood, CA
Studio:	Sage and Sound Recording Studio
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:26
Label:	Discomate / JAM
Producer:	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Prev Title:	Dedications II
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Finesse
Next Year:	1978

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also released as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn (JAM) and Dedications III (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and on the JAM Record label in the USA.

Track listing

All songs composed by Billy Strayhorn except "Day Dream," composed by Strayhorn and Duke Ellington:LP side A

1. "Take the "A" Train" – 4:53
2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54

LP side B

1. "Charpoy" – 5:22
2. "Lush Life" – 3:52
3. "Chelsea Bridge (song)" – 4:32
4. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano

All tracks except A3, B4:

• Peter Donald – drums
• John Heard – bass

Tracks A3, B4:

• Jeff Hamilton – drums
• Bob Daugherty – bass

References / External links

• Discomate DSP-5011
• JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
• Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r134369|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]