Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport explained

Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport
Type:	live
Artist:	Toshiko Akiyoshi and Leon Sash
Cover:	ToshikoAndLeonSashAtNewport.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	5 July 1957
Venue:	Newport Jazz Festival
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve

Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport is a live album recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve record label.^[1] All 4 Toshiko Akiyoshi tracks are also included on some later re-issues of the Norgran (Verve) recording Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi.

Track listing

LP side A (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio set):

1. "Between Me and Myself" (Akiyoshi)
2. "Blues for Toshiko" (Akiyoshi)
3. "I'll Remember April" (Raye, DePaul, Johnston)
4. "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart)

LP side B (Leon Sash Quartet set):

1. "Sash-Kebob" (Sash, Morgan)
2. "Meant for Brent" (Sash, Robinson)
3. "Carnegie Horizons" (Shearing)
4. "Blue Lou" (Mills, Sampson)

Personnel

Side A:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Gene Cherico – bass
• Jake Hanna – drums

Side B:

• Leon Sash – accordion
• Ted Robinson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Lee Morgan – bass
• Roger Price – drums

References

• Verve Records MGV-8326
• Polydor K.K. POCJ-2074 (CD)

Notes and References

1. Book: Atkins, E. Taylor. Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan. September 6, 2001. Duke University Press. 9780822380030. Google Books.