Toshiko's Piano is a Jazz album by Toshiko Akiyoshi, originally released in 1954. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.
About
One night in 1953 while touring Tokyo with the Jazz at the Philharmonic crew, Oscar Peterson stopped into a then-new jazz spot called the Tennessee Coffee Shop and heard a young pianist named Toshiko Akiyoshi. Impressed, Peterson referred Akiyoshi to Norman Granz, who paired Akiyoshi with Peterson’s rhythm section (guitarist Herb Elli, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer J.C. Heard) and produced (or “supervised,” as the record’s original cover put it) Akiyoshi’s debut, <i>Toshiko’s Piano</i>. Bright, brisk, and witty, mixing standards (“What Is This Thing Called Love?”, “I Want to Be Happy”) and originals (the breezy “Blues for Toshiko,” the vaguely Latin “Solidado,” which slams on the gas halfway through), the album established Akiyoshi not only as a new voice in bop, but as a jazz export at a postwar moment when the relationship between Japan and America was still healing. .
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Tracklist
- 1What Is This Thing Called Love?2:47
- 2Gone With The Wind2:36
- 3I Want To Be Happy2:16
- 4Toshiko's Blues3:46
- 5Shadrach2:44
- 6Solidado3:32
- 7Squatty Roo2:41
- 8Laura3:30
- 9Between Me And Myself (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)6:02
- 10Blues For Toshiko5:25
- 11I'll Remember April7:30
- 12Lover5:11
Sound DNA
- Jazz
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Herb EllisGUITAR
- J.C. HeardDRUMS
- Ray BrownBASS
- Toshiko AkiyoshiPIANO
- Gene ChericoBASS
- Jake HannaDRUMS
10 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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