1975 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Long Yellow Road Released 1975 Recorded April 4, 1974 – March 4, 1975 Studio Sage & Sound Studio, Hollywood, California Genre Jazz Length 42 :30 Label Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.) Producer Hiroshi Isaka
RCA Victor (U.S.)
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Long Yellow Road is the second album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band . It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by Stereo Review magazine.[ 3] In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.
"Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).
Track listing
All music is composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except where noted
Side A Title 1. "Long Yellow Road" 6:30 2. "The First Night"" 4:58 3. "Opus No. Zero" 10:10
Side B Title 4. "Quadrille, Anyone" 6:25 5. "Children in the Temple Ground" 5:32 6. "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear" (Lew Tabackin ) 8:55
Personnel
Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground")
John Madrid – trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road")
Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
Mike Price – trumpet
Don Rader – trumpet
Bobby Shew – trumpet
Charlie Loper – trombone
Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road")
Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road")
Phil Teele – bass trombone
Britt Woodman – trombone
Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero")
Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero")
Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
Gene Cherico – bass
Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
Chuck Flores – drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")
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