Toshiko, Akiyoshi Toshiko’s Blues- Quartet & Trios 1953/1958

CD1

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI QUARTET

1. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? 

2. GONE WITH THE WIND

3. I WANT TO BE HAPPY

4. TOSHIKO’S BLUES

5. SHADRACK

6. SOLIDADO

7. SQUATTY ROO

8. LAURA (SOLO)

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO 

9. BETWEEN ME AND MYSELF

10. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU

11. KYO-SHU (NOSTALGIA)

12. HOMEWORK

13. MANHATTAN ADDRESS

14. SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE

15. SOSHU YAKYOKU (SUZHOU SERENADE)

16. SUNDAY AFTERNOON

17. BLUES FOR TOSHIKO

18. NO MOON AT ALL

19. PEA, BEE AND LEE

20. THOU SWELL

CD2

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO 

1. BETWEEN ME AND MYSELF

2. BLUES FOR TOSHIKO

3. I’LL REMEMBER APRIL

4. LOVER

5. THE MAN I LOVE 

6. MINOR MOOD

7. AFTER YOU’VE GONE

8. WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN

9. TOSH’S FANTASY: DOWN A MOUNTAIN / PHRYGIAN WATERFULL / RUNNING STREAM

10. BAGS’ GROOVE

11. IMAGINATION

12. STUDIO J

13. THE 3rd MOVEMENT

14. DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE

CD1

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI QUARTET 

PERSONNEL ON#1-8: Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), J.C. Heard (d) 

RECORDED in Tokyo, November 13 & 14, 1953

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO 

PERSONNEL ON #9-17: Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Paul Chambers (b), Ed Thigpen (d) 

RECORDED in Boston, 1956

PERSONNEL ON #18-20: Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Roy Haynes (d) 

RECORDED in New York, 1956

CD2

TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO 

PERSONNEL ON #1-12: Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Gene Cherico (b), Jack Hanna (d) 

RECORDED live at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 5 (#1-4), and September 28 (#5-12), 1957

PERSONNEL ON #13-14: Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Ed Thigpen (d) 

RECORDED live at “The Subject Is Jazz” TV-show, New York City, May 25, 1958