The Toshiko Trio
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The Toshiko Trio is a jazz
record album
recorded in 1956 in New York City
and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi
- not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album, Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
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except as noted:
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
record album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
recorded in 1956 in New York City
New York City
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and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...
- not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album, Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1983 album)
Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1983. It was released on the Toshiba / EMI East World record label...
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Track listing
All compositions by Toshiko AkiyoshiToshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...
except as noted:
- "Between Me and Myself" – 5:15
- "It Could Happen to YouIt Could Happen to You (song)"It Could Happen to You" is a popular standard with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was written in 1944 and was introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the Paramount musical comedy film, And the Angels Sing....
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, Van Heusen) – 3:55 - "Kyōshū" ("Nostalgia") – 3:39
- "Homework" – 3:38
- "Manhattan Address" – 2:43
- "Sunday Afternoon" – 4:15
- "Blues for Toshiko" – 5:10
- "Soshū No Yoru" (traditional) – 1:35
- "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (HammersteinOscar Hammerstein IIOscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
, RombergSigmund RombergSigmund Romberg was a Hungarian-born American composer, best known for his operettas.-Biography:Romberg was born as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Gross-Kanizsa during the Austro-Hungarian kaiserlich und königlich monarchy period...
) – 4:05