Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
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Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1978
Recorded	Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1978 April 3, 4, 5
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:26
Label	Discomate / JAM
Producer	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Dedications II (1977)Dedications II1977 Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (1978) Finesse (1978)Finesse1978
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JAM Records (US) LP cover JAM Records (US) LP cover
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Alfa Records (Japan) CD cover

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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also released as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn (JAM) and Dedications III (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and on the JAM Record label in the USA.

Track listing

All songs composed by Billy Strayhorn except "Day Dream," composed by Strayhorn and Duke Ellington:

LP side A

1. "Take the "A" Train" – 4:53
2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54

LP side B

1. "Charpoy" – 5:22
2. "Lush Life" – 3:52
3. "Chelsea Bridge (song)" – 4:32
4. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Peter Donald – drums
• John Heard – bass

Tracks 3, 8:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Jeff Hamilton – drums
• Bob Daugherty – bass

References / External links

• Discomate DSP-5011
• JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
• Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
• Allmusic