Four Seasons of Morita Village
Album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Four Seasons Of Morita Village | ||||
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Released | October 23, 1996 | |||
Recorded | Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY, July 2, 1996 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:27 | |||
Label | BMG Victor / Novus J | |||
Producer | Toshiko Akiyoshi and (Ex. Prod.) Fumimaru Kawashima | |||
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Four Seasons of Morita Village is the fifth album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. It was released in 1996 and won the Swing Journal Silver Disk Award for that year.[1] The central "Four Seasons of Morita Village Suite" was commissioned by Morita Village in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. This recording is not to be confused with the 1990 (Nippon Crown) Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio recording, Four Seasons.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
- "Dance of the Gremlins" – 7:48
- "Repose" – 7:21
- "Pollination" – 12:16
- "Norito" – 6:40
- "Harvest Shuffle" – 7:59
- "Retro Zone" – 10:39
- "China Remembered" – 5:44
"Repose", "Pollination", "Norito" and "Harvest Shuffle" make up the four part "Four Seasons of Morita Village Suite"
Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
- Walt Weiskopf – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Dave Pietro – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Jim Snidero – alto saxophone, flute
- Scott Robinson – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Mike Ponella – trumpet
- John Eckert – trumpet
- Andy Gravish – trumpet
- Joe Magnarelli – trumpet
- Scott Whitfield – trombone
- Pat Hallaran – trombone
- Joel Helleny – trombone
- Tim Newman – bass trombone
- Doug Weiss – bass
- Terry Clarke – drums
Other
- Kenichi Nagamine – tsugaru shamisen
References / External Links
- ^ jazzcd.jp: 1996 Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) award winners (link to Japanese language site)
- BMG Novus J BVCJ-638
- Allmusic
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Quartet, etc.
recordings as
leader/co-leader
- Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Toshiko at Mocambo [live]
- The Toshiko Trio
- Her Trio, Her Quartet
- Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport [live]
- The Many Sides of Toshiko
- United Notions
- The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet
- Long Yellow Road (Trio) / Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital
- Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
- Live at Birdland [live]
- Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)
- East & West
- The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos / With Steve Kuhn, Together
- Miwaku No Jazz (Fascinating Jazz)
- Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz
- Lullabies for You
- At Top of the Gate [live]
- In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) [live]
- Jazz, the Personal Dimension
- Meditation
- Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz
- Solo Piano
- Dedications
- Dedications II
- Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III
- Finesse
- Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko
- Just Be Bop
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata [live]
- Tuttie Flutie
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
- Time Stream
- Interlude
- Four Seasons
- Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
- Chic Lady
- Dig
- At Maybeck [live]
- Night and Dream
- Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
- Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
- Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 [live]
- Sketches of Japan
- Solo Live at the Kennedy Center [live]
- New York Sketch Book
- Hope
- 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan [live]
- Let Freedom Swing
- Vintage
- Solo Live 2004 [live]
- Classic Encounters
- Jazz Conversations
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
- My Long Yellow Road
- The Eternal Duo! [live]
– Lew Tabackin
Big Band
- Kogun
- Long Yellow Road
- Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
- Road Time [live]
- Insights
- March of the Tadpoles
- Live at Newport '77 [live]
- Live at Newport II [live]
- Salted Gingko Nuts
- Sumi-e
- Farewell
- From Toshiko with Love / Tanuki's Night Out
- European Memoirs
Jazz Orchestra
feat. Lew Tabackin
- Ten Gallon Shuffle
- Wishing Peace
- Carnegie Hall Concert [live]
- Desert Lady – Fantasy
- Four Seasons of Morita Village
- Monopoly Game
- Tribute to Duke Ellington
- Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss [live]
- Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo [live]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai [live]
- 1961
- Shibuya Jazz Classics
- Best Gold ‘89~’96
- Best Silver ‘89~’96
- The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi
- NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
- Eternal Best / Best 8
- The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
- My Elegy
- Strive for Jive
- In Shanghai
- The Eternal Duo!
- "Hope"
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