1976 Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band – Road Time

Bill Reichenbach, Lew Tabackin, Toshiko Akiyoshi

Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy Award nomination in the “Best Jazz Performance – Big Band” category.

Tracks

1 Soliloquy (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 08:39
2 Tuning Up (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 16:50
3 Kogun (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 10:41
4 Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 07:34
5 Henpecked Old Man (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 22:54
6 Since Perry / Yet Another Tear (Lew Tabackin) 14:02
7 Road Time Shuffle (Toshiko Akiyoshi) 06:22

Musicians

Bass	Don Baldwin
Drums	Peter Donald
Piano	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Flute	Lew Tabackin
Sax	Dick Spencer
Sax	Gary Foster
Sax	Bill Byrne
Sax	Tom Peterson
Sax	Lew Tabackin
Trombone	Phil Teele
Trombone	Bill Reichenbach
Trombone	Jim Sawyer
Trombone	Jimmy Knepper
Trumpet	Bobby Shew
Trumpet	Michael Price
Trumpet	Dick Cooper
Trumpet	Steve Huffsteter

Other Musicians

3 Kogun

Kotsuzumi	Kisaku Katada
Ohtsuzumo	Yutaka Yazaki

Liner Notes

Producer – Hiroshi Isaka
Arranged By – Toshiko Akiyoshi (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
Arranged By – Lew Tabackin (Track 6)
Mixed By – Eiji Uchinuma
Recorded By – Eiji Uchinuma

Design – Katsuji Abe
Photography – Akiyoshi Miyashita, Katsuji Abe

Recorded At Nakano Sun Plaza
Recorded At Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka
Recorded At Sankei Hall, Osaka
Phonographic Copyright RCA Records
Copyright RCA Records