Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album)
# Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album)

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Long Yellow Road is the second album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by Stereo Review magazine. In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.

"Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).

## Track listing

All music is composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except where noted.

## Personnel

* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
* Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground")
* John Madrid – trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road")
* Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
* Mike Price – trumpet
* Don Rader – trumpet
* Bobby Shew – trumpet
* Charlie Loper – trombone
* Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road")
* Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road")
* Phil Teele – bass trombone
* Britt Woodman – trombone
* Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero")
* Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero")
* Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
* Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
* Gene Cherico – bass
* Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
* Chuck Flores – drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
* Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")
