Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)
# Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70)

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The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band, Novus Series '70 is a compilation album of songs taken from the band's early RCA releases of 1974~1976.

## Track listing

All songs orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Lew Tabackin)

* "Studio J" – 6:00 (from Insights)
* "American Ballad" – 5:45 (from Kogun)
* "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:20 (From Long Yellow Road)
* "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:27 (From Long Yellow Road)
* "The First Night" – 4:51 (From Long Yellow Road)
* "Kogun" – 10:24 (from Road Time)
* "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 12:30 (from Road Time)
* "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:11 (from Road Time)

## Personnel

* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
* Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
* Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
* Gary Foster – alto saxophone
* Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone", "Children in the Temple Ground")
* Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone ("Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Bobby Shew – trumpet
* Mike Price – trumpet
* Steven Huffsteter – trumpet ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Don Rader – trumpet ("American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
* Richard Cooper – trumpet ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Stu Blumberg – trumpet ("The First Night", "Children in the Temple Ground")
* Lynn Nicholson – trumpet ("Quadrille, Anyone?")
* John Madrid – trumpet ("American Ballad")
* Phil Teele – bass trombone
* Charlie Loper – trombone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "The First Night")
* Britt Woodman – trombone ("Studio J", "American Ballad", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "The First Night")
* Jim Sawyer – trombone ("American Ballad", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Bruce Paulson – trombone ("The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")
* Jimmy Knepper – trombone ("Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Peter Donald – drums
* Don Baldwin – bass ("Studio J", "Kogun", "Since Perry / Yet Another Tear", "Road Time Shuffle")
* Gene Cherico – bass ("American Ballad", "The First Night", "Quadrille, Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground")

Special guests:

* Tokuko Kaga – vocal ("Children in the Temple Ground")
* Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi ("Kogun")
* Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumi ("Kogun")

## Sources / References

* BMG 3106-2-N album cover / liner notes
* Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band (Novus Series '70) review at allmusic.com
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