East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano)

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East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano)
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Mariano
Released	1963
Recorded	Tokyo, 1963 March 30
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:26
Label	Victor
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (in West Side) (1963) East and West (1963) The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos (1963)
Alternate cover
alternate cover with obi strip

East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano) is a jazz album recorded in Tokyo in 1963 and released on the Victor (Japan) label. A slightly different version was released by Nippon Columbia titled, Toshiko - Mariano Quartet (in West Side).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Haru no Umi" (春の海 = "The Sea in Spring") (Miyagi) – 7:17
2. "Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple" (竜安寺の石庭) (Mariano) – 14:28
3. "Tonight" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 6:12
4. "Something's Coming" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 2:24
5. "America" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 4:47
6. "Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 4:35
7. "Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim) – 3:43

[edit] Personnel

Tracks 1, 3~7:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
• Albert Heath – drums
• Gene Cherico – bass

Track 2:

• Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
• Sadao Watanabe (渡辺貞夫) – flute, alto saxophone
• Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地雅章) – piano
• Masanaga Harada (原田政長) – bass
• Masahiko Togashi (富樫雅彦) – drums

[edit] References / External Links

• BMG Japan
• Victor BVCJ-7420

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