Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1978
Recorded	Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1978 April 3, 4, 5
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:26
Label	Discomate / JAM
Producer	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Dedications II (1977) Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (1978) Finesse (1978)
Alternate cover / title
JAM Records (US) cover
Alternate cover / title
Alfa Records (Japan) cover

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also known as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn (JAM) and Dedications III (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and the JAM Record label in the USA.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Billy Strayhorn except "Day Dream," composed by Strayhorn and Duke Ellington:

1. "Take the "A" Train" – 4:53
2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54
5. "Charpoy" – 5:22
6. "Lush Life" – 3:52
7. "Chelsea Bridge" – 4:32
8. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

[edit] Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Peter Donald – drums
• John Heard – bass

Tracks 3, 8:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Jeff Hamilton – drums
• Bob Daugherty – bass

[edit] References / External links

• Discomate DSP-5011
• JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
• Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
• All Music Guide

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