Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band

Infobox Album
Name = Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band
Type = album
Artist = Toshiko Akiyoshi


Released = 1964
Recorded = Tokyo, 1964 July 16
Genre = Jazz
Length = 34:10
Label = Vee Jay / Nippon Columbia
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mex8b5t4bsq0 link]
Last album = "Miwaku No Jazz" (1963)
This album = "Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band" (1964)
Next album = "Lullabies for You" (1965)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Album


Lower caption = Nippon Columbia release cover / title

"Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band" is a jazz album recorded in Tokyo by Toshiko Akiyoshi (then Toshiko Mariano) in July 1964 and released in the US on the Vee-Jay Records label. It was also released on the Nippon Columbia label in Japan under the title, "Toshiko and Modern Jazz". In addition to the 4 big band arrangements featuring a full 16 piece jazz orchestra, there are also three smaller combo tracks on this album.

Track listing

# "Kisarazu Jinku" (traditional. Arrangement: Akiyoshi) – 5:10
# "Lament" (Johnson) – 4:42
# "The Shout" (Mariano) – 5:45
# "Israel" (Carisi. Arrangement: Mariano) – 4:03
# "Land of Peace" (Feather) – 4:18
# "Walkin'" (Carpenter) – 4:53
# "Santa Barbara" (Mariano) – 5:19

:"(Track order of the Vee Jay release shown. Track order on the Nippon Columbia release = 3, 2, 1, 7, 5, 6, 4)"

Personnel

* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Paul Chambers – bass
* Jimmy Cobb – drums
* Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone (all tracks except 2, "Lament")
* Hidehiko ('Sleepy') Matsumoto – tenor saxophone (all tracks except 2, "Lament")
* Hiroshi Okazaki – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Shigeo Suzuki – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Tadayuki Harada – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Hisao Mori – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Shigeru Takemura – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Tetsuo Fushimini – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Terumasa Hino – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Hiroshi Suzuki – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
* Mitsuhiko Matsumoto – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Teruhiko Kataoka – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)
* Takeshi Aoki – trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)

References / External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mex8b5t4bsq0 All Music Guide]
*Nippon Columbia PS-1126, Columbia SW-7057
*Vee Jay VJR-2505, Vee Jay VJ-023