From Toshiko with Love


From Toshiko With Love is the twelfth recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor Records and in the U.S. by Jazz America Marketing – not to be confused with the 2002 Lew Tabackin Trio recording of the same name . The album received two Grammy award nominations in 1981 for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and "Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording".

Track listing

LP side A
  1. "A Bit Byas'd" – 7:29
  2. "Lament for Sonny" – 5:11
  3. "Let the Tape Roll" – 7:30
LP side B
  1. "Tanuki's Night Out" – 7:40
  2. "Falling Petal" – 8:36
  3. "Yet Another Tear" – 2:49
note: Side A and Side B designations are reversed on the JAM Records LP release, Tanuki's Night Out

Personnel