album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the eas ...
, Japan. This recording is not to be confused with the 1990 (Nippon Crown) Toshiko Akiyoshi ''Trio'' recording, '' Four Seasons''.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in '' Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...
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#"Dance of the Gremlins" – 7:48
# "Repose" – 7:21
# "Pollination" – 12:16
# "Norito" – 6:40
# "Harvest Shuffle" – 7:59
#"Retro Zone" – 10:39
#"China Remembered" – 5:44
"Repose", "Pollination", "Norito" and "Harvest Shuffle" make up the four part "Four Seasons of Morita Village Suite"
Personnel
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in '' Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...
– piano
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Lew Tabackin
Lewis Barry Tabackin (born March 26, 1940) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s.
Biography
Tabackin started learning flute at age 1 ...
– tenor saxophone, flute
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Walt Weiskopf
Walt Weiskopf (born July 30, 1959 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has ...
– tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
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Dave Pietro
Dave Pietro (born February 10, 1964) is a saxophonist, woodwind artist, bandleader, sideman, composer and educator. A native of Southboro, Massachusetts, he has been on the New York City music scene since 1987.
From 1994–2003 Dave played le ...
– alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
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Jim Snidero
James J. Snidero (born May 29, 1958 in Redwood City, California, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Performance career
Snidero grew up in the Washington DC area (Camp Springs, MD), then attended the U of North Texas and performed in ...
– alto saxophone, flute
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Scott Robinson Scott Robinson may refer to:
* Scott Robinson (jazz musician) (born 1959), American jazz musician
* Scott Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Scott Robinson (singer) (born 1979), English singer in the boy ban ...
Joe Magnarelli
Joseph Anthony Magnarelli (born January 19, 1960) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
Early life and education
Magnarelli was born in Syracuse, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Fr ...
Doug Weiss
Douglass Weiss (born circa 1965) is a retired American professional ice hockey player.
Career
Weiss played 100 games with Dartmouth College, where he captained the Big Green during the 1987–88 season, Weiss' senior year.Terry Clarke – drums
Other
*Kenichi Nagamine – tsugaru shamisen
References / External Links
*BMG Novus J BVCJ-638
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Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...