''Long Yellow Road'' is the second album by the

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band was a 16 piece jazz big band created by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor saxophone/flutist Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973. In 1982 the principals moved from Los Angeles to New York City and ...

. It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by ''Stereo Review'' magazine. In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band. "Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).

Track listing

Personnel

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 *

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, piccolo * Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground") *

John Madrid John Madrid (born John R.Madrid, January 2, 1948 - February 21, 1990) was a jazz and pop trumpeter, active mainly from 1966 to 1989. He was most notable professionally as a lead trumpet artist due to his accuracy and endurance.Loza, Steven Joseph ...

– trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road") * Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear") *

Mike Price Michael Bruce Price (born April 6, 1946) is a former American football coach. He was the head coach at Weber State College from 1981 to 1988, Washington State University from 1989 to 2002, and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 2004 ...

– trumpet * Don Rader – trumpet *

Bobby Shew Bobby Shew (born March 4, 1941) is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player. Biography He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet and toured ...

– trumpet * Charlie Loper – trombone * Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road") * Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road") * Phil Teele – bass trombone *

Britt Woodman Britt Woodman (June 4, 1920 – October 13, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist. Career Woodman was a childhood friend of Charles Mingus, but first worked with Phil Moore and Les Hite. After service in World War II he played with Boyd Rae ...

– trombone * Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet * Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero") *

Joe Roccisano Joseph Lucian Roccisano (October 15, 1939 in Springfield, Massachusetts – November 9, 1997) was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger. Career Roccisano received his bachelor's degree in music education from SUNY-Potsdam in 1963. In 1964 he ...

– alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero") * Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet * Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet *

Gene Cherico Eugene Valentino Cherico (April 15, 1935, Buffalo, New York – August 12, 1994, Santa Monica, California) was an American jazz double-bassist. Cherico played drums as a child and played in a special services band in the Army, but injured his ha ...

– bass * Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear") *

Chuck Flores Charles Walter "Chuck" Flores (January 5, 1935 - November 24, 2016) was an American jazz drummer. One of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who were actually from the West Coast, Flores was born in Orange, Cali ...

– drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear") * Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")

References

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