''My Elegy'' is a concert video recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. It was released in Japan in 1984 by LaserDisc Corp. as a

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Track listing

All songs composed and orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi: # "Elegy" # "Remembering Bud" # "Autumn Sea" # "Fading Beauty" # "Long Yellow Road" # "Happy Hoofer" # "Kogun" # "Chasing After Love" # "Ten Gallon Shuffle" # "Jamming at KANI HOKEN Hall"

Personnel

* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano * Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone,

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* Walt Weiskopf – tenor saxophone *

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* Jim Snidero – alto saxophone *

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*Joe Mosello – trumpet *John Eckert – trumpet * Brian Lynch – trumpet *Chris Pasin – trumpet * Matt Finders – trombone *Hart Smith – trombone *

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– trombone *Chris Seiter – trombone * Mike Formanek –

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References

* LaserDisc Corporation SM068-0031 ''( NTSC)'' Concert films Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra video albums 1984 video albums LaserDisc releases {{music-documentary-stub