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recorded by pianist

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in 1994 and released by

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Track listing

#"Night Waltz" (Akiyoshi) – 6:16 #"

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" ( DeLange, Van Heusen) – 8:24 #"Elusive Dream" (Akiyoshi) – 7:26 #" Get Out and Get Under the Moon" (

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, Shay,

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) – 8:35 #" When You Wish upon a Star" ( Harline,

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) – 6:09 #" The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Bernier, Brainin) – 8:18 #"

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, Williams) – 6:31

Personnel

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– drums *

Peter Washington Peter Washington (born in Los Angeles on August 28, 1964) is a jazz double bassist. He played with the Westchester Community Symphony at the age of 14. Later he played electric bass in rock bands. He attended the University of California, Berke ...

– bass *

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 ...

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, flugelhorn (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7) *

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 ...

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(tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7) *

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– alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)

References

*Nippon Crown CRCJ-91006 *''Night & Dream'' at

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