''The Toshiko Trio'' (a.k.a. ''George Wein Presents Toshiko'') is a

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record

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recorded in 1956 in

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and released on the Storyville record label. It is the second studio recording of pianist

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- not to be confused with her 1983 Toshiba East World album, '' Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio''.

Track listing

:All compositions by

except as noted: LP side A #"Between Me and Myself" – 5:15 #" It Could Happen to You" (

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, Van Heusen) – 3:55 #"Kyōshū" (''"Nostalgia"'') – 3:39 #"Homework" – 3:38 LP side B #"Manhattan Address" – 2:43 #"Sunday Afternoon" – 4:15 #"Blues for Toshiko" – 5:10 #"Soshū No Yoru" (traditional) – 1:35 #" Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (

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, Romberg) – 4:05

Personnel

– piano *

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– bass *

Ed Thigpen Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959. Biograp ...

– drums

References

*Storyville STLP-912 1956 albums Toshiko Akiyoshi albums Storyville Records (George Wein's) albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub