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''United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet'' was recorded in
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in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label.Jazzlists: MetroJazz discography
accessed February 28, 2018 The recording features pianist
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with
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or
Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) a ...
alternating on cornet/trumpet,
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playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute,
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on alto saxophone and clarinet, René Thomas on guitar, Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass. The album has been reissued on CD by the Spanish label
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. The cover of this issue includes a photograph of
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, the only player whose photo was not included on the original MetroJazz LP cover.


Track listing

LP side A #"Broadway" (Bird, McRae, Woode) – 6:48 #"Sukiyaki" (
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) – 6:30 #"Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" ( Pettiford) – 6:50 LP side B #"United Notions" (Akiyoshi) – 6:19 #"Civilized Folk" (Freedman) – 4:15 #" Strike Up the Band" ( G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:24 #"Jane" (Freedman) – 4:16


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 *
Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition " ...
– cornet (tracks A1, 2, 3, B2) *
Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) a ...
– trumpet (tracks B1, 3, 4) *
Bobby Jaspar Bobby Jaspar (20 February 1926 – 28 February 1963) was a Belgian cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer. Early life Born in Liège, Belgium, Jaspar learned to play piano and clarinet at a young age. Later, he took up the ...
– tenor saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone *
Rolf Kühn Rolf Kühn (29 September 1929 – 18 August 2022) was a German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He was the older brother of the pianist Joachim Kühn. He lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959. John Hammond favourably compared him with ...
– alto saxophone, clarinet * René Thomas – guitar * Bert Dale (Nils-Bertil Dahlander) – drums * John Drew – bass


References / External links

*Metrojazz E-1001, Metrojazz (US) SE1001, Metrojazz (J) MM2087, Metrojazz (J) KI7809, Metrojazz (J) POJJ1570
Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 1636
*''United Notions'' at
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