''Desert Lady / Fantasy'' is the fourth recording released by the
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Toshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
*敏子 "agile/clever, child"
*俊子 "genius, child"
*淑子 "graceful/polite, child"
*寿子 "longevity, child"
*年子 "year/age, child"
*歳子 "age/time, child"
*稔子 "humble, ch ...
featuring Lew Tabackin. Not to be confused with the 1989 Lew Tabackin (Quartet)
Concord Records
Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord and based in Los Angeles, California. Concord Records was launched in 1995 as an imprint designed to reach beyond the company's foundational Concord Jazz label. The label's artists have ...
release, ''Desert Lady''. The album received two
Grammy award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
nominations in the "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance" and (for the song, "Bebop") "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" categories.
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
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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 ...
– tenor saxophone, flute (piccolo)
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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 ...
– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion (born August 29, 1932) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Dodgion was born in Richmond, California. He played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area in the 1950s. He played in bands w ...
– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
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Jim Snidero
James J. Snidero (born May 29, 1958 in Redwood City, California, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Performance career
Snidero grew up in the Washington DC area (Camp Springs, MD), then attended the U of North Texas and performed in ...
– alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
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Scott Robinson Scott Robinson may refer to:
* Scott Robinson (jazz musician) (born 1959), American jazz musician
* Scott Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Scott Robinson (singer) (born 1979), English singer in the boy ban ...
– baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
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Michael Ponella
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
Greg Gisbert
Gregory Lyle Gisbert (born February 2, 1966 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Gary W. Kennedy, ''"Greg Gisbert''. '' Grove Jazz'' online
Early years and school
Gisbert played drums with his father as a chil ...
– trumpet
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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 ...
Doug Weiss
Douglass Weiss (born circa 1965) is a retired American professional ice hockey player.
Career
Weiss played 100 games with Dartmouth College, where he captained the Big Green during the 1987–88 season, Weiss' senior year.Terry Clarke – drums
Guest
* Daniel Ponce – conga drums (track 2, "Desert Lady" / "Fantasy")
References / external links
*Columbia CK-57856
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Allmusic
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