Road Time Shuffle
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
This two-LP set, which, like most of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra's recordings, is currently out of print, gives one a definitive look at her 1970s orchestra. Akiyoshi's arrangements are colorful and swinging; the best charts on this two-fer are "Tuning Up," the nearly 23-minute "Henpecked Old Man," "Kogun" (which pays tribute to her Japanese heritage) and "Road Time Shuffle." This edition of the orchestra includes such major players as trumpeter Steve Huffstetter and Bobby Shew, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, altoists Dick Spencer and Gary Foster and Lew Tabackin on tenor and flute. It's highly recommended, if it can be found.
Phillip Teele
Bass, Trombone
Don Baldwin
Bass
Lew Tabackin
Composer, Flute, Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Tenor)
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Composer, Piano, Primary Artist
Peter Donald
Drums
Kisadu Katada
Kotsuzumi
Yukata Yazaki
Ohtsuzumi
Gary Foster
Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Alto)
Dick Spencer
Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Alto)
Tom Peterson
Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Tenor)
Bill Byrne
Sax (Baritone)
Jimmy Knepper
Trombone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.
Trombone
Jim Sawyers
Trombone
Richard Cooper
Trumpet
Steve Huffsteter
Trumpet
Michael Price
Trumpet
Mike Price
Trumpet
Bobby Shew
Trumpet
This two-LP set, which, like most of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra's recordings, is currently out of print, gives one a definitive look at her 1970s orchestra. Akiyoshi's arrangements are colorful and swinging; the best charts on this two-fer are "Tuning Up," the nearly 23-minute "Henpecked Old Man," "Kogun" (which pays tribute to her Japanese heritage) and "Road Time Shuffle." This edition of the orchestra includes such major players as trumpeter Steve Huffstetter and Bobby Shew, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, altoists Dick Spencer and Gary Foster and Lew Tabackin on tenor and flute. It's highly recommended, if it can be found.
Phillip Teele
Bass, Trombone
Don Baldwin
Bass
Lew Tabackin
Composer, Flute, Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Tenor)
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Composer, Piano, Primary Artist
Peter Donald
Drums
Kisadu Katada
Kotsuzumi
Yukata Yazaki
Ohtsuzumi
Gary Foster
Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Alto)
Dick Spencer
Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Alto)
Tom Peterson
Reeds (Multiple), Sax (Tenor)
Bill Byrne
Sax (Baritone)
Jimmy Knepper
Trombone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.
Trombone
Jim Sawyers
Trombone
Richard Cooper
Trumpet
Steve Huffsteter
Trumpet
Michael Price
Trumpet
Mike Price
Trumpet
Bobby Shew
Trumpet
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