Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn (also released as A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn (JAM) and Dedications III (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Discomate record label (and later by Alfa Records) in Japan and on the JAM Record label in the USA.

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1978
RecordedSage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1978 April 3, 4, 5
GenreJazz
Length37:26
LabelDiscomate / JAM
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Dedications II
(1977)		 Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
(1978)		 Finesse
(1978)
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JAM Records (US) LP cover
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Alfa Records (Japan) CD cover
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Track listing
All songs composed by Billy Strayhorn except "Day Dream," composed by Strayhorn and Duke Ellington:

LP side A

  1. "Take the "A" Train" – 4:53
  2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
  3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
  4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54

LP side B

  1. "Charpoy" – 5:22
  2. "Lush Life" – 3:52
  3. "Chelsea Bridge (song)" – 4:32
  4. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

Personnel

All tracks except A3, B4:

Tracks A3, B4:

  • Discomate DSP-5011
  • JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
  • Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
  • Allmusic


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