European Memoirs
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Released | 1982 | |||
Recorded | Madhatter Studio, Los Angeles, California, September 21–22, 1982 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:23 | |||
Label | Victor (Japan) / Ascent (US) | |||
Producer | Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin | |||
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European Memoirs (a.k.a. Memoir in Japan) is the tenth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Akiyoshi was nominated for a 1983 Grammy award in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for the arrangement of "Remembering Bud" on this album. This would be the final recording of the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band before the principals moved to New York City in 1982 and formed a new big band, the "Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin" that released nine more albums and two live performance videos before disbanding in 2003.
Track listing
- All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
LP side A
- "Remembering Bud" – 8:55
- "Feast in Milano" – 4:50
- "Relaxing at Zell am See" – 8:14
LP side B
- "Two Faces of a Nation"
- Part 1 – 9:22
- Part 2 – 10:02
Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
- John Gross – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Matt Catingub – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Bob Sheppard – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute
- Buddy Childers – trumpet
- Larry Ford – trumpet
- Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
- Mike Price – trumpet
- Hart Smith – trombone
- Dave Bowman – trombone
- Bruce Fowler – trombone
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Bob Bowman – bass
- Joey Baron – drums
Other
- Anonymous – voice (on "Two Faces of a Nation," Part 1)
References / External links
- RCA Victor (Japan) Records RVC RJL-8036
- Ascent Records ASC 1003
- Allmusic
- LA Times 1983 Grammy award nominations
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Quartet, etc.
recordings as
leader/co-leader
- Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Toshiko at Mocambo [live]
- The Toshiko Trio
- Her Trio, Her Quartet
- Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport [live]
- The Many Sides of Toshiko
- United Notions
- The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet
- Long Yellow Road (Trio) / Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital
- Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
- Live at Birdland [live]
- Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)
- East & West
- The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos / With Steve Kuhn, Together
- Miwaku No Jazz (Fascinating Jazz)
- Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz
- Lullabies for You
- At Top of the Gate [live]
- In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) [live]
- Jazz, the Personal Dimension
- Meditation
- Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz
- Solo Piano
- Dedications
- Dedications II
- Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III
- Finesse
- Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko
- Just Be Bop
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata [live]
- Tuttie Flutie
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
- Time Stream
- Interlude
- Four Seasons
- Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
- Chic Lady
- Dig
- At Maybeck [live]
- Night and Dream
- Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
- Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
- Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 [live]
- Sketches of Japan
- Solo Live at the Kennedy Center [live]
- New York Sketch Book
- Hope
- 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan [live]
- Let Freedom Swing
- Vintage
- Solo Live 2004 [live]
- Classic Encounters
- Jazz Conversations
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
- My Long Yellow Road
- The Eternal Duo! [live]
– Lew Tabackin
Big Band
- Kogun
- Long Yellow Road
- Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
- Road Time [live]
- Insights
- March of the Tadpoles
- Live at Newport '77 [live]
- Live at Newport II [live]
- Salted Gingko Nuts
- Sumi-e
- Farewell
- From Toshiko with Love / Tanuki's Night Out
- European Memoirs
Jazz Orchestra
feat. Lew Tabackin
- Ten Gallon Shuffle
- Wishing Peace
- Carnegie Hall Concert [live]
- Desert Lady – Fantasy
- Four Seasons of Morita Village
- Monopoly Game
- Tribute to Duke Ellington
- Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss [live]
- Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo [live]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai [live]
- 1961
- Shibuya Jazz Classics
- Best Gold ‘89~’96
- Best Silver ‘89~’96
- The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi
- NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
- Eternal Best / Best 8
- The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
- My Elegy
- Strive for Jive
- In Shanghai
- The Eternal Duo!
- "Hope"
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