Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport

1957 live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi and Leon Sash
Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi and Leon Sash
Released1957
Recorded5 July 1957
VenueNewport Jazz Festival
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
Leon Sash chronology
This is the Jazz Accordion
(1956)
Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport
(1957)
Hi-Fi Holiday for Accordion:...
(1959)
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet
(1956)
Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport
(1957)
The Many Sides of Toshiko
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
Disc[2]

Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport is a live album recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve record label.[3] All 4 Toshiko Akiyoshi tracks are also included on some later re-issues of the Norgran (Verve) recording Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi.

Track listing

LP side A (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio set):

  1. "Between Me and Myself" (Akiyoshi)
  2. "Blues for Toshiko" (Akiyoshi)
  3. "I'll Remember April" (Raye, DePaul, Johnston)
  4. "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart)

LP side B (Leon Sash Quartet set):

  1. "Sash-Kebob" (Sash, Morgan)
  2. "Meant for Brent" (Sash, Robinson)
  3. "Carnegie Horizons" (Shearing)
  4. "Blue Lou" (Mills, Sampson)

Personnel

Side A:

Side B:

  • Leon Sash – accordion
  • Ted Robinson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Lee Morgan – bass
  • Roger Price – drums

References

  1. ^ "Toshiko Akiyoshi & Leon Sash at Newport - Toshiko Akiyoshi, Leon Sash | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ Hall, Tony (5 April 1958). "Newport session is a mixed bag". Disc. No. 9. p. 17.
  3. ^ Atkins, E. Taylor (September 6, 2001). Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822380030 – via Google Books.
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