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Road Time
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Track Listing
- Tuning Up
- Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health
- Henpecked Old Man
- Soliliquy
- Kogun
- Since Perry/Yet Another Tear
- Road Time Shuffle
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #413756 in Music
- Released on: 2006-03-06
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
Customer Reviews
"Road Time" Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabakin Big Band
I was given this LP by my father in 1979. I listened to it so much I can sing along with all the improvised solos (which is quite a feat since I loaned it out about 20 years ago and never got it back). This CD rendering is great. The recordings are live so there are little performance boo-boos here and there but the overall effect is stellar. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys good swingin' big band JAZZ. The featured soloists are Akiyoshi on piano, Peter Donald on drums, Bobby Shew and Steven Huffstetter on trumpet, Bill Reichenback on trombone, and the entire sax section: Dick Spencer and Gary Foster on altos, Tom Peterson on tenor, Bill Byrn on baritone and Lew Tabakin on tenor and flute (also playing some pretty amazing lead piccolo). As a big band arranger and composer myself, I have to say that this collection of music had a major influence on my decision to pursue jazz composition as a lifelong endeavor.
As Good As It Gets
This big band recording is about as good as it gets. It is one of my alltime favorites. The arrangements; playing and solos are all five star. Just wish it was available in the USA for a cheaper price.
Spectacular!
This is one of the best live recordings of a big band ever. The stereo imaging is natural. The dynamic range is perfect-- every instrument is the right volume, every solo punches through without distortion. You don't have to crank up the bass to hear the bass. The CD rendering is just as warm and punchy as the vinyl version. The first two numbers, Tuning Up and How To Succeed... are about as perfect jazz orchestra performances as you'll find anywhere. The lengthy horn solos are complex, solid, even funny at times. It's amazing that this is a 30 year old recording that was originally analog because it's just as crisp and sparkly as anything recorded today.
