March of the Tadpoles

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March of the Tadpoles
March of the Tadpoles cover
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released 1977
Recorded RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, January 10,January 11, 1977
Genre Jazz
Length 36:56
Label RCA / Victor (Japan), Ascent (U.S.)
Producer(s) Hiroshi Isaka
Professional reviews
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Insights
(1976)		 March of the Tadpoles
(1977)		 Live at Newport '77
(1977)


March of the Tadpoles was the fifth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was released in Japan in 1977 by Japan Victor Records and much later (c. 1984) in the USA on the Ascent Records label.

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

  1. "March of the Tadpoles" – 6:54
  2. "Mobile" – 5:20
  3. "Deracinated Flower" – 8:14
  4. "Yellow is Mellow" – 8:53
  5. "Notorious Tourist from the East" – 7:35

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
  • Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone and Flute
  • Tom Peterson – Tenor Saxophone
  • Dick Spencer – Alto Saxophone
  • Gary Foster – Alto Saxophone
  • Bill Perkins – Baritone Saxophone
  • Steven Huffsteter – Trumpet
  • Bobby Shew – Trumpet
  • Mike Price – Trumpet
  • Richard Cooper – Trumpet
  • Charlie Loper – Trombone
  • Bill Reichenbach – Trombone
  • Rick Culver – Trombone
  • Phil Teele – Bass Trombone
  • Don Baldwin – Bass
  • Peter Donald – Drums

Guest Artists:

  • Emil Richards – Percussion (Track 5, "Notorious Tourist from the East")

  • RCA Victor Records RVC RVP-6178
  • All Music Guide
  • 1985 Grammy nominations, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band and (for the song, "March of the Tadpoles") Best Arrangement on an Instrumental (LA Times link)


 v • d • e Toshiko Akiyoshi discography
Solo & small combo albums
Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi | Toshiko At Mocambo | The Toshiko Trio | Her Trio, Her Quartet | Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport | 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 | 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 | In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) | Jazz, The Personal Dimension | Meditation | Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz | Solo Piano | Dedications | Dedications II | Just Be Bop | Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III | Finesse | Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko | Tuttie Flutie | Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio | Time Stream | Interlude | Four Seasons | Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream | Chic Lady | Dig | At Maybeck | Night and Dream | Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today | Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko | Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 | Sketches of Japan | Solo Live at the Kennedy Center | New York Sketch Book | Hope | 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan | ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band & Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra albums
Kogun | Long Yellow Road | Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) | Road Time | Insights | March of the Tadpoles | Live at Newport '77 | Live at Newport II | Salted Gingko Nuts | Sumi-e | Farewell | From Toshiko With Love / Tanuki's Night Out | European Memoirs | Ten Gallon Shuffle | Wishing Peace | Carnegie Hall Concert | Desert Lady / Fantasy | Four Seasons of Morita Village | Monopoly Game | Tribute To Duke Ellington | Hiroshima - Rising From The Abyss | Last Live In Blue Note Tokyo
Compilation albums
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
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra video recordings
My Elegy | Strive For Jive


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