Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn

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Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn cover
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released 1978
Recorded Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, 1978 April 3, 4, 5
Genre Jazz
Length 37:26
Label Discomate / JAM
Producer(s) Toshiko Akiyoshi
Professional reviews
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Just Be Bop
(1978)
Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn
(1978)
Finesse
(1978)


Alternate Cover
JAM Records cover
JAM Records cover

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

  1. "Take the 'A' Train" – 4:53
  2. "Day Dream" – 2:59
  3. "Rain Check" – 5:28
  4. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:54
  5. "Charpoy" – 5:22
  6. "Lush Life" – 3:52
  7. "Chelsea Bridge" – 4:32
  8. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 6:26

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7:

Tracks 3, 8:

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Jeff Hamilton – drums
  • Bob Daugherty – bass

  • Discomate DSP-5011
  • JAM Records (USA) JAM 5003
  • Alfa Records (Japan) ALCR-163
  • All Music Guide
alternate cover, Alfa Records
alternate cover, Alfa Records



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