# Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

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Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band is a 3 CD compilation album released by Mosaic Records in October 2008 and is composed of the first five studio albums recorded by the LA-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It is volume 33 of the "Mosaic Select" series and includes the complete contents of the previously released RCA / Victor recordings, Kogun (1974), Long Yellow Road (1975), Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976), Insights (1976), and March of the Tadpoles (1977).

## Track listing

All songs orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).
Disc One:
* "Elegy" – 9:10
* "Memory" – 10:23
* "Kogun" – 6:06
* "American Ballad" – 5:46
* "Henpecked Old Man" – 9:11
* "Long Yellow Road" – 6:23
* "The First Night" – 4:50
* "Opus No. Zero" – 10:04
* "Quadrille, Anyone?" – 6:18
* "Children in the Temple Ground" – 5:26
Disc Two
* "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 8:52
* "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:25
* "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)" – 9:09
* "Strive for Jive" – 7:46
* "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More" – 6:06
* "Interlude" – 4:13
* "Village" – 11:04
* "Studio J" – 6:00
* "Transience" – 4:33
* "Sumi-E" – 7:50
Disc Three:
* "Minamata" (suite) – 21:37
** "Peaceful Village"
** "Prosperity & Consequence"
** "Epilogue"
* "March of the Tadpoles" – 6:54
* "Mobile" – 5:20
* "Deracinated Flower" – 8:14
* "Yellow is Mellow" – 8:53
* "Notorious Tourist from the East" – 7:35

## Personnel

* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
* Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
* Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except "Opus No. Zero")
* Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
* Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone ("Opus No. Zero")
* Bobby Shew – trumpet
* Mike Price – trumpet
* Steven Huffsteter – trumpet ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
* Richard Cooper – trumpet ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
* Don Rader – trumpet ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
* Stu Blumberg – trumpet ("The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Children in the Temple Ground")
* John Madrid – trumpet ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man" and "Long Yellow Road")
* Lynn Nicholson – trumpet ("Quadrille Anyone?", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
* Jerry Hey – trumpet ("Minamata")
* Phil Teele – bass trombone
* Charlie Loper – trombone
* Britt Woodman – trombone (except "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
* Jim Sawyer – trombone ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "Strive for Jive" and "Village")
* Bruce Paulson – trombone ("The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground", "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
* Rick Culver – trombone ("March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
* Peter Donald – drums (except "Opus Number Zero" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
* Chuck Flores – drums ("Opus Number Zero" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
* Don Baldwin – bass ("Road Time Shuffle", "Tales of a Courtesan", "Strive for Jive", "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More", "Interlude", "Village", "Studio J", "Transience", "Sumi-E", "Minamata", "March of the Tadpoles", "Mobile", "Deracinated Flower", "Yellow is Mellow" and "Notorious Tourist from the East")
* Gene Cherico – bass ("Elegy", "Memory", "Kogun", "American Ballad", "Henpecked Old Man", "Long Yellow Road", "The First Night", "Opus Number Zero", "Quadrille Anyone?", "Children in the Temple Ground" and "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear")
Special guests:
* Scott Elsworth – voice ("Memory")
* Tokuko Kaga – vocal ("Children in the Temple Ground")
* King Errisson – congas ("Village")
* Hisao Kanze – utai / Nō chant ("Minamata")
* Tadao Kamei – ōtsuzumi ("Minamata")
* Hayao Uzawa – kotsuzumi ("Minamata")
* (Monday) Michiru Mariano – voice ("Minamata")
* Hiromitsu Katada – kakko ("Sumi-E")
* Emil Richards – percussion ("Notorious Tourist from the East")

## Sources / References

* Mosaic Select MS-033, Mosaic Records
* Mosaic Select 33, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band at Allmusic.com