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Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album)

Long Yellow Road
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Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released 1975
Recorded Sage & Sand Studio Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz
Length 42:30
Label Victor (Japan), RCA (U.S.)
Producer Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Kogun
(1974)Kogun1974
Long Yellow Road
(1975)
Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
(1976)Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)1976
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RCA (U.S.) LP cover
RCA (U.S.) LP cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link 4.5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 5/5 stars

Long Yellow Road is the second recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was nominated for a 1976 Grammy award in the category "Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band" and was named "Jazz album of the year" by Stereo Review magazine.

All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3-CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.

is also the title of two other Akiyoshi recordings by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).

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