1974 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Kogun |
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Released | August 1974 |
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Recorded | Sage & Sand Studio Hollywood, California, 3–4 April 1974 |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 41:23 |
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Label | Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.) |
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Producer | Toshiko Akiyoshi and Hiroshi Isaka |
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RCA (U.S.) LP cover |
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Allmusic | [1] |
Kogun (Japanese: 孤軍) is the first album recorded by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor in 1974 and received the Swing Journal Silver Disk prize for that year. It was later released on RCA Victor in the USA and elsewhere and received a 1979 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.
All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3 CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.
Track listing
- All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi
LP side A
- "Elegy" – 9:13
- "Memory" – 10:24
LP side B
- "Kogun" – 6:49
- "American Ballad" – 5:49
- "Henpecked Old Man" – 9:08
Personnel
Other
References / external links
- RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-6246
- Allmusic
- 1974 Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) Silver Disk award (Japanese link)
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Lew Tabackin recordings, as leader or co-leader | |
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Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band | |
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Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin | |
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