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

Long Yellow Road is the second album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by Stereo Review magazine.^[3] In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.

Long Yellow Road
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1975
Recorded	April 4, 1974 – March 4, 1975
Studio	Sage & Sound Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:30
Label	Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.)
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Kogun (1974) Long Yellow Road (1975) Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) (1976)
Alternative cover
RCA Victor (U.S.) LP cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

"Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Long Yellow Road"	6:30
2.	"The First Night""	4:58
3.	"Opus No. Zero"	10:10

All music is composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except where noted

Side B

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Quadrille, Anyone"	6:25
5.	"Children in the Temple Ground"	5:32
6.	"Since Perry/Yet Another Tear" (Lew Tabackin)	8:55

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground")
• John Madrid – trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road")
• Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
• Mike Price – trumpet
• Don Rader – trumpet
• Bobby Shew – trumpet
• Charlie Loper – trombone
• Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road")
• Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road")
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• Britt Woodman – trombone
• Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero")
• Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero")
• Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
• Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
• Gene Cherico – bass
• Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
• Chuck Flores – drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
• Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")