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")

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Long Yellow Road". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 7. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. "Toshiko Akiyoshi". NEA. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.