Toshiko at Mocambo

Toshiko at Mocambo (full title, Toshiko at Mocambo, The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Volume 3) was recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Mocambo club in Yokohama, Japan, in the summer of 1954.[2] All four tracks from this recording as well as additional tracks from the same all-night live session with and without Akiyoshi were released on the 3 CD Rockwell – Polydor / Universal album, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54 – including, reportedly,[3] a performance of "It's Only a Paper Moon" with Akiyoshi attempting to fill in on bass.

Toshiko At Mocambo
Live album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released1954
Recorded27, 28 July 1954
VenueMocambo Club, Yokohama, Japan
GenreJazz
Length49:16
LabelRockwell / Polydor
ProducerKiyoshi Iwami[1]
Shoichi Yui
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Toshiko's Piano
(1954)		 Toshiko At Mocambo
(1954)		 The Toshiko Trio
(1956)
3 CD compilation / re-issue
Complete session

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Fine and Dandy" (Swift, James) – 15:11
  2. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Latouche, Fetter) – 8:52

LP side B

  1. "Donna Lee" (Parker) – 9:41
  2. "Air Conditioning" (Parker) – 15:32

Personnel
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
  • Keiichiro Ebihara – alto saxophone ("Fine and Dandy")
  • Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Akitoshi Igarashi – alto saxophone ("Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Gō Ueda – bass (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
  • Jun Shimizu – drums (except "Fine and Dandy")
  • Kanji Harada – drums ("Fine and Dandy")

References
  1. Atkins, E. Taylor (September 6, 2001). Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822380030 – via Google Books.
  2. Kirchner, Bill (July 14, 2005). The Oxford Companion to Jazz. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195183597 – via Google Books.
  3. Liner notes from The Complete Historic Mocambo Sessions, '54 (rockwell-records.com)
  • Polydor MPF 1029 (LP)
  • Polydor POCJ 2624 (3 CD compilation / re-issue of Vol. 1-4)


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