United_Notions

<i>United Notions</i>

United Notions

1958 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi

The jazz album United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet was recorded in New York in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label.[1][2] The recording features pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with Nat Adderley or Doc Severinsen alternating on cornet/trumpet, Bobby Jaspar playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute, Rolf Kühn on alto saxophone and clarinet, René Thomas on guitar, Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass.

Quick Facts United Notions, Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi ...
More information Review scores, Source ...

The album has been reissued on CD by the Spanish label Fresh Sound. The cover of this issue includes a photograph of Doc Severinsen, the only player whose photo was not included on the original MetroJazz LP cover.

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Broadway" (Bird, McRae, Woode) – 6:48
  2. "Sukiyaki" (Jaspar) – 6:30
  3. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) – 6:50

LP side B

  1. "United Notions" (Akiyoshi) – 6:19
  2. "Civilized Folk" (Freedman) – 4:15
  3. "Strike Up the Band" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:24
  4. "Jane" (Freedman) – 4:16

Personnel

Specific
  1. [1]
    Both Sides Now: MetroJazz Album Discography, accessed February 28, 2018
  2. [2]
    Jazzlists: MetroJazz discography, accessed February 28, 2018
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article United_Notions, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.