Live at Newport II was the third live recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and the second release of music from the band's performance at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival (following Live at Newport '77).
| Live at Newport II | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | Newport Jazz Festival, New York, 1977 June 29 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:13 | |||
| Label | Baystate | |||
| Producer | Hiroshi Isaka | |||
| Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology | ||||
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It was reissued in 2006 on BMG Records.[1]
Track listing edit
- All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
LP side A
- "March of the Tadpoles" – 7:08
- "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 6:35
- "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34
LP side B
- "Minamata" (suite) – 19:56
- "Peaceful Village"
- "Prosperity & Consequence"
- "Epilogue"
Personnel edit
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
- Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone
- Gary Foster – alto saxophone
- Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
- Beverly Darke – baritone saxophone
- Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
- Bobby Shew – trumpet
- Mike Price – trumpet
- Richard Cooper – trumpet
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- Charlie Loper – trombone
- Rick Culver – trombone
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Don Baldwin – bass
- Peter Donald – drums