Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Tanuki's Night Out

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Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
Tanuki's Night Out

Album US 1981 on Jam label
Jazz (Bop, Big Band, Post-Bop)

Recorded March 24 and 25, 1981 at Devonshire Recording Studio, Los Angeles. Please note: Some, and possibly all copies came with an "Ultra-disk" inner sleeve, and a "Jam" catalog, which mentions this release and also explains "The Ultra-disk Concept" on the back. (see pics added) Some copies, possibly advance or promo copies, came with a two-sided one-sheet, which hypes band, album and individual tracks and also presents a detailed line-up and instrumentation for each track. (see pics added) The label color may be silver.

Musicians

	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band , album by
	Bob Sheppard fl, ts, *1952 US alto saxophone
	Dan Higgins sax, *1955 US alto saxophone
	Gary Foster as, fl, *1936 US alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
	Bill Byrne bs, baritone saxophone
	Ed Bennett b, bass
	Phil Teele tb, *1942 US bass trombone
	Steve Houghton dr, drums
	Toshiko Akiyoshi p, *1929 JP piano, arranged by, producer
	John Gross ts, fl, cl, *1944 US tenor saxophone
	Lew Tabackin ts, fl, *1940 US tenor saxophone, flute, composed by, producer
	Bruce Fowler tb, *1947 US trombone
	Hart Smith tb, trombone
	Jim Sawyer tb, trombone
	Buddy Childers tr, 1926-2007 US trumpet
	Larry Ford tr, trumpet
	Mike Price tr, trumpet
	Rich Cooper tr, fh, voc, trumpet
	Steve Huffsteter tr, fh, trumpet

Producers

Frank B. Merritt design

Stephen Brown photography by

Ron Malo recorded by

Composers

Lew Tabackin

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Duration
1	Tanuki's Night Out	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	7:39
2	Falling Petal	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	8:39
3	Yat Another Tear	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	2:49
4	A Bit Byas'd	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	7:28
5	Lament For Sonny	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	5:11
6	Lew's Theme	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	7:29

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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