Kogun

Kogun (孤軍) is the first album recorded by the Los Angeles-based Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was released in Japan by Victor in 1974 and received the Swing Journal Silver Disk prize for that year. It was later released on RCA Victor in the USA and elsewhere and received a 1979 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.

All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3 CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.

Track listing

 * All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi

LP side A LP side B
 * 1) "Elegy" – 9:13
 * 2) "Memory" – 10:24
 * 1) "Kogun" – 6:49
 * 2) "American Ballad" – 5:49
 * 3) "Henpecked Old Man" – 9:08

Personnel
Other
 * Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
 * Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone
 * Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
 * Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
 * Gary Foster – alto saxophone
 * Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone
 * Bobby Shew – trumpet
 * John Madrid – trumpet
 * Don Rader – trumpet
 * Mike Price – trumpet
 * Charles Loper – trombone
 * Jim Sawyer – trombone
 * Britt Woodman – trombone
 * Phil Teele – bass trombone
 * Gene Cherico – bass
 * Peter Donald – drums
 * Scott Ellsworth – voice (on "Memory")

References / external links

 * RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-6246
 * [ Allmusic]
 * 1974 Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) Silver Disk award (Japanese link)