Long Yellow Road (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band album)

Long Yellow Road is the second album by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It was named Best Jazz Album of the year by Stereo Review magazine. In 1976, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.

"Long Yellow Road" is the title of two other albums by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1961) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet (1970).

Personnel

 * Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
 * Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
 * Stu Blumberg – trumpet (on "The First Night", Opus No. Zero" and "Children in the Temple Ground")
 * John Madrid – trumpet (on "Long Yellow Road")
 * Lynn Nicholson – trumpet (on "Quadrille Anyone?" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
 * Mike Price – trumpet
 * Don Rader – trumpet
 * Bobby Shew – trumpet
 * Charlie Loper – trombone
 * Bruce Paulson – trombone (except on "Long Yellow Road")
 * Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Long Yellow Road")
 * Phil Teele – bass trombone
 * Britt Woodman – trombone
 * Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
 * Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet (except on "Opus No. Zero")
 * Joe Roccisano – alto saxophone (on "Opus No. Zero")
 * Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
 * Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
 * Gene Cherico – bass
 * Peter Donald – drums (except on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
 * Chuck Flores – drums (on "Opus No. Zero" and "Since Perry/Yet Another Tear")
 * Tokuko Kaga – vocal (on "Children in the Temple Ground")