Road Time, Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.

Track listing
LP 1 side A LP 1 side B LP 2 side A LP 2 side B All arrangements by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).
 * 1) "Tuning Up" – 16:48
 * 2) "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 7:33
 * 1) "Henpecked Old Man" – 22:54
 * 1) "Soliloquy" – 8:37
 * 2) "Kogun" – 10:40
 * 1) "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 13:46
 * 2) "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34

Personnel

 * Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
 * Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
 * Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
 * Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
 * Gary Foster – alto saxophone
 * Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone
 * Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
 * Bobby Shew – trumpet
 * Richard Cooper – trumpet
 * Mike Price – trumpet
 * Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
 * Jim Sawyer – trombone
 * Jimmy Knepper – trombone
 * Phil Teele – bass trombone
 * Don Baldwin – bass
 * Peter Donald – drums

Guest Artists:
 * Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi (on "Kogun")
 * Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumi (on "Kogun")

References / External Links

 * RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-9115 ~ RCA-9116
 * [ Allmusic]
 * 1977 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Performance - Big Band (LA Times link)