Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)

Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side) is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano and was recorded in Tokyo in 1963 and released on the Nippon Columbia/Takt label. This album is related to the similar RCA Mariano/Akiyoshi release, East and West but is not to be confused with the 1961 Candid recording, The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet.

Track listing
LP side 1 LP side 2
 * 1) "Tonight" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
 * 2) "Something's Coming" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
 * 3) "America" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
 * 4) "Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
 * 1) "Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
 * 2) "Plaisir d'amour" (Martini)
 * 3) "Malagueña" (Lecuona)
 * 4) "Oleo" (Rollins)

Personnel

 * Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
 * Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
 * Albert Heath – drums
 * Gene Cherico – bass

Similar RCA release
A slightly different album titled East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano) was released by RCA / Victor Japan (BVCJ-7420 and RVL-5518 and PG-1501 ) that included the same five West Side Story tracks but added two different tracks in place of the three non-West Side Story tracks. Personnel on "Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple":
 * 1) "Haru No Umi" (春の海)
 * 2) "Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple" (竜安寺の石庭)
 * Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
 * Sadao Watanabe (渡辺貞夫) – flute, alto saxophone
 * Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地雅章) – piano
 * Masanaga Harada (原田政長) – bass
 * Masahiko Togashi (富樫雅彦) – drums

References / External links

 * BVCJ-7420
 * [ Allmusic]
 * NIPPON Columbia Records NS-1001