Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Live at Newport'77 (Remastered) (Live) (1977/2024)

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Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Live at Newport'77 (Remastered) (Live) (1977/2024)

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Live at Newport '77 was the second live recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and was followed by another release, Live at Newport II recorded on the same day. Both albums were recorded at the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival.

A fantastic live performance from this legendary ensemble – and a record that brings a nice sort of edge to the group's already great sound! It's a bit hard to describe – but somehow the live recording quality seems to create more intensity, maybe more urgency to the way the group emotionally communicates – maybe partly just the echo and open space of the recording, but also maybe the way the group seems to open up with a fresh on-the-spot energy. In addition to Toshiko Akiyoshi on piano and Lew Tabackin on reeds, the lineup features saxes from Beverly Darke, Dick Spencer, Gary Foster, and Gary Herbig; trombones from Bill Reichenbach, Charlie Loper, Phil Teele, and Rick Culver; and trumpets from Bobby Shew, Mike Price, Richard Cooper, and Steven Huffstetter. Titles include the always-great "Warning Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – plus "Road Time Shuffle", "March Of The Tadpoles", and "Strive For Jive".

Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano
Lew Tabackin, tenor saxophone and flute
Gary Herbig, tenor saxophone
Gary Foster, alto saxophone
Dick Spencer, alto saxophone
Beverly Darke, baritone saxophone
Steven Huffsteter, trumpet
Bobby Shew, trumpet
Mike Price, trumpet
Richard Cooper, trumpet
Bill Reichenbach Jr., trombone
Charlie Loper, trombone
Rick Culver, trombone
Phil Teele, bass trombone
Don Baldwin, bass
Peter Donald, drums