TOSHIKO: Toshiko's Piano, NORGRAN Records, RARE 10" Jazz
$
426
$ 426
Sold For
Feb 7, 2015
Sold Date
Jan 31, 2015
Start Date
$ 20
Start price
14
Number Of Bids
USA
Country Of Seller
eBay
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Description
What you are bidding on is a vintage 10" 33 of TOSHIKO: TOSHIKO'S PIANO on NORGRAN Records. Released in the 50's, this is tough to find.
The jazz album Toshiko's Piano (released as Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi in Japan) was the debut recording of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded in Japan in 1953 with Oscar Peterson's Jazz at the Philharmonic rhythm section and released as a 10 inch LP album on Norman Granz's Norgran Record label. Later 12 inch LP and (Japanese) CD re-issues also include all 4 Akiyoshi tracks from 1957's Verve Records recording, Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport. Cover artwork is by David Stone Martin.
LP side A
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) – 2:45
- "Gone with the Wind" (Wrubel, Magidson) – 2:33
- "I Want to Be Happy" (Youmans, Caesar) – 2:14
- "Toshiko's Blues" (Akiyoshi) – 3:44
LP side B
- "Shadrach" (MacGimsey) – 2:41
- "Solidado" (Akiyoshi) – 3:29
- "Squatty Roo" (Hodges) – 2:38
- "Laura" (Raksin, Mercer) – 3:27
Low starting price, no reserve.
Just purchased a very very high end jazz collection, more coming.