United Notions

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United Notions
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Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released 1958
Recorded New York City, 1958 June 13
Genre Jazz
Length 39:22
Label MetroJazz Records
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
The Many Sides of Toshiko
(1957)The Many Sides of Toshiko1957
United Notions
(1958)
The Toshiko – Mariano Quartet
(1961)The Toshiko – Mariano Quartet1961
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The jazz album United Notions with Toshiko and her International Jazz Sextet was recorded in New York in 1958 and released on the Metrojazz label. The recording features pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with Nat Adderley or Doc Severinsen alternating on cornet/trumpet, Bobby Jaspar playing tenor and baritone saxophone and flute, Rolf Kühn on alto saxophone and clarinet, René Thomas on guitar, Bert Dale on drums and John Drew on bass.

The album has been reissued on CD by the Spanish label Fresh Sound. The cover of this issue includes a photograph of Doc Severinsen, the only player whose photo was not included on the original MetroJazz LP cover.

Track listing

LP side A

  1. "Broadway" (Bird, McRae, Woode) – 6:48
  2. "Sukiyaki" (Jaspar) – 6:30
  3. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) – 6:50

LP side B

  1. "United Notions" (Akiyoshi) – 6:19
  2. "Civilized Folk" (Freedman) – 4:15
  3. "Strike Up the Band" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:24
  4. "Jane" (Freedman) – 4:16

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