Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi song)
2006 single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru
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Hope (希望) is a CD single by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and singer Monday Michiru released in Japan on the Nippon Crown Record label.[1][2] The instrumental version of the song "Hope" is from the 2006 Akiyoshi album of the same name.[3] The composition "Hope" is the closing section of Akiyoshi's "Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss" suite, first introduced on the 2001 Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra album, Hiroshima - Rising From The Abyss.[4][5]
| "Hope (希望)" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru | |
| from the album Hope | |
| Released | 2006 December, Japan |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Nippon Crown |
| Songwriter | Toshiko Akiyoshi |
| Lyricists | Shuntarō Tanikawa, English translation by Monday Michiru. |
Formats and track listing
CD single CRCP-10157
- "Hope" – 3:37 (Japanese lyrics)
- "Hope" – 3:30 (English lyrics)
- "Hope" – 3:11 (instrumental version from the 2006 Toshiko Akiyoshi album Hope)
"Hope" composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese Lyrics by Shuntarō Tanikawa, English translation by Monday Michiru.
Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Monday Michiru – vocal (tracks 1, 2)
