Toshiko at Mocambo
1954 live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
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Toshiko at Mocambo (full title, Toshiko at Mocambo, The Historic Mocambo Session '54, Volume 3) was recorded by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi at the Mocambo club in Yokohama, Japan, in the summer of 1954.[2] All four tracks from this recording as well as additional tracks from the same all-night live session with and without Akiyoshi were released on the 3 CD Rockwell – Polydor / Universal album, The Complete Historic Mocambo Session '54 – including, reportedly,[3] a performance of "It's Only a Paper Moon" with Akiyoshi attempting to fill in on bass.
| Toshiko At Mocambo | ||||
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| Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi | ||||
| Released | 1954 | |||
| Recorded | 27, 28 July 1954 | |||
| Venues | Mocambo Club, Yokohama, Japan | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 49:16 | |||
| Label | Rockwell / Polydor | |||
| Producers | Kiyoshi Iwami[1] Shoichi Yui | |||
| Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology | ||||
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| 3 CD compilation / re-issue | ||||
 Complete session | ||||
Track listing
LP side A
- "Fine and Dandy" (Swift, James) – 15:11
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Latouche, Fetter) – 8:52
LP side B
Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone
- Keiichiro Ebihara – alto saxophone ("Fine and Dandy")
- Akira Miyazawa – tenor saxophone (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
- Akitoshi Igarashi – alto saxophone ("Taking A Chance On Love")
- Gō Ueda – bass (except "Taking A Chance On Love")
- Jun Shimizu – drums (except "Fine and Dandy")
- Kanji Harada – drums ("Fine and Dandy")
