Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi album)

2006 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi

Hope

Studio album by

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Released| 8 February 2006
Recorded| 10, 12 December 2005
Genre| Jazz
Length| 56:19
Label| Nippon Crown
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
| New York Sketch Book
(2004)  | Hope
(2006)  | 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan
(2006)

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Singles from  Hope

1. "Hope (希望)"
Released: 2006 December

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Hope is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded by Nippon Crown Records in December, 2005 and released in 2006.[1][2]

## Track listing (album)[edit]

All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

1. "Feast in Milano" – 9:47
2. "Memory – 6:35
3. "Hiroshima Bushi" – 6:02
4. "Endless Journey" – 6:46
5. "After Mr. Teng" – 4:30
6. "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 6:48
7. "SUMI-E" – 6:40
8. "Drum Conference 3rd Movement" – 5:59
9. "Hope" – 3:12

## Personnel[edit]

* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Lewis Nash – drums (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
* George Mraz – bass (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

"Hope (希望)"

Single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru
from the album  Hope
Released| 2006 December, Japan
Genre| Jazz
Label| Nippon Crown
Songwriter(s)| Toshiko Akiyoshi
Lyricist(s)| Shuntarō Tanikawa, English translation by Monday Michiru.

## CD single[edit]

A CD single, "Hope (希望)" was also released by Nippon Crown and includes the title track version from the album with two new vocal versions - one in Japanese and one in English - sung by Akiyoshi's daughter, Monday Michiru.[3][4] 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.[5]

## Track listing (CD single)[edit]

1. "Hope" – 3:37 (Japanese lyrics)
2. "Hope" – 3:30 (English lyrics)
3. "Hope" – 3:11 (instrumental version from the 2006 Toshiko Akiyoshi album Hope)

"Hope" composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese Lyrics by Shuntarō Tanikawa, vocals and English translation by Monday Michiru.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02
2. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope, 2006-02-08, retrieved 2023-07-02
3. ^ "HOPE / HOPE 希望/TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI/秋吉敏子｜JAZZ｜ディスクユニオン･オンラインショップ｜diskunion.net". ディスクユニオン通販サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
4. ^ "Hope with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Monday Michiru CD". MONDAY MICHIRU. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
5. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi, Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02

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Solo, Duo, Trio,
Quartet, etc.
recordings as
leader/co-leader|

* Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi
* Toshiko at Mocambo [live]
* The Toshiko Trio
* Her Trio, Her Quartet
* Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport [live]
* The Many Sides of Toshiko
* United Notions
* The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet
* Long Yellow Road (Trio) / Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital
* Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
* Live at Birdland [live]
* Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)
* East & West
* The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos / With Steve Kuhn, Together
* Miwaku No Jazz (Fascinating Jazz)
* Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz
* Lullabies for You
* At Top of the Gate [live]
* In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) [live]
* Jazz, the Personal Dimension
* Meditation
* Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz
* Solo Piano
* Dedications
* Dedications II
* Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III
* Finesse
* Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko
* Just Be Bop
* Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata [live]
* Tuttie Flutie
* Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
* Time Stream
* Interlude
* Four Seasons
* Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
* Chic Lady
* Dig
* At Maybeck [live]
* Night and Dream
* Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
* Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
* Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 [live]
* Sketches of Japan
* Solo Live at the Kennedy Center [live]
* New York Sketch Book
* Hope
* 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan [live]
* Let Freedom Swing
* Vintage
* Solo Live 2004 [live]
* Classic Encounters
* Jazz Conversations
* Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
* My Long Yellow Road
* The Eternal Duo! [live]

Toshiko Akiyoshi
– Lew Tabackin
Big Band|

* Kogun
* Long Yellow Road
* Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
* Road Time [live]
* Insights
* March of the Tadpoles
* Live at Newport '77 [live]
* Live at Newport II [live]
* Salted Gingko Nuts
* Sumi-e
* Farewell
* From Toshiko with Love / Tanuki's Night Out
* European Memoirs

Toshiko Akiyoshi
Jazz Orchestra
feat. Lew Tabackin|

* Ten Gallon Shuffle
* Wishing Peace
* Carnegie Hall Concert [live]
* Desert Lady – Fantasy
* Four Seasons of Morita Village
* Monopoly Game
* Tribute to Duke Ellington
* Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss [live]
* Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo [live]
* Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai [live]

Compilations|

* 1961
* Shibuya Jazz Classics
* Best Gold ‘89~’96
* Best Silver ‘89~’96
* The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi
* NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
* Eternal Best / Best 8
* The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi
* Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Video recordings|

* My Elegy
* Strive for Jive
* In Shanghai
* The Eternal Duo!

Songs|

* "Hope"

Other|

* Toshiko Akiyoshi discography
* Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band discography

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