March of the Tadpoles

1977 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

March of the Tadpoles

Studio album by

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Released| 1977
Recorded| RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, January 10–11, 1977
Genre| Jazz
Length| 36:56
Label| Baystate Records
Producer| Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
| Insights
(1976)  | March of the Tadpoles
(1977)  | Live at Newport '77
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March of the Tadpoles was the fifth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album was released in Japan in 1977 by Baystate. The album received two 1985 Grammy Award nominations – for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" (for the song, "March of the Tadpoles").

All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3 CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.

## Track listing

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All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

LP side A

1. "March of the Tadpoles" – 6:54
2. "Mobile" – 5:20
3. "Deracinated Flower" – 8:14

LP side B

1. "Yellow is Mellow" – 8:53
2. "Notorious Tourist from the East" – 7:35

## Personnel

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* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
* Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
* Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
* Gary Foster – alto saxophone
* Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone
* Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
* Bobby Shew – trumpet
* Mike Price – trumpet
* Richard Cooper – trumpet
* Charlie Loper – trombone
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
* Rick Culver – trombone
* Phil Teele – bass trombone
* Don Baldwin – bass
* Peter Donald – drums

Guest artist:

* Emil Richards – percussion (on "Notorious Tourist from the East")

## External links

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* Allmusic
* 1985 Grammy nominations, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band and (for the song, "March of the Tadpoles") Best Arrangement on an Instrumental (LA Times link)

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Toshiko Akiyoshi

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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* e

Lew Tabackin

Lew Tabackin recordings,
as leader or co-leader|

* ...
* Tenor Gladness
* ...
* Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin
* ...
* Vintage: Duke Ellington Songbook

Toshiko Akiyoshi –
Lew Tabackin Big Band|

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

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
featuring Lew Tabackin|

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

Compilations|

* NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
* Eternal Best / Best 8
* The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi (Big Band)
* Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band

Video Performances|

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

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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