Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)

1976 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)

Studio album by

Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Released| 1976
Recorded| Sunset - Highland Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California, December 1–3, 1975
Genre| Jazz
Length| 45:03
Label| Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.)
Producer| Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
| Long Yellow Road
(1975)  | Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
(1976)  | Road Time
(1976)

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Alternative cover

RCA Victor (U.S.) LP cover

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Allmusic link| favorable

Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) is the third recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. It is also sometimes referred to by the title HANA KAI TAN (花魁譚) in rōmaji listings of the Japanese album title.

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. "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:28
2. "Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)" – 9:12
3. "Strive for Jive" – 7:50

LP side B

1. "I Ain't Gonna Ask No More" – 6:10
2. "Interlude" – 4:16
3. "Village" – 11:07

## Personnel

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* Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
* Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
* Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
* Dick Spencer – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Gary Foster – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet, alto clarinet
* Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
* Bobby Shew – trumpet
* Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
* Mike Price – trumpet
* Richard Cooper – trumpet
* Jim Sawyer – trombone (on "Strive for Jive" and "Village")
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (except on "Strive for Jive" and "Village")
* Charlie Loper – trombone
* Britt Woodman – trombone
* Phil Teele – bass trombone
* Don Baldwin – bass
* Peter Donald – drums

Guest Artist

* King Errisson – congas (on "Village")

## References / external links

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* RCA Victor Records RVC RVP-6004
* U.S. album cover illustrator: Stanislaw Fernandes ©1976
* Tales of a Courtesan... at Allmusic.com

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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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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!

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