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Toshiko at Top of the Gate is a live jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....

 (quintet) album
Album
An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...

 by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...

. It was recorded at the Top of the Gate club in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...

 in July 1968 and was released by Nippon Columbia and Denon Records.

Track listing

  1. (Introductions) – 0:35
  2. "Opus No. Zero" (Akiyoshi) – 8:13
  3. "First Night" (Akiyoshi) – 3:21
  4. "Phrygian Waterfall" (Akiyoshi) – 3:53
  5. "Let's Roll in Sake" (Akiyoshi) – 3:17
  6. "How Insensitive" (Jobim
    Antônio Carlos Jobim
    Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim, was a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist...

    ) – 3:38
  7. "Morning of the Carnival
    Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool)
    "Manhã de Carnaval" , is the title to the most popular song by Brazilian composers, Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Maria. The song appeared in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro , by French director Marcel Camus based on a play by Vinícius de Moraes...

    " (Bonfá
    Luiz Bonfá
    Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...

    ) – 3:17
  8. "The Night Song" (Strouse
    Charles Strouse
    Charles Strouse is a three-time Tony Award-winning American composer and lyricist.-Life and career:Strouse was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ira and Ethel Strouse...

    , Adams
    Lee Adams
    Lee Adams is a Tony Award-winning American lyricist best known for his musical theatre collaboration with Charles Strouse....

    ) – 3:33
  9. "Willow Weep for Me
    Willow Weep for Me
    -Notable recordings:*Irene Taylor with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra *Billie Holiday - The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes*Art Tatum - solo piano, live at the Just Jazz concert, presented by Gene Norman at Shrine Auditorium, LA...

    " (Ronell
    Ann Ronell
    Ann Ronell was an American composer and lyricist best known for the jazz standard "Willow Weep for Me" .-Biography:...

    ) – 2:29
  10. "My Elegy" (Akiyoshi) – 7:30

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
    is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...

     – piano
  • Kenny Dorham
    Kenny Dorham
    McKinley Howard Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did...

     – trumpet
  • Lew Tabackin
    Lew Tabackin
    Lew Tabackin is a jazz flautist and a tenor saxophonist. He is married to Toshiko Akiyoshi, who is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger....

     – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Ron Carter
    Ron Carter
    Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His unique sound has made him a long sought after studio man. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist...

     – bass
  • Mickey Roker
    Mickey Roker
    Granville "Mickey" Roker is an American jazz drummer. Roker was born into extreme poverty in Miami to Granville and Willie Mae Roker...

     – drums