Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)

Toshiko - Mariano Quartet, West Side
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Mariano
Released	1963
Recorded	30 March 1963
Venue	Tokyo
Genre	Jazz
Label	Takt (Nippon Columbia)
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Live at Birdland (1961) Toshiko - Mariano Quartet, West Side (1963) The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos (1963)
Charlie Mariano chronology
Live at Birdland (1961) Toshiko - Mariano Quartet, West Side (1963) Folk Soul (1967)

Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side) is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano and was recorded in Tokyo in 1963 and released on the Nippon Columbia/Takt label. This album is related to the similar RCA Mariano/Akiyoshi release, East and West but is not to be confused with the 1961 Candid recording, The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet.

Track listing

LP side 1

1. "Tonight" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
2. "Something's Coming" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
3. "America" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
4. "Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim)

LP side 2

1. "Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
2. "Plaisir d'amour" (Martini)
3. "Malagueña" (Lecuona)
4. "Oleo" (Rollins)

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
• Albert Heath – drums
• Gene Cherico – bass

Similar RCA release

A slightly different album titled East and West (Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano) was released by RCA / Victor Japan (BVCJ-7420 and RVL-5518^[1] and PG-1501^[2]) that included the same five West Side Story tracks but added two different tracks in place of the three non-West Side Story tracks.

1. "Haru No Umi" (春の海)
2. "Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple" (竜安寺の石庭)

Personnel on "Stone Garden of Ryoan Temple":

• Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
• Sadao Watanabe (渡辺貞夫) – flute, alto saxophone
• Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地雅章) – piano
• Masanaga Harada (原田政長) – bass
• Masahiko Togashi (富樫雅彦) – drums

References / External links

• BVCJ-7420
• Allmusic
• NIPPON Columbia Records NS-1001

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