# From Toshiko with Love

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/From_Toshiko_with_Love
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/From_Toshiko_with_Love.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Toshiko_with_Love
> Source revision: 1293420805
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

***From Toshiko With Love*** is the twelfth recording released by the [Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band](/source/Toshiko_Akiyoshi_%E2%80%93_Lew_Tabackin_Big_Band) (ninth studio recording). It was released in Japan by Victor Records and in the U.S. (under the title ***Tanuki's Night Out***) by Jazz America Marketing – not to be confused with the 2002 Lew Tabackin Trio recording of the same name *(Tanuki's Night Out)*. The album received two [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) nominations in 1981 for "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" and "Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording" (for the song "A Bit Byas'd").

## Track listing

- All songs composed by [Lew Tabackin](/source/Lew_Tabackin) and arranged by [Toshiko Akiyoshi](/source/Toshiko_Akiyoshi):

[LP](/source/LP_record) side A

1. "A Bit Byas'd" – 7:29
1. "Lament for Sonny" – 5:11
1. "Let the Tape Roll" (aka "Lew's Theme") – 7:30

LP side B

1. "Tanuki's Night Out" – 7:40
1. "Falling Petal" – 8:36
1. "Yet Another Tear" – 2:49

*note: Side A and Side B designations are reversed on the JAM Records LP release,*Tanuki's Night Out

## Personnel

- [Toshiko Akiyoshi](/source/Toshiko_Akiyoshi) – [piano](/source/Piano)
- [Lew Tabackin](/source/Lew_Tabackin) – [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone) and [flute](/source/Flute)
- [John Gross](/source/John_Gross_(musician)) – tenor saxophone
- [Dan Higgins](/source/Dan_Higgins) – [alto saxophone](/source/Alto_saxophone) (except on "Let the Tape Roll")
- [Gary Foster](/source/Gary_Foster_(musician)) – alto saxophone (on "Let the Tape Roll")
- [Bob Sheppard](/source/Bob_Sheppard_(musician)) – alto saxophone
- Bill Byrne – [baritone saxophone](/source/Baritone_saxophone)
- [Buddy Childers](/source/Buddy_Childers) – [trumpet](/source/Trumpet)
- Steve Huffsteter – trumpet
- [Larry Ford](/source/Larry_Ford) – trumpet and piccolo trumpet
- [Mike Price](/source/Mike_Price_(jazz_trumpeter)) – trumpet (except on "Let the Tape Roll")
- Richard Cooper – trumpet (on "Let the Tape Roll")
- Jim Sawyer – [trombone](/source/Trombone)
- Hart Smith – trombone
- [Bruce Fowler](/source/Bruce_Fowler) – trombone
- Phil Teele – bass trombone
- Edward Bennett – [bass](/source/Double_bass)
- Steve Haughton – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

## References / External Links

- RCA Victor (Japan) Records RVC RJL-8016
- JAM (Jazz America Marketing) JAM 006
- [ Allmusic]
- 1981 [Grammy](/source/Grammy) nominations, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band and (for "A Bit Byas'd") Best Arrangement of an Instrumental Recording ([LA Times link](http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1981/1981grammy.htm))

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [From Toshiko with Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Toshiko_with_Love) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Toshiko_with_Love?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.