Insights (album)

Insights (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1976
Recorded	RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, June 22, - June 24, 1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:18
Label	Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.)
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Road Time (1976) Insights (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band) (1976) March of the Tadpoles (1977)
Alternative cover
RCA Victor (U.S.) LP album cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[1]

Insights is the fourth studio recording of the

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

LP side A

1. "Studio J" – 6:07
2. "Transience" – 4:40
3. "SUMIE" – 7:55

LP side B

1. "Minamata" (suite) – 21:36
   1. "Peaceful Village"
   2. "Prosperity & Consequence"
   3. "Epilogue"

Personnel

• 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 (except on "Minamata")
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (on "Minamata")
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Charlie Loper – trombone
• Britt Woodman – trombone
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• Don Baldwin – bass
• Peter Donald – drums

Guest Artists:

• Hisao Kanze – utai / Nō chant (on "Minamata")
• Tadao Kamei – ōtsuzumi (on "Minamata")
• Hayao Uzawa –
  kotsuzumi
  (on "Minamata")
• (Monday) Michiru Mariano – voice (on "Minamata")
• Hiromitsu Katada – kakko (on "SUMIE")

References / External Links

• RCA Victor Records RVC RVP-6106
• Allmusic
• 1978 Down Beat critic's poll award winners
• 1978
  Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band (LA Times link
  )
• 1976 Swing Journal Gold Disk Prize (Japanese link)

References