Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport

Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport
Live album by Toshiko Akiyoshi and Leon Sash
Released	1957
Recorded	5 July 1957
Venue	Newport Jazz Festival
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve
Leon Sash chronology
This is the Jazz Accordion (1956) Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport (1957) Hi-Fi Holiday for Accordion:... (1959)
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
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Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport is a live album recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve record label.^[3] All 4 Toshiko Akiyoshi tracks are also included on some later re-issues of the Norgran (Verve) recording Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi.

Track listing

LP side A (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio set):

1. "Between Me and Myself" (Akiyoshi)
2. "Blues for Toshiko" (Akiyoshi)
3. "I'll Remember April" (Raye, DePaul, Johnston)
4. "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart)

LP side B (Leon Sash Quartet set):

1. "Sash-Kebob" (Sash, Morgan)
2. "Meant for Brent" (Sash, Robinson)
3. "Carnegie Horizons" (Shearing)
4. "Blue Lou" (Mills, Sampson)

Personnel

Side A:

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Gene Cherico – bass
• Jake Hanna – drums

Side B:

• Leon Sash – accordion
• Ted Robinson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Lee Morgan – bass
• Roger Price – drums

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