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Kogun

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

Recorded	Apr 1974
Label	RCA
Released	1974
Personnel	17 credited players
Discogs	master 294329

The record

The title track fuses big-band swing with koto-inflected melody and taiko-drum weight, a bold early statement of Akiyoshi's East-meets-West arranging voice. Tabackin's tenor burns through the charts while the West Coast-based ensemble gives her writing real heft and color.

Session personnel

Dick Spencer — alto saxophone
Gary Foster — alto saxophone
Bill Perkins — baritone saxophone
Gene Cherico — bass
Phil Teele — bass trombone
Toshiko Akiyoshi — composed by, arranged by, piano
Peter Donald — drums
Lew Tabackin — tenor saxophone
Tom Peterson — tenor saxophone
Britt Woodman — trombone
Charles Loper — trombone
Jim Sawyer — trombone
Bobby Shew — trumpet
Don Rader — trumpet
John Madrid — trumpet
Mike Price — trumpet
Scott Elsworth — voice

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 21 pressings on file.

1974	RCA Victor · JPL1 0236 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1974	RCA
1974	RCA · RCA-6246 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974	RCA · RCA-6246 — Vinyl, LP, Promo
1974	RCA · RCA-6246 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1975	RCA · R4P-5076 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Quadraphonic
1978	RCA Victor · AFL1-3019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1978	RCA · AFS1-3019 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album
1984	Baystate · RJL-3021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1986	RCA · R32J-1038 — CD, Album, Reissue
1989	RCA · B20D-47001 — CD, Reissue
1996	BMG · BVCJ-7375 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold
1996	BMG · BVCJ-7375 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold
1998	BMG · BVCJ-35001 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered