RCA Victor · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Long Yellow Road
| Recorded | Apr 4, 1974 & Mar 4, 1975 |
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| Label | RCA Victor |
| Released | 1974 |
| Personnel | 22 credited players |
| Discogs | master 575951 |
The record
Kenton-lineage brass meets koto-inflected melody on this West Coast big band's debut, folk color threaded through swinging charts with the flute and tenor doubling out front.
Session personnel
- Joe Roccisano — alto saxophone
- Dick Spencer — alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Gary Foster — alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Bill Perkins — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute
- Gene Cherico — bass
- Phil Teele — bass trombone
- Chuck Flores — drums
- Peter Donald — drums
- Toshiko Akiyoshi — piano, arranged by
- Tom Peterson — tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto flute
- Lew Tabackin — tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
- Britt Woodman — trombone
- Bruce Paulson — trombone
- Charles Loper — trombone
- Jim Sawyer — trombone
- Bobby Shew — trumpet
- Don Rader — trumpet
- John Madrid — trumpet
- Lynn Nicholson — trumpet
- Mike Price — trumpet
- Stuart Blumberg — trumpet
- Tokuko Kaga — vocals
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 15 pressings on file.
| 1975 | RCA · RCA-6296 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
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| 1975 | RCA · RCA-6296 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1975 | RCA · RCA-6296 — Vinyl, LP, Promo |
| 1976 | RCA Victor |
| 1976 | RCA · AFL1-1350 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1976 | RCA Victor · JPL1-1350 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1984 | Baystate · RJL-3022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1986 | RCA · R32J-1039 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1996 | BMG · BVCJ-7376 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 1996 | BMG · BVCJ-7376 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 1998 | BMG · BVCJ-35002 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2003 | RCA · BVCJ-37322 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2003 | RCA · BVCJ-37322 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2019 | RCA · SICJ 30010 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Paper Sleeve, Blu-spec CD2 |
Follow the players
Joe Roccisano also plays on
Dick Spencer also plays on
Gary Foster also plays on