RCA Victor · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Road Time
| Recorded | Jan 30 & Feb 8, 1976 |
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| Label | RCA Victor |
| Released | 1976 |
| Personnel | 18 credited players |
| Discogs | master 283925 |
The record
This live double-set catches the band stretched to full length, Ellington-schooled voicings colliding with Japanese percussion for a sound well past swing-era habit.
Session personnel
- Dick Spencer — alto saxophone
- Gary Foster — alto saxophone
- Bill Byrne — baritone saxophone
- Don Baldwin — bass
- Phil Teele — bass trombone
- Peter Donald — drums
- Kisaku Katada — drums [kotsuzumi]
- Yutaka Yazaki — drums [ohtsuzumi]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi — piano, written-by
- Tom Peterson — tenor saxophone
- Lew Tabackin — tenor saxophone, flute
- Bill Reichenbach — trombone
- Jim Sawyer — trombone
- Jimmy Knepper — trombone
- Bobby Shew — trumpet
- Mike Price — trumpet
- Rich Cooper — trumpet
- Steve Huffsteter — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1976 | RCA · RCA-9115～16 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1976 | RCA · RCA-9115～16 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve · gatefold |
| 1977 | RCA Victor — STEREO |
| 1977 | RCA · CPL2-2242 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 2006 | RCA · BVCJ-37501/2 (82876-7993-2) — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Cardboard Sleeve |
| — | RCA Victor · CPL2-2242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
Follow the players
Dick Spencer also plays on
Gary Foster also plays on
Bill Byrne also plays on