Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi album)
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| Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi | ||||
| Released | 8 February 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 10, 12 December 2005 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:19 | |||
| Label | Nippon Crown | |||
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| Singles from Hope | ||||
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Hope is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded by Nippon Crown Records in December, 2005 and released in 2006.[1][2]
Track listing (album)[edit]
All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:
- "Feast in Milano" – 9:47
- "Memory – 6:35
- "Hiroshima Bushi" – 6:02
- "Endless Journey" – 6:46
- "After Mr. Teng" – 4:30
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 6:48
- "SUMI-E" – 6:40
- "Drum Conference 3rd Movement" – 5:59
- "Hope" – 3:12
Personnel[edit]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lewis Nash – drums (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
- George Mraz – bass (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
| "Hope (希望)" | |
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| Single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru | |
| from the album Hope | |
| Released | 2006 December, Japan |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Nippon Crown |
| Songwriter(s) | Toshiko Akiyoshi |
| Lyricist(s) | Shuntarō Tanikawa, English translation by Monday Michiru. |
CD single[edit]
A CD single, "Hope (希望)" was also released by Nippon Crown and includes the title track version from the album with two new vocal versions - one in Japanese and one in English - sung by Akiyoshi's daughter, Monday Michiru.[3][4] The composition "Hope" is the closing section of Akiyoshi's "Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss" suite, first introduced on the 2001 Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra album, Hiroshima - Rising From The Abyss.[5]
Track listing (CD single)[edit]
- "Hope" – 3:37 (Japanese lyrics)
- "Hope" – 3:30 (English lyrics)
- "Hope" – 3:11 (instrumental version from the 2006 Toshiko Akiyoshi album Hope)
"Hope" composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese Lyrics by Shuntarō Tanikawa, vocals and English translation by Monday Michiru.
References[edit]
- ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02
- ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope, 2006-02-08, retrieved 2023-07-02
- ^ "HOPE / HOPE 希望/TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI/秋吉敏子｜JAZZ｜ディスクユニオン･オンラインショップ｜diskunion.net". ディスクユニオン通販サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Hope with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Monday Michiru CD". MONDAY MICHIRU. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi, Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02
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