From Toshiko With Love

A distinctive release from the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, featuring six original compositions by Tabackin with Akiyoshi's signature arrangements. The album includes heartfelt tributes to jazz legends Don Byas ("A Bit Byas'd"), Sonny Criss, and Ben Webster ("Yet Another Tear"), alongside three additional originals. The Los Angeles ensemble showcases elite West Coast talent: trumpeters Steve Huffsteter and Buddy Childers, trombonist Bruce Fowler, tenor saxophonist John Gross, pianist Akiyoshi, and Tabackin on tenor saxophone and flute. A masterful collaboration that exemplifies the calibre of this classic big band.