• Vinyl record cover for 'Live at Newport II' with Japanese text on a gray background

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

Live At Newport II

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SLEEVE
VG+
MEDIA
  • NM-
YEAr
  • 1980
COUNTRY
Japan
extras
  • Obi, Insert
IF YOU LIKE
  • Jazz
  • Big Band
  • Live
  • Post Bop
  • Bud Powell
  • Thad Jones & Mel Jones

Live at Newport II captures the Toshiko Akiyoshi–Lew Tabackin Big Band's dynamic 1977 Newport Jazz Festival performance. Released in 1980 on RCA's Japanese imprint, this live recording showcases Akiyoshi's original compositions that blend Japanese influences with Western big band orchestration. The album highlights the ensemble's precision and improvisational skill and innovative fusion of Eastern and Western elements creates a distinctive sound that set them apart in jazz history.