Meditation (Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet album)

Meditation
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released	1971
Recorded	Tokyo, 1971 February 23, 26
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:56
Label	Dan Records
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Jazz, The Personal Dimension (1971) Meditation (1971) Sumie / The Personal Aspect in Jazz (1971)
Alternative Cover
re-issue cover with obi strip

Meditation (subtitle: Aspect of Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet) is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and her quartet, recorded in Tokyo in late February 1971 and released in Japan by Dan Records.

Track listing

Side 'A'

1. "What Now My Love" (Bécaud, Delanoë, Sigman) – 11:55
2. "Stella by Starlight" (Young, Washington) – 10:35

Side 'B'

1. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:20
2. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 10:16
3. "Meditation" (Jobim, Mendonça) – 7:50

Same track order on re-issue except the positions of "Meditation" and "What Now My Love" are reversed.

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
• Lyn Christie – bass
• Albert Heath – drums

References / External Links

• Minorufon VC-6001,
• Tokuma/Dan VC-7513