Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)

Toshiko - Mariano Quartet, West Side

Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Mariano

Released

1963

Recorded

Tokyo, 1963 March 30

Genre

Jazz

Label

Takt (Nippon Columbia)

Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Mariano chronology

Live at Birdland
(1961)

Toshiko – Mariano Quartet, West Side
(1963)

East and West
(1963)

Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side) is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano and was recorded in Tokyo in 1963 and released on the Nippon Columbia/Takt label. A slightly different version titled East and West was released by Victor (Japan). This album is not to be confused with the 1961 Candid recording, The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet.

Track listing

LP side 1

"Tonight" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
"Something's Coming" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
"America" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
"Maria" (Bernstein, Sondheim)

LP side 2

"Cool" (Bernstein, Sondheim)
"Plaisir D'Amour" (Martini)
"Malagueña" (Lecuona)
"Oleo" (Rollins)

Personnel

References / External links

Allmusic
NIPPON Columbia Records NS-1001

Toshiko Akiyoshi discography

Toshiko Akiyoshi recordings as leader or co-leader	Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi Toshiko at Mocambo The Toshiko Trio Her Trio, Her Quartet Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport The Many Sides of Toshiko United Notions The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet Long Yellow Road (Trio) / Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals Live at Birdland Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side) East & West The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos / With Steve Kuhn, Together Miwaku No Jazz (Fascinating Jazz) Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz Lullabies for You At Top of the Gate In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) Jazz, the Personal Dimension Meditation Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz Solo Piano Dedications Dedications II Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III Finesse Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko Just Be Bop Tuttie Flutie Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio Time Stream Interlude Four Seasons Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream Chic Lady Dig At Maybeck Night and Dream Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 Sketches of Japan Solo Live at the Kennedy Center New York Sketch Book Hope 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan Let Freedom Swing Vintage Solo Live 2004 Classic Encounters Jazz Conversations

Toshiko Akiyoshi– Lew Tabackin Big Band	Kogun Long Yellow Road Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan) Road Time Insights March of the Tadpoles Live at Newport '77 Live at Newport II Salted Gingko Nuts Sumi-e Farewell From Toshiko with Love / Tanuki's Night Out European Memoirs

Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	Ten Gallon Shuffle Wishing Peace Carnegie Hall Concert Desert Lady – Fantasy Four Seasons of Morita Village Monopoly Game Tribute to Duke Ellington Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai

Compilations	1961 Shibuya Jazz Classics Best Gold ‘89~’96 Best Silver ‘89~’96 The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band Eternal Best / Best 8 The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Video recordings	My Elegy Strive for Jive In Shanghai

Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story (1957)

Characters

Maria

Inspiration

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Adaptations

West Side Story (1961 film)
West Side Story Suite (1995 ballet)

Variations

Deaf Side Story (c. 2002 musical)
Swango (2002 musical)
West Bank Story (2005 parody film)
Boogie Town (2012 film)

Songs

Act 1	"Something's Coming" "Maria" "Tonight" "America" "Cool" "One Hand, One Heart" "Tonight (Quintet & Chorus)"

Act 2	"I Feel Pretty" "Somewhere" "A Boy Like That"

Albums

West Side Story (1957 original cast)
West Side Story (1959 Previn)
West Side Story (1961 soundtrack)
West Side Story (1961 Tjader)
Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1961 Brubeck Quartet)
West Side Story (1962 Peterson Trio)
Kenton's West Side Story (1962 Kenton)
"Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)" (1963 Akiyoshi)

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