Insights (album)

Insights is the fourth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and was voted "Jazz Album of the Year" in the 1978 Down Beat magazine critic's poll. It received the Swing Journal magazine 1976 Gold Disk prize in Japan and was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the USA for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band.

Insights (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band)
Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
Released	1976
Recorded	RCA Studio 'A', Hollywood, California, June 22, - June 24, 1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:18
Label	Victor (Japan), RCA Victor (U.S.)
Producer	Hiroshi Isaka
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band chronology
Road Time (1976) Insights (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band) (1976) March of the Tadpoles (1977)
Alternative cover
RCA Victor (U.S.) LP album cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic link
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[1]

All tracks from this album are also included on the 2008 Mosaic 3 CD compilation, Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

LP side A

1. "Studio J" – 6:07
2. "Transience" – 4:40
3. "SUMIE" – 7:55

LP side B

1. "Minamata" (suite) – 21:36
   1. "Peaceful Village"
   2. "Prosperity & Consequence"
   3. "Epilogue"

Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute
• Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone
• Dick Spencer – alto saxophone
• Gary Foster – alto saxophone
• Bill Perkins – baritone saxophone
• Steven Huffsteter – trumpet
• Bobby Shew – trumpet
• Mike Price – trumpet
• Richard Cooper – trumpet (except on "Minamata")
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (on "Minamata")
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Charlie Loper – trombone
• Britt Woodman – trombone
• Phil Teele – bass trombone
• Don Baldwin – bass
• Peter Donald – drums

Guest Artists:

• Hisao Kanze – utai / Nō chant (on "Minamata")
• Tadao Kamei – ōtsuzumi (on "Minamata")
• Hayao Uzawa – kotsuzumi (on "Minamata")
• (Monday) Michiru Mariano – voice (on "Minamata")
• Hiromitsu Katada – kakko (on "SUMIE")

References / External Links

• RCA Victor Records RVC RVP-6106
• Allmusic
• 1978 Down Beat critic's poll award winners
• 1978 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band (LA Times link)
• 1976 Swing Journal Gold Disk Prize (Japanese link)

References

1. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 6. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.