Strive for Jive

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Strive For Jive
Video by Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Released	1993
Recorded	1985, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:00
Label	V.I.E.W. Video
Director	Arnold Rosenthal
Producer	Yale Wexler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra video chronology
My Elegy (1984) Strive For Jive (1985)

Strive For Jive is a live video recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin in a jazz club setting.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed and orchestrated by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

1. "Yellow Is Mellow"
2. "Strive For Jive"
3. "Quadrille, Anyone?"
4. "Autumn Sea"
5. "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health"
6. "Strive For Jive" (Reprise)

[edit] Personnel

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – Piano
• Lew Tabackin – Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo
• Walt Weiskopf – Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
• Frank Wess – Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
• Jim Snidero – Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
• Ed Xiques – Baritone Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
• Brian Lynch – Trumpet
• Joe Mosello – Trumpet
• John Eckert – Trumpet
• Chris Pasin – Trumpet
• Dave Panichi – Trombone
• Hart Smith – Trombone
• Bruce Otter – Trombone
• Matt Finders – Bass Trombone
• Dennis Irwin – Bass
• Jeff Hirschfield – Drums

[edit] References

• V.I.E.W. Video 1336 (cover / credits)
• Yanow, Scott. All Music Guide (link) Accessed 2007 July 30.

[edit] External links

• Rotten Tomatoes
• VIEW Video.com. Includes a short (~90 sec.) video clip from the program of the band playing "Strive for Jive".

v • d • e 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  • ... 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 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 Video recordings My Elegy  • Strive for Jive