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Hope is a jazz album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi. It was recorded by Nippon Crown Records in December, 2005 and released in 2006.[1][2]

Track listing (album)

All songs composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi except as noted:

  1. "Feast in Milano" – 9:47
  2. "Memory – 6:35
  3. "Hiroshima Bushi" – 6:02
  4. "Endless Journey" – 6:46
  5. "After Mr. Teng" – 4:30
  6. "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 6:48
  7. "SUMI-E" – 6:40
  8. "Drum Conference 3rd Movement" – 5:59
  9. "Hope" – 3:12

Personnel

CD single

A CD single, "Hope (希望)" was also released by Nippon Crown and includes the title track version from the album with two new vocal versions - one in Japanese and one in English - sung by Akiyoshi's daughter, Monday Michiru.[3][4] The composition "Hope" is the closing section of Akiyoshi's "Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss" suite, first introduced on the 2001 Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra album, Hiroshima - Rising From The Abyss.[5]

Track listing (CD single)

  1. "Hope" – 3:37 (Japanese lyrics)
  2. "Hope" – 3:30 (English lyrics)
  3. "Hope" – 3:11 (instrumental version from the 2006 Toshiko Akiyoshi album Hope)

"Hope" composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese Lyrics by Shuntarō Tanikawa, vocals and English translation by Monday Michiru.

References

  1. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02
  2. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope, 2006-02-08, retrieved 2023-07-02
  3. ^ "HOPE / HOPE 希望/TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI/秋吉敏子｜JAZZ｜ディスクユニオン･オンラインショップ｜diskunion.net". ディスクユニオン通販サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  4. ^ "Hope with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Monday Michiru CD". MONDAY MICHIRU. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi, Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Hiroshima: Rising from the Abyss Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_(Toshiko_Akiyoshi_album)
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