Clark Terry and the Toshiko Akioshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band

[@MisterTayTay]

Been on a Clark Terry rabbit hole and this is my first ever listen to Toshiko Akioshi’s band. Fabulous!! Her band goes straight to the top of my list for modern era big band! Her control and understanding and HUMILITY as a conductor is so perfect! She respects the soloists and you can tell she is the best kind of director. Love! What a fantastic video recording. I wish I was an adult when they were still around; still very thankful that this performance was preserved. Thanks for uploading!

[@MisterTayTay]

Excited to watch more videos of her band!

[@jerryzabin]

Clark Terry was truly one of a kind. Saw him many times over the years. Thankful that I had hang out time with him too. Several autographed albums remain on the wall of my music practice room, providing inspiration all these years later. And Toshiko Akioshi and Lew Tabackin. WOW!!! Saw their FANTASTIC band at The Jazz Showcase. They about blew the roof off the club!!! Thank you for sharing this great video!!

[@patrickkelcey2435]

I brought my first Toshiko album (CD) back in the nineties... I tell everybody about her.... And her storey.... Awesome woman.

[@Leonchuckmoutsoulas]

I got to play with the great Pete Minger for his senior recital at U of Miami. He was 40 and I was 22. Pete and Clark were definitely equals . What an honor. Rest with God Pete and Clark.

[@a-townhoops9002]

Cool. Loved akioshi/tbackin big band. I went to jazz Band Camp at U. Redlands in early 1980's. Totally unique and different approach.

[@vargaso]

Clark Terry! Had the incredible honor of playing with him at the 1986 Monterey Jazz Festival when he sat in on a couple tunes with the High School All Star band. Super generous and humble guy, funny too. And of course, a monster musician.

[@phillyons8531]

You couldn't meet a finer human being than Clark Terry. His love of people and music was incredible and an an inspiration to humanity.

[@mikebuddy1]

Ever since i heard that album 'Live in Newport '77' i was knocked by this great Big Band. The arrangements were so fresh and played to the highest standards by some great sidemen. I loved how tight the band sounded and the amazing solos. The band went on to tour and produce some great album recordings of which i have most. This clip is typical of the band standard at that time. Thank you Toshiko Akiyoshi and of course Lew Tabakin

[@trallfraz]

Wow, it's amazing to see my former jazz teacher after 40+ years (Gary Foster@ Pasadena City college)

[@jondoughtie7084]

This particular chart was the very first piece by this ensemble I ever heard - on a late-night Jazz show (on a rock FM station) in 1979. I went out the next day and bought every album I could find. I spent a day blown away by incredible musicanship and ruthless technique. Those five-part sax voicings. . . man.

[@lynn95441]

Thanks.... Awesome band for sure..... And then with Clark--Whoa!

[@cooldebt]

Toshiko Akioshi is just astonishing

[@williambeck6364]

What a band! AND WHAT A MAN! Clark simply effortless and awesome.

[@TrumpetPerformanceTips]

Clark was just absolutely amazing ... and a very kind person I am told !!! Thank you Lynn for the share !!

[@normhall1622]

Great band! Had a different sound from all other big bands. My favorite band ever.

[@keithstarkey5584]

Boy, those opening smacks interim Clark's entry are so dang tight!

[@javiergutierrez3704]

The great Clark Terry and Lew's huge tenor sound! Thanks for sharing!

[@helenbodel3974]

Love this! (Plus, the amazing conductor's wearing my wedding dress!)

[@lynn95441]

Ha!

[@tomokazuoshiro506]

さりげなくピアノが入ってくるのが　凄くカッコいい

[@BassiJoe]

Everything it’s possible to say in the Blues:) thank you for sharing!

[@alanwitton5039]

Fantastic listening!

[@tomokazuoshiro506]

あと　最初のトランペッターが終わった後に　両手で小さく丸作って　🙆‍♂️😁　good とするのも　可愛らしいよね。これは日本人がする仕草だね。

[@Nick-c6-n]

Да! Терри с Акиоши создают сочный дуэт гигантов джаза. Спасибо за память о великих...

[@hermanndeoliveira7986]

Fantástico ouvir isso!!!

[@TheLogicBeast]

Great band, great solos.

[@johnodonnell55]

Wow…superb..

[@lynn95441]

Clark was legendary.....

[@tomokazuoshiro506]

She made a small circle with her both hands 🫶to express her thankfulness to the first trumpeter after his play. 👌That’s very cute of her, and a typical gesture seen in Japanese girls(?).💮

[@patrickkelcey2435]

So you'd be aware of Miki and Brian... Cool...!

[@HarryMillerMusicOfficial]

awesome

[@hiroshiyamauchi3258]

👍👍👍‼️　My favorite Trumpeter 🎺😊

[@alfredoremus4409]

LEW TABACKIN Y CLARK TERRY GRANDES SOLISTAS!

[@alfredoremus4409]

Clark Terry tremendo trompetista!!!!

[@mrcountbasie]

10 points!

[@marshallsobin4879]

MR TERRY SOLOS ON “THE HENPECKED OLD MAN” with TOSHIKO /TABACKEN.

[@BeconHillJazz]

RIP Clark Terry 😢

[@patrickkelcey2435]

Here here...

[@marshallsobin4879]

Should’ve seen her as a soloist in the 50’s , barely out of her teens , making soloists old enough to be her parents look like students.

[@liljohnreplogle]

Wow! Beautiful performance and awesome all star band! Thank you for posting this! :) Hope it's ok to ask, are there more videos of this performance?

[@TrumpetPerformanceTips]

Plase upload the entire concert if you have it !

[@richpulin7309]

personel Lynn please

[@lynn95441]

Something like this, I think... That was over 45 years ago.... Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo Lynn Nicholson - trumpet Mike Price - trumpet Don Rader - trumpet Bobby Shew - trumpet Charlie Loper - trombone Bruce Paulson - trombone Phil Teele - bass trombone Britt Woodman - trombone Dick Spencer - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet Gary Foster - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet Tom Peterson - tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet Bill Perkins - baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet Gene Cherico - bass Peter Donald - drums

[@JS-gn9rs]

Damn Lew is good.

[@tyler2484]

Man, Clark Terry has some fingers doesn't he?

[@sablobsimus]

Amazing!! Does this chart have a name? Somewhere, I have a reel-to-reel recording of this tune from a different date, recorded from FM radio in the 70's. I never learned the title though. Thank you so much for sharing! this stuff is not easy to find.

[@lynn95441]

"Hen Pecked Old Man"

[@ajbfwb]

70s or very early 80s??

[@lynn95441]

1975.....

[@ajbfwb]

@@lynn95441 thanks, Lynn. .. and thanks for all the great performances over the years. You've come up in discussions several times over the past few years, with trumpet friends of mine.

[@TrumpetPerformanceTips]

Who's in the section Lynn ?

[@lynn95441]

Bobby Shew, Mike Price, me, and someone else who I don't recognize at this time..... :)

[@JeffHelgesen]

Lynn Nicholson I know Steve Huffstetter was in the band around this time...perhaps him?

[@Kathyc1961]

I believe the other guy is Larry Ford.

[@richpulin7309]

@@Kathyc1961 and the rest of the band?

[@Frisco-moves]

@@Kathyc1961 Correct it is Larry Ford. Fantastic guy. Can't say enough about how he was not just a great player but a great human being. Studied with him for a number of years at the time he played for this band. Even made it to Toshiko's home briefly one time with Larry.

[@kujaz2]

sigh...