Road Time was the first live concert recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The recording was made at three concerts in Tōkyō and Ōsaka, during a 1976 Japan tour and the double album received a 1977 Grammy Award nomination in the "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" category.
Track listing LP 1 side A "Tuning Up" – 16:48 "Warning: Success May Be Hazardous To Your Health" – 7:33 LP 1 side B "Henpecked Old Man" – 22:54 LP 2 side A "Soliloquy" – 8:37 "Kogun" – 10:40 LP 2 side B "Since Perry" / "Yet Another Tear" – 13:46 "Road Time Shuffle" – 6:34 All arrangements by Toshiko Akiyoshi. All songs composed by Akiyoshi except "Yet Another Tear" (Tabackin).
Personnel Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone and flute Tom Peterson – tenor saxophone Dick Spencer – alto saxophone Gary Foster – alto saxophone Bill Byrne – baritone saxophone Steven Huffsteter – trumpet Bobby Shew – trumpet Richard Cooper – trumpet Mike Price – trumpet Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone Jim Sawyer – trombone Jimmy Knepper – trombone Phil Teele – bass trombone Don Baldwin – bass Peter Donald – drums
Guest Artists: Kisaku Katada – kotsuzumi (on "Kogun") Yutaka Yazaki – ōtsuzumi (on "Kogun")
References / External Links
RCA Victor Records RVC RCA-9115 ~ RCA-9116 [ Allmusic] 1977 Grammy nomination, Best Jazz Performance - Big Band (LA Times link)