Strive for Jive

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
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra chronology
My Elegy (1984) Strive For Jive (1993) In Shanghai (2011)

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The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra: Strive for Jive is a live video recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin in a jazz club setting. The video was apparently recorded in the mid 1980s in Chicago and first released on VHS video tape around 1993 and on DVD in 2009.

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)

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

References[]

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

External links[]

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Promotional video clip posted by publisher link

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