Hope
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released8 February 2006
Recorded10, 12 December 2005
GenreJazz
Length56:19
LabelNippon Crown
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
New York Sketch Book
(2004)		 Hope
(2006)		 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan
(2006)
Singles from Hope
  1. "Hope (希望)"
    Released: 2006 December
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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

"Hope (希望)"
Single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru
from the album Hope
Released2006 December, Japan
GenreJazz
LabelNippon Crown
Songwriter(s)Toshiko Akiyoshi
Lyricist(s)Shuntarō Tanikawa, English translation by Monday Michiru.

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


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