Tracklist

1	Road Time Shuffle	6:25
2	Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan)	9:09
3	Strive For Jive	7:46
4	I Ain't Gonna Ask No More	6:06
5	Interlude	4:13
6	Village	11:04

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records TM
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RVC Corporation

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Dick Spencer
• Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Gary Foster
• Baritone Saxophone, Flute [Alto], Bass Clarinet – Bill Perkins
• Bass – Don Baldwin
• Bass Trombone, Trombone [Contrabass] – Jim Sawyer (tracks: 3, 6)
• Congas – King Errison* (tracks: 6)
• Drums – Peter Donald
• Engineer – Ami Hadani
• Photography – Hiroshi Isaka
• Piano, Composed By, Arranged By – Toshiko Akiyoshi
• Producer, Photography By – Hiroshi Isaka
• Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Tom Peterson
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Lew Tabackin
• Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5), Britt Woodman, Charlie Loper*, Phil Teele
• Trumpet – Bobby Shew, Mike Price, Richard Cooper , Steven Huffsteter*

Notes

Recorded at T.T.G. Inc. Sunset-Highland Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
#1,4 : December 1, 1974
#3,6 : December 2, 1974
#2,5 : December 3, 1974

(P) 1986 RVC Corporation

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 017 00214 8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JPL1-0723	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan) ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	JPL1-0723	US	1976
RVP-6004	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan) ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	RVP-6004	Japan	1976
RVP-6004	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan) = 花魁譚 ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	RCA	RVP-6004	Japan	1976
AFL1-0723	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan) ‎(LP, Album, Rei)	RCA Victor	AFL1-0723	US	1976
JPL1-0723	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan) ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	JPL1-0723	Canada	1976

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