Tracklist

1	Studio J	6:00
2	Transience	4:33
3	Sumie	7:50
4	Minamata: Peaceful Village; Prosperity & Consequence; Epilogue	21:37

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
• Manufactured By – RVC Corporation

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Dick Spencer, Gary Foster
• Baritone Saxophone – Bill Perkins
• Bass – Don Baldwin
• Bass Trombone – Phil Teele
• Composed By – Akiyoshi*
• Coordinator [A&r] – Fumimaru Kawashima
• Drums – Peter Donald
• Engineer [Overdubbing] – Eiji Uchinuma (tracks: 4-1)
• Percussion [Kakko] – Hiromitsu Katada (tracks: 3)
• Percussion [Kotsuzumi] – Hayao Uzawa (tracks: 4)
• Percussion [Ohtsuzumi] – Tadao Kamei (tracks: 4)
• Photography [Cover], Design – K. Abe*
• Photography [Liner] – Hiroshi Isaka
• Piano – Toshiko Akiyoshi
• Producer – Hiroshi Isaka
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Grover Helsley
• Tenor Saxophone – Tom Peterson
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Lew Tabackin
• Trombone – Bill Reichenbach , Britt Woodman, Charlie Loper*
• Trumpet – Bobby Shew, Jerry Hey (tracks: 4), Mike Price, Richard Cooper (tracks: 1 to 3), Steven Huffsteter*
• Vocals – Michiru Mariano* (tracks: 4)
• Vocals [Utai] – Hisao Kanze (tracks: 4)

Notes

Recorded June 22, 23 & 24, 1976 at RCA Studio "A", Hollywood, California.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 17 00215 5
• Rights Society (On Label): JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RVP-6106	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Insights ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	RVP-6106	Japan	1976
AFL1-2678	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Insights ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	AFL1-2678	US	1978
AFL1-2678	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Insights ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	AFL1-2678	Canada	1978
PL 45363	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Insights ‎(LP, Album, RE)	RCA	PL 45363	France	1982
104.4126	Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band	Insights ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	104.4126	Brazil	1979

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