Toshiko's Elegy
Context
Composed by Toshiko Akiyoshi (credited Akiyoshi-Mariano), this track appears on The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet, recorded in New York on December 5, 1960, and released by Candid in 1961. She plays on it with her husband, the alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano, Gene Cherico and Eddie Marshall.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Japanese jazz. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).