Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi song)

Hope (希望) is a CD single by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and singer Monday Michiru released in Japan on the Nippon Crown Record label.[1][2] The instrumental version of the song "Hope" is from the 2006 Akiyoshi album of the same name.[3] 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.[4][5]

"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.

Formats and track listing

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CD single CRCP-10157

  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, English translation by Monday Michiru.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Hope with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Monday Michiru CD". MONDAY MICHIRU. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  3. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi - Hope Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-07-02
  4. ^ Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra Featuring Lew Tabackin - Hiroshima - Rising From The Abyss, 2001, 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