4. Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health
5. Song for the Harvest
6. Epilogue: Hope
7. Harlequin's Tear - (live)
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The orchestra leader, composer, arranger and pianist of world renown recorded 13 of her own pieces with the SWR Big Band, covering a broad spectrum from bebop powerplay to soft yearning ballads. Akiyoshi's compositional style is unmistakable. She mixes bebop, & big band jazz with Japanese elements of music. In May 2007 she had her first opportunity to work with the SWR Big Band.