Toku Do
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{{Infobox album
| name = Toku Do
| type = Album
| artist = Larry Coryell
| cover = Toku Do.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded = September 8, 1987
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 47:40
| label = Muse
{{small|MR 5350}}
| producer = Don Sickler
| chronology = Larry Coryell
| prev_title = Dedicated to Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Air Dancing
| next_year = 1988
}}
Toku Do is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5350.htm Muse LP series discography: 5350 to 5399] accessed October 11, 2017[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records listing], accessed October 11, 2017
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
|rev2 = DownBeat
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Cordle |first=Owen |date=July 1988 |title=Larry Coryell |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/DownBeat/80s/88/Down-Beat-1988-07.pdf |magazine=DownBeat |page=29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131054956/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/DownBeat/80s/88/Down-Beat-1988-07.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2023 |access-date=9 April 2023}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Despite the exotic title, this is one of three fairly straight-ahead sets that guitarist Larry Coryell recorded for Muse from 1985-89. ... Excellent playing all around".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000196937 |title= Larry Coryell: Toku Do – Review |accessdate=October 11, 2017}}
Track listing
- "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 6:03
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 8:43
- "Toku Do" (Buster Williams) – 6:57
- "November Mood" (Stanley Cowell) – 6:03
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 8:21
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:31
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 5:02
Personnel
References
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