Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi song)

"Hope (希望)"
Single by Toshiko Akiyoshi & Monday Michiru
from the album Hope
Released	2006 December, Japan
Genre	Jazz
Label	Nippon Crown
Songwriter(s)	Toshiko Akiyoshi
Lyricist(s)	Shuntarō Tanikawa, English translation by Monday Michiru.

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]

Formats and track listing

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

• Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
• Monday Michiru – vocal (tracks 1, 2)

References

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