title: Finesse (Toshiko Akiyoshi album)
text: # Finesse (Toshiko Akiyoshi album)
  
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  Finesse is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1978 and released on the Concord Jazz record label.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  LP side A
  
  * "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)" (Berlin) – 5:03
  * "American Ballad" (Akiyoshi) – 5:50
  * "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) – 5:10
  * "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" (Lerner, Loewe) – 5:34
  
  LP side B
  
  * "Mr. Jelly Lord" (Morton) – 6:06
  * "Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health" (Akiyoshi) – 3:21
  * "You Go to My Head" (Coots, Gillespie) – 5:53
  * "Solvejg's Song" (Grieg) – 6:48
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  * Jake Hanna – drums
  * Monty Budwig – bass
  
  ## References / External Links
  
  * Concord CCD 4069
  * Allmusic
  