The Tokyo Blues

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The Tokyo Blues
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Studio album by
ReleasedEarly November 1962 [1]
RecordedJuly 13–14, 1962
Studio Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length39:52
Label Blue Note
BST 84110
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Doin' the Thing
(1961)
The Tokyo Blues
(1962)
Silver's Serenade
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Tokyo Blues is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1962 and featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Joe Harris (filling in for Roy Brooks). [2] [5] The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated

  1. "Too Much Sake" – 6:45
  2. "Sayonara Blues" – 12:12
  3. "The Tokyo Blues" – 7:39
  4. "Cherry Blossom" (Ronnell Bright) – 6:11
  5. "Ah! So" – 7:05

Recorded on July 13 (tracks 2–3) & July 14 (tracks 1 & 4–5), 1962.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Billboard Nov 10, 1962
  2. 1 2 3 AllMusic Review accessed November 23, 2009.
  3. DownBeat: November 22, 1962 vol. 29, no. 29
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009.