The Tokyo Blues

The Tokyo Blues is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1962, featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and John Harris Jr.[5] The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[6]

The Tokyo Blues
Studio album by
Horace Silver
ReleasedEarly November 1962[1]
RecordedJuly 13–14, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length39:52
LabelBlue Note
BST 84110
ProducerAlfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Doin' the Thing
(1961)		 The Tokyo Blues
(1962)		 Silver's Serenade
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

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
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References
  1. Billboard Nov 10, 1962
  2. Down Beat: November 22, 1962 vol. 29, no. 29
  3. Allmusic Review
  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.
  6. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2009.
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