Released Early November 1962 Artist The Horace Silver Quintet Label Blue Note Records Genre Jazz | Length 39:52 Release date November 1962 Producer Alfred Lion | |
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Recorded July 13–14, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs The Tokyo Blues
(1962) Silver's Serenade
(1963) Similar Doin' the Thing, Silver's Serenade, Finger Poppin' With the, Blowin' the Blues Away, Horace‑Scope | ||
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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. The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.
Contents
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Album cover
Appearing on the album cover sitting to his left (i.e. appearing on the right hand side) is Mako Idemitsu the daughter Sazō Idemitsu, founder of Idemitsu Kosan and at the time a third year student at Columbia University.
Track listing
All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated
- "Too Much Sake" - 6:45
- "Sayonara Blues" - 12:12
- "The Tokyo Blues" - 7:39
- "Cherry Blossom" (Ronnell Bright) - 6:11
- "Ah! So" - 7:05
Recorded on July 13 (tracks 2-3) & July 14 (tracks 1 & 4-5), 1962.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Too Much Sake6:49
2Sayonara Blues12:10
3The Tokyo Blues7:40
References
The Tokyo Blues Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA