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).[ AllMusic Review] accessed November 23, 2009.Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009. The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[ AllMusic Review] accessed November 23, 2009.
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 Horace Silver – piano Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1–3 & 5) Junior Cook – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 5) Gene Taylor – bass Joe Harris (credited as "John Harris, Jr.") – drums
Production Alfred Lion – production Reid Miles – design Rudy Van Gelder – engineering Francis Wolff – photography
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