Breeze from the East

Breeze from the East is a 1964 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum. The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound.

Reception

Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and described the album as combining "the vibist's [Tjader's] Latin lounge style with kitschy Asian touches" describing the songs "Sake and Greens," "Cha," and "Shoji" as sounding like "'60s-era James Bond on a wild chase through the heart of Tokyo". Cook concluded by feeling that "The ultra-smooth Latin jazz sound Tjader favored has always been more infectious than demanding and Breeze from the East's commercialized mod/eastern elements only end up expanding the pop exotica mix".

Track listing "Sake and Greens" (Stan Applebaum) – 2:24 "Cha" (Applebaum) – 3:03 "Leyte" (Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt) – 3:00 "Shoji" (Applebaum) – 2:33 "China Nights" (Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo) – 2:28 "Fuji" (Tjader) – 2:23 "Black Orchid" (Tjader) – 3:04 "Theme from Burke's Law" (Herschel Burke Gilbert) – 2:37 "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 2:45 "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 3:23 "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:23

Personnel Cal Tjader – vibraphone Stan Applebaum – arranger, celesta George Duvivier – double bass Jerry Dodgion – flute Dick Hyman – electronic organ Lonnie Hewitt – piano Willie Bobo – percussion Johnny Rae – drums Production John Murello – cover design Phil Ramone – engineer Val Valentin – director of engineering Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Jack Maher – liner notes Creed Taylor – producer

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