Silver, Horace – Tokyo Blues

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New Vinyl Record – Horace Silver – Tokyo Blues (Tone Poet Vinyl Series)

Horace Silvers 1962 tour of Japan had a profound impact on the pianist who returned to the U.S. and dedicated his subsequent albumThe Tokyo Bluesto his fervent Japanese fans. Along with his quintet featuring trumpeterBlue Mitchell, tenor saxophonistJunior Cook, bassistGene Taylor, and drummerJohn Harris Jr., Silver delivered an inspired 5-song set including his alluring originals The Tokyo Blues, Too Much Sake, Sayonara Blues, and Ah! So, as well as Ronnell Brights lovely ballad Cherry Blossom. Silver had noticed a love of Latin music among the Japanese jazz fans he met and in his compositions he sought to combine the Japanese feeling in the melodies with the Latin feeling in the rhythms.

A1 Too Much Sake
A2 Sayanora Blues
B1 The Tokyo Blues
B2 Cherry Blossom
B3 Ah! So