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 Joe Harris (filling in for Roy Brooks). The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.

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.

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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

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Production

Alfred Lion – production

Reid Miles – design

Rudy Van Gelder – engineering

Francis Wolff – photography

References

Horace Silver albums

1962 albums

Blue Note Records albums

Albums produced by Alfred Lion

Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

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