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The Tokyo Blues

The Tokyo Blues
The Tokyo Blues.jpg
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released Early November 1962
Recorded July 13–14, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 39:52
Label Blue Note
BST 84110
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Doin' the Thing
(1961)
The Tokyo Blues
(1962)
Silver's Serenade
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Down Beat 4/5 stars
Allmusic 4/5 stars
The Penguin Guide to Jazz 3.5/4 stars

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.

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.

All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated

Recorded on July 13 (tracks 2-3) & July 14 (tracks 1 & 4-5), 1962.


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