Breeze from the East is a 1964 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum.[2] The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound.
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Released | May 1964 | |||
Recorded | November 26–December 2, 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Verve V6-8507[1] | |||
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Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
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".[2]
Track listing
edit- "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
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ "Cal Tjader – Breeze from the East". discogs.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Breeze from the East at AllMusic