AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Analogue Productions - ABNJ 84110 -  180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - Blue Note ST-84110

 Mastered By Steve Hoffman & Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering 

Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at RTI 

"...if you haven't picked up every one of the Blue Note  reissues from Analogue Productions  you're really missing out!" - David W. Robinson, Positive Feedback,

Analogue Productions' Blue Note  WIN A Positive Feedback  Brutus Award! 

"…As much as I'd love to relay all kinds of anecdotes about the challenges Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray encounter during the mastering sessions, I witness none. These boys know the sound of the facility and the Van Gelder masters like the backs of their hands…Back home a month later, I unpack some test pressings Chad Kassem has sent me…I hear the most realistic-sounding drums ever reproduced by my system. It's as though I'm sitting at the point of creation, experiencing the same high that brought such gifted musicians together as one. Steve Hoffman, Kevin Gray, Chad Kassem, and Don MacInnis have done Rudy Van Gelder and his Blue Note artists proud." – Jason Victor Serinus, Stereophile

Tokyo Blues, a quintessential mid-'60s Blue Note session, is Horace Silver's tribute to the Japanese people who have long supported his funky, Latin-flavored modern jazz. American jazz has always been wildly popular in Japan, and this album is Silver's homage to the many fans that he has encountered on various triumphant tours of the island nation. While Silver's trademark funky Latin/swing is at the forefront, the inspiration of eastern delights is clearly evident in all aspects of this grooving date.

Blue Mitchell, trumpet
Junior Cook, tenor sax
Horace Silver, piano
Gene Taylor, bass
John Harris, Jr., drums

1. Too Much Shake  
2. Sayonara Blues  
3. The Tokyo Blues  
4. Cherry Blossom  
5. Ah! So