Breeze from the East

Breeze from the East
Studio album by Cal Tjader
Released	May 1964
Recorded	November 26–December 2, 1963
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V6-8507[1]
Cal Tjader chronology
Several Shades of Jade (1963) Breeze from the East (1963) Warm Wave (1964)

Breeze from the East is a 1963 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum.^[2] The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound.

Reception

Professional ratings
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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

1. "Sake and Greens" (Stan Applebaum) – 2:24
2. "Cha" (Applebaum) – 3:03
3. "Leyte" (Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt) – 3:00
4. "Shoji" (Applebaum) – 2:33
5. "China Nights" (Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo) – 2:28
6. "Fuji" (Tjader) – 2:23
7. "Black Orchid" (Tjader) – 3:04
8. "Theme from Burke's Law" (Herschel Burke Gilbert) – 2:37
9. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 2:45
10. "Poinciana" (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 3:23
11. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 2:23

Personnel

• Cal Tjader – vibraphone
• Stan Applebaum – arranger, celesta
• George Duvivier – double bass
• Jerry Dodgion – flute
• Dick Hyman – electric 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