Breeze from the East explained

Breeze from the East
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cal Tjader
Cover:	Tjader Breeze East.jpeg
Released:	May 1964
Recorded:	November 26–December 2, 1963
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve V6-8507^[1]
Chronology:	Cal Tjader
Prev Title:	Several Shades of Jade
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Warm Wave
Next Year:	1964

Breeze from the East is a 1964 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum. The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound.

Reception

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".

Track listing

"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

Production

John Murello – cover design
Phil Ramone – engineer
Val Valentin – director of engineering
Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Jack Maher – liner notes
Creed Taylor – producer

Notes and References

Web site: Cal Tjader – Breeze from the East. discogs.com. 18 July 2016.