Breeze from the East
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| Breeze from the East | ||||
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| Released | May 1964 | |||
| Recorded | November 26–December 2, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve V6-8507[1] | |||
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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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| 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]
