The Tokyo Sessions
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| The Tokyo Sessions | ||||
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| Studio album by the Jazz Networks | ||||
| Released | January 1992 | |||
| Recorded | December 4 & 5, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Studio Sound Valley, Tokyo, Japan | |||
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| Length | 53:16 | |||
| Label | Novus/RCA/BMG 01241 63164 2 (US) / BVCJ-117 (Japan) | |||
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The Tokyo Sessions, originally released in Japan as Straight to the Standards, is a studio album by the Jazz Networks, a group consisting of American musicians, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and saxophonist Antonio Hart, and Japanese musicians, pianist Yutaka Shiina, bassist Tomoyuki Shima, and drummer Masahiko Osaka.[1][2] It was recorded on December 4 & 5, 1991, and released in January 1992, on the Novus/RCA/BMG labels.[3][4]
In April 2021, the album was re-released by Sony Legacy for music streaming platforms as Straight to the Standards.[5]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Ron Wynn of AllMusic commented: "Hargrove's fierce trumpet solos and Hart's bluesy, equally energetic and accomplished answering alto statements fueled nine excellent reworkings of standards and jazz repertory. [...] It would still be nice to hear Hart and Hargrove doing their own material rather than simply putting their spin on shopworn, though wonderful, anthems."[3] The Rolling Stone Album Guide complimented the album, writing that "[it] takes a clean, crisp approach to a set of standards that run from a Chet Baker-inspired 'But Not for Me' to a no-frills 'Work Song.'"[6]